Pregnant women with COVID-19 appear to be at greater risk for common pregnancy complications — in addition to health risks from the virus — than pregnant women without COVID-19, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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Processed foods during pregnancy increases autism risk in children
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Sleeping with artificial light at night may cause weight gain in women
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High dose folic acid helps smoker pregnant to have better fetal growth
Women who smoked cigarettes during pregnancy and took higher-dose folic acid supplements delivered infants with better fetal growth than smokers who took standard-dose folic acid,
Zika virus becoming international emergency : WHO
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Bio-Rad BioPlex 2200 HIV assay approved to differentiate HIV
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Junk food consumed late in pregnancy more harmful to the child
Junk food consumed late in pregnancy has the potential to be more harmful to the child – “Too much junk food consumed late in pregnancy for humans has the potential to be more harmful to the child than excess junk food early in the pregnancy,” says Dr Jessica Gugusheff, post-doctoral researcher in the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine at University of Adelaide.
Autism linked to maternal exposure to agricultural pesticides
Autism – Study finds association between maternal exposure to agricultural pesticides – Pregnant women who lived in close proximity to fields and farms where chemical pesticides were applied experienced a two-thirds increased risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental delay.