Low birth weight, poor diet impair girls’ learning ability
July 18th, 2012 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 18 (IANS) Lower birth weight and poor diet in childhood can lead to poor learning and behaviour in children, particularly girls, according to a new study.Researchers from Australia's ... Read more...
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Children who are looked after at home have better language skills
January 6th, 2011 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 6 (ANI): Children, aged 1.5 to 3 years, who are looked after at home by a parent, child-carer or in an outdoor nursery, have better language skills than those who ... Read more...
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X-rays may increase childhood leukemia risk
October 5th, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 5 (ANI): A new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Public Health has revealed that diagnostic X-rays may increase the risk of developing childhood leukemia.Specifically, ... Read more...
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Babies born past term linked to increased risk of cerebral palsy
September 1st, 2010 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 1 (ANI): A new research has found that compared with delivery at 40 weeks, birth at 37 or 38 weeks or at 42 weeks or later is associated with an ... Read more...
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Childhood cancer ‘increases with advancing maternal age’
July 15th, 2009 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 15 (ANI): Baby born to an older mother may have a slightly increased risk for many of the cancers that occur during childhood, according to a new study from the ... Read more...
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Babies of older mums have higher cancer risk
July 15th, 2009 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 15 (IANS) A baby born to an older mother may have a slightly higher risk for many of the cancers that occur during childhood, according to a new study.
"Our ... Read more...
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Living near highways ups odds of low weight babies by 81pct
July 31st, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 31 (ANI): A new study has found that living near city expressways is associated with adverse birth effects on expectant mothers and their newborns.During the study, researchers from the ... Read more...
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Babies born by c-section at 50% increased asthma risk
June 19th, 2008 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 19 (ANI): A new study has found that babies born by Caesarean section have a 50 percent greater risk of developing asthma as compared to babies born naturally.The study ... Read more...
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Indian, Lankan women at 3-fold risk of extreme nausea during pregnancy
April 26th, 2008 - 12:58 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): Women born in India and Sri Lanka are three times more likely to suffer from extreme nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (hyperemesis gravidarum) than ethnic Norwegians, says ... Read more...
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Preterm birth linked to diminished long-term survival, reproduction
March 26th, 2008 - 1:49 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Mar 26 (ANI): A new study by researchers at the Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., has found that premature babies have an increased risk of death throughout childhood and ... Read more...
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