Daily non-political popular news in brief.

Weight gain between first and second pregnancies associated with increased odds of male second child

A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health and Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, found that mothers who experienced an increase in weight from the beginning of the first pregnancy to the beginning of the second pregnancy may be slightly more likely to give birth to a baby boy during their second pregnancy.

Read more »

Keywords: weight, gain, pregnancies, associated, increased, odds, male, child, pregnancy, odd

« Previous | Next »

Similar news on "Weight gain between first and second pregnancies associated with increased odds of male second child":

1. Gaining Weight Between Pregnancies Could Lead To Pregnancy Complications
   10-07-2006 · ScienceDaily
   A new, large-scale study from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, found that an increase in body mass index between first and second pregnancies was associated with adverse outcomes.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
2. Low vitamin D during pregnancy linked to pre-eclampsia
   09-07-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Vitamin D deficiency early in pregnancy is associated with a five-fold increased risk of pre-eclampsia, reports a University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences study. A complication of pregnancy marked by soaring blood pressure, pre-eclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and fetal illness and death. Pre-eclampsia affects up to 7 percent of first pregnancies, and health-care costs associated with pre-eclampsia are estimated at $7 billion a year in the United States alone.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
3. Drug monitoring reduces seizures in pregnant women with epilepsy
   11-28-2007 · EurekAlert!
   A popular epilepsy drug taken by pregnant women with epilepsy because of its mild risk of birth defects has been linked to increased seizure activity in up to 75 percent of pregnancies. Now, new research shows that monitoring the level of the drug in the blood helps to reduce the increased seizure activity associated with the drug lamotrigine and improve the overall health of pregnant women and their fetuses.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
4. Maternal depression and controlling behavior associated with increased stress response in infants
   09-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Teenage pregnancy is widely recognized to be a major public health concern. These young mothers face many life challenges and they have an increased risk for becoming depressed.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
5. Exposures to the insecticide chlorpyrifos in pregnancy adversely affect child development
   12-04-2006 · EurekAlert!
   Children who were exposed prenatally to the insecticide chlorpyrifos had significantly poorer mental and motor development by three years of age and increased risk for behavior problems, according to a peer-reviewed study published today.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
6. Editorial: Weight and pregnancy
   07-26-2007 · EurekAlert!
   While weight and obesity have long concerned women in relation to body image and lifestyle issues, few are aware of the possible risks that fluctuating weight could have on their unborn child, write Dr. Jennifer Walsh and Professor Deirdre Murphy.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
7. Mom's obesity during conception phase may set the stage for offspring's obesity risk
   01-03-2008 · EurekAlert!
   Researchers have examined whether fetal exposure to gestational obesity leads to a self-reinforcing viscious cycle of excessive weight gain and body fat which passes from mother to child. The results of a new study suggest they do.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
8. Weight cycling associated with increased risk for gallstones among men
   11-27-2006 · EurekAlert!
   Intentionally losing weight and then regaining it may increase men's risk for gallstones later in life, according to a report in the November 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
9. Consumption of small amounts of dark chocolate associated with reduction in blood pressure
   07-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Eating about 30 calories a day of dark chocolate was associated with a lowering of blood pressure, without weight gain or other adverse effects, according to a study in the July 4 issue of JAMA.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
10. Growth hormone is not the anti-aging bullet for healthy adults
    01-15-2007 · EurekAlert!
    A review of published data on use of human growth hormone by healthy elderly people found that the synthetic hormone was associated with small changes in body composition but not in body weight or other clinically important outcomes. Further, people who took GH had increased rates of unhealthy side effects such as soft tissue swelling, joint pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and, in men, abnormal breast development and were also somewhat more likely to develop diabetes.
    Similar news · Read more »