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Women's Health
Pregnancy Safe for Women With Estrogen-Sensitive Breast Cancer
WEDNESDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnancy is safe for women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, according to a new study.
Categories: Women's Health
Infants' Faces Trigger Caregiving Impulse in Adults' Brains
TUESDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- Seeing a baby's face triggers a response in areas of adults' brains involved with emotion, reward and planning movement, a finding researchers say may indicate a natural inclination to take care of an infant.
Categories: Women's Health
"Meth babies" show more behavior problems
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When expectant moms use methamphetamine, their kids may be at greater risk of behavioral and emotional problems by kindergarten, a new study finds. Researchers found that of 330 children they followed to age 5, the half who were exposed to meth in the womb tended to have more behavioral issues, sadness and anxiety. The findings, reported in the journal Pediatrics, do not point to "huge" differences between meth-exposed kids and their peers. But the results are still "worrisome," said lead researcher Linda L. ...
Categories: Women's Health
"Meth babies" show more behavior problems
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When expectant moms use methamphetamine, their kids may be at greater risk of behavioral and emotional problems by kindergarten, a new study finds. Researchers found that of 330 children they followed to age 5, the half who were exposed to meth in the womb tended to have more behavioral issues, sadness and anxiety. The findings, reported in the journal Pediatrics, do not point to "huge" differences between meth-exposed kids and their peers. But the results are still “worrisome," said lead researcher Linda L. ...
Categories: Women's Health
Study: Meth Babies Might Be at Higher Risk for Behavioral Problems
A study on the complications experienced by meth babies was released Monday. It found meth babies have a slightly elevated risk of behavioral problems, among other issues, according to the Associated Press.
Categories: Women's Health
Kids Willing to Fail May Perform Better Academically
MONDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- If at first you don't succeed, try, try again, goes the truism.
Categories: Women's Health
Mothers of Kids With Autism Earn Less, Study Shows
MONDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- Mothers of children with autism and autism spectrum disorders earn significantly less than what mothers of children who have no health limitations earn, a new study has found.
Categories: Women's Health
Kids Using Synthetic Pot a Growing Public Health Concern
MONDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- The recent advent of so-called "synthetic pot" is a rising public health concern, researchers warn, sending kids to the emergency room and prompting parental calls to poison control centers.
Categories: Women's Health
Kids of Meth-Using Moms at Risk of Behavioral Woes
MONDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- Children exposed to methamphetamine while in the womb face a higher risk of developing behavior problems, a new study suggests.
Categories: Women's Health
Health Tip: Encourage Your Kids to Choose Healthy Snacks
(HealthDay News) -- Kids may crave chips and sweet treats, but parents should encourage their children to choose healthier options.
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The 'Choking Game': 1 in 7 College Kids Has Tried It
College students aren't necessarily renowned for their good judgment, and a new study reinforces that, finding that nearly one in seven co-eds has played the Choking Game, which is every bit as dangerous as it sounds.
Categories: Women's Health
Moms of autistic children work less, earn less
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - U.S. families with autistic children earn nearly $18,000 less than parents of normally developing kids, according to a new report. The gap is mainly due to mothers not having a job or working fewer hours, researchers found. "The needs of children with autism really straddle a number of service systems and there is a tremendous amount of finger pointing in terms of who's going to pay," said David Mandell, associate director of the Center for Autism Research at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. ...
Categories: Women's Health
Study of 'meth babies' finds behavior problems
The first study to look at methamphetamine's potential lasting effects on children whose mothers used it in pregnancy finds these kids at higher risk for behavior problems than other children.
Categories: Women's Health
Stressed Parents May Affect Preemie Behavior Later
THURSDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- When parents of very small premature infants are stressed or depressed, their children are more likely to develop behavioral problems by age 3, according to new research.
Categories: Women's Health
Giving Birth to Small Babies Linked to Heart Disease in Moms: Study
THURSDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Women who deliver full-term infants with low birth weights have nearly double the risk of developing ischemic heart disease, a new study says.
Categories: Women's Health
Too Much Exercise Delays Pregnancy in Normal-Weight Women: Study
THURSDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise is a plus for women trying to become pregnant, but overdoing workouts might make it harder to conceive -- unless you're overweight, researchers report.
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Parents: Save Obese Kids by Getting with the Program Yourselves
COMMENTARY| The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, or so we've heard for years. It's a generalization, of course, but most axioms that persist contain a grain of truth. As it turns out, apples and grains might just be part of the solution to nipping childhood obesity in the bud: A recent study indicates that if parents work on their weight, their kids are more likely to become healthier and, yes, less likely to be obese.
Categories: Women's Health
Parents sizzle over 'pink slime' in US school meals
It sounds like something only a teenager might care to tuck into, but parents in the United States are sizzling over the idea of "pink slime" turning up in their youngsters' school meals.
Categories: Women's Health
Watching Movie Stars Light Up May Spur Kids to Smoke
WEDNESDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- The more smoking they see in movies, the more likely young adolescents are to start smoking, according to a new study.
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