Search Results for 'Pregnancy'

Handling depression during pregnancy

This one's for all the mommies-to-be - If you are someone who's not enjoying the wait for your little bundle of joy, and are depressed because you are pregnant, then help is at hand. There is no need to fight a lone battle anym [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression dilemma in pregnancy: Ditch meds?

In January 2008, Clori Rose, a high school teacher in Atlanta, was halfway through her pregnancy when she started to notice a significant change in her emotions. A remark from a student that she normally would have brushed aside sent her [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression linked to pregnancy stress

RESEARCHERS IN Dublin have confirmed that women whose mothers experienced stress during pregnancy face a higher risk of depression in later life. Stress occurring during the last months of pregnancy could actually alter normal foetal bra [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

Tips for a healthy pregnancy

Eat five or six well-balanced meals each day. Drink plenty of fluids, at least eight to ten glasses a day, avoiding caffeine and artificial coloring. Take a pregnancy exercise class or walk at least 15 to 20 minutes every day at a [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Smoking in pregnancy risks psychotic children - study

Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms as teenagers, British scientists said on Thursday. Researchers from four British universities studied 6,356 12-year-olds and interviewed [...]

Posted On : Oct, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

The Hazards of Drinking Alcohol During Pregnancy

While it is common knowledge that it is unsafe to abuse any kind of drugs during pregnancy, many people wonder if it is safe to drink alcohol during pregnancy.In a word, the answer is "no." Why? Because drinking during [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Smoking during pregnancy ups kids cancer risk

Smoking during pregnancy has long been known to cause birth complications, and now, a new research has revealed that babies born to women who smoke during pregnancy are five times more likely to develop a childhood cancer. Researchers at t [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Mom's Fatty Diet During Pregnancy Triggers Overeating, Obesi...

High-fat diet during pregnancy produces permanent changes in the offspring's brain that lead to increased appetite and obesity early in life, a study in rats has shown. The surprising new research by Rockefeller University scientists [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

Smoking during pregnancy shows mixed effects

The findings, from a study of nearly 53,000 U.S. children born in the 1960s, found that those whose mothers smoked during pregnancy were at higher risk of low birthweight -- a link that studies have long noted. There was also evidence, alb [...]

Posted On : Sep, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Women's Health: Pregnancy myths are usually just urban legen...

In honor of Labor Day just past, I’d like to turn our attention to the topic that comes to most women's minds with the word “labor.” Childbirth is a process we all experience in one way or another, since we all arrive in [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

How women are dieting and exercising through pregnancy at th...

The woman next to me on the exercise bike was pedalling furiously, rivulets of sweat running down her face. As I cycled beside her my eyes were drawn to her hugely pregnant stomach, encased in a tight-fitting vest top. 'Long to go?' I p [...]

Posted On : Aug, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

US probes teen 'pregnancy pact'

Officials in the US state of Massachusetts are investigating how 17 teenage girls from the same school have become pregnant. The number is four times as high as the year before at Gloucester High School. There are reports that some of t [...]

Posted On : Jun, 20 2008 | Comments : 0

Flying During Pregnancy Is Unsafe For The Fetus

Heightened security is making air travel increasingly burdensome for even the most hardened business traveler. Terrorist threats notwithstanding, traveling by air remains a remarkably safe way to go given the obvious dangers of cruising ato [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

How effective are female condoms in preventing pregnancy?

The female condom is pretty effective, as long as it is correctly inserted into the vagina - and provided the man doesn't put his penis outside it. One trial gave a ‘succe [...]