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Premature Babies Are At Higher Risk of Diabetes, Study Finds
According to MSNBC, diabetes risk may be slightly higher in premature babies. According to a Swedish study, children who spent less time in the womb had a slightly higher risk, less than 1 percent, of developing diabetes at a later time in their life. In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 3 of every 25 babies are delivered prematurely. Premature babies face a lot of developmental risks, but diabetes could lead to other risk factors such as high blood pressure. The research team, along with Dr. Casey Crump of Stanford University, used a national prescription database to track the use of diabetes medications by 630,000 people in Sweden born between 1973 and 1979. Roughly 28,000 of those individuals were born premature, the study found. Crump’s team found that 15 out of 100 preemies developed diabetes by the time they were in their twenties and thirties….
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Acetaminophen in Pregnancy May Increase Asthma Risk in Children
According to WebMD, acetaminophen during pregnancy may increase the risk of asthma in children. A new study by Richard Beasley, MD, professor of medicine at the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, found that the results should not be a cause for alarm and the doctors should still consider the drug safe to take. It is unknown if the popular painkiller has a true cause and effect when taken during pregnancy. In a pooled result, the study found that any prenatal exposure to acetaminophen was associated with increased chances of asthma and wheezing in the children ages 1 ½ to 7. These findings are consistent with a 2009 meta-analysis that found an association between use of acetaminophen during pregnancy and both asthma and wheeze, as reported in the issue of Clinical and Experimental Allergy. Overall, the study found that using the painkiller during pregnancy was associated with a 21% increased…
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Study Finds Weight and IVF Treatment May Increase Miscarriages
According to MSNBC, a study found that overweight women have a much higher risk of a miscarriage after having in-vitro fertilization than slimmer women who had undergone the same procedure. British doctors tracked 318 women at a London clinic who became pregnant after having in-vitro fertilization from 2000-2009. The researchers then separated women by their Body Mass Index. Women who had a BMI of 18 to 24 were classified as normal. Women with a BMI of 25 or more were classified as overweight, and those over 30 as obese. The study also took into consideration factors such as age, smoking and medical history. With all those factors, the study found overweight and obese women were much more likely to have a miscarriage than thin women. Women within the normal weight range who had undergone in-vitro fertilization had a 22 percent miscarriage rate. Women who were considered overweight and obese had…
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