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  Severe Maternal Complications Less Common During Home Births, Study Suggests

  June 14, 2013 — Women with low risk pregnancies who choose to give birth at home have a lower risk of severe complications than women who plan a hospital birth, finds a new ... > full story
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  Geneticists Solve Mystery of EEC Syndrome's Variable Severity in Children

  June 14, 2013 — By identifying a protein that acts as a genetic modifier, scientists have solved the mystery of why some infants are born with a grave syndrome consisting of cleft palate and major deformities of the ... > full story
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  Doubling of Deaths Among Sick Moms-to-Be Amid Poor Evidence on Drug Safety in Pregnancy

  June 12, 2013 — The lack of hard data on the safety and effectiveness of a wide range of drugs in pregnancy has hindered the treatment of pregnant women, contributing to a doubling of deaths amongst mums-to-be with ... > full story
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  Infants Express Non-Verbal Sympathy for Others in Distress

  June 12, 2013 — Infants as young as ten months old express sympathy for others in distress in non-verbal ways, according to new ... > full story
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  Low Birth Weight Could Be a Risk Factor for Age-Related Vision Loss

  June 12, 2013 — Medical researchers show that rats with restricted growth in the womb, causing low birth weights when born, were most susceptible to developing age-related vision loss, compared to their normal ... > full story
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  Recognising Low Blood Sugars Could Help Prevent Brain Damage in Newborn Babies

  June 12, 2013 — Researchers studying a rare and potentially lethal childhood disease – which is the clinical opposite of diabetes - have made an important ... > full story
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  Younger Mothers and Older Mothers Are at Higher Risk of Adverse Delivery Outcomes

  June 11, 2013 — Younger mothers are at a higher risk of preterm birth while older mothers are more likely to have a caesarean section, suggests a new ... > full story
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  Obesity Increases Risk of Preterm Delivery

  June 11, 2013 — The risk of preterm delivery increases with maternal overweight and obesity, according to a new Swedish study. Women with the highest Body Mass Index (BMI) also had the highest statistical risk of ... > full story
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  Obesity Can Be Predicted from Infancy, Researchers Find

  June 11, 2013 — Infants as young as two months old already exhibit growth patterns that can predict the child's weight by age 5, according to ... > full story
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  Fetal Neuromaturation Associated With Mother's Exposure to DDT and Other Environmental Contaminants

  June 11, 2013 — A has for the first time found that a mother's higher exposure to some common environmental contaminants was associated with more frequent and vigorous fetal motor activity. Some chemicals were also ... > full story

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