US health researchers said Thursday that they have documented lead poisoning risks among Pregnant Women who took Ayurvedic medicine and issued a new warning on the safety of traditional pills. read more..
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| Indonesian Muslim women prepare to attend prayers marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan at Parangkusumo beach outside Yogyakarta |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a small new study, pregnant women who fasted during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan were no more likely to give birth prematurely than women who didn't observe the fast. Lebanese researchers found no significant differences in the rate of births before the 37th week of pregnancy among 201 pregnant Beirut women who fasted during the daytime compared with 201 women who didn't. The babies of women who fasted were smaller, on average, however, which the researchers called "alarming. ... read more..
LONDON (Reuters) - The lives of almost a million Newborn Babies could be saved every year if simple, cheap and rapid tests for syphilis were offered to Pregnant Women in poorer countries, global health experts said on Thursday. The Global Congenital Syphilis Partnership, a group set up to help tackle the sexually transmitted disease, said testing women in early pregnancy would cost less than 1 pound ($1.58) per woman, and those who tested positive could be treated with a single dose of the cheap antibiotic penicillin. ... read more..
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| In this Dec. 13, 2011 photo, breast cancer survivor Arline MacCormack speaks with a reporter at her home in Newton, Mass. A study has confirmed that the drug DES, which millions of pregnant women took decades ago to prevent miscarriage and complications, has put their daughters at higher risk for breast cancer and other health problems that are showing up now. MacCormack is one of 53 women from ar |
Arline MacCormack first heard about DES from her mother when she was 17. Three decades later, MacCormack believes that the drug her mother took to prevent miscarriages caused her to develop breast cancer at age 44. read more..
Share this with the pregnant women you know: A new study finds that alcohol is never safe for a developing fetus—even right at the beginning. We've seen our fair share of pregnant ladies sipping wine at dinner, have you?Alcohol Never Safe for Developing Babies During Pregnancy | Healthland | TIME.comhealthland.time.comDrinking and pregnancy don’t mix, but when are babies most vulnerable to the effects of alcohol? The end of the first trimester appears to be the period when alcohol can wreak the most havoc on fetal development, causing physical deformities as well as behavioral and cognitive symptoms, accordi... read more..
