Newswise - Very young babies are vulnerable to sudden death, when seated, warns a study published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, one of the British Medical Journals.
Babies less than a month old are most at risk, the research indicates.
The researchers base their findings on an analysis of all sudden unexpected […]

Boston University - A review article on vitamin D just released by Dr. Michael Holick, an internationally recognized expert in vitamin D, provides an overview of his pioneering work that expounds on the important role vitamin D plays in a wide variety of chronic health conditions, as well as suggesting strategies for the prevention and […]

Temple University - Many women are not aware of the risks associated with excess weight gain before and during pregnancy. Physicians need to be aggressively counseling women about the importance of starting pregnancy at a healthy weight, according to Temple University obstetrician-gynecologist Vani Dandolu, M.D.
In a recent analysis published in the American Journal of Perinatology […]

University of Washington - Children whose mothers were exposed to second-hand smoke while they were pregnant have more symptoms of serious psychological problems such as ADHD and conduct disorder compared to children of women who had no prenatal exposure to cigarette smoke, according to a new study funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH).
Writing […]

More omega-3s EPA and DHA in diet reduces blood vessel damage in eye.
Increasing intake of the omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA, found in popular fish oil supplements, may protect against blindness resulting from abnormal blood vessel growth in the eye (retinopathy), according to a study published online by the journal Nature Medicine on June […]

Children’s Hospital, Boston - Mothers-to-be can take positive lifestyle steps in pregnancy to increase the chance that their babies will be born without a heart defect, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published in the journal Circulation.
“Lifestyle choices that prospective mothers make may reduce the risk of giving birth to a baby […]