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Both mother and baby genes affect birth weight
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 2 (ANI): Recent findings have discovered links between genetic code and birth weight of human beings which explain how mothers' and babies' genes influence birth weight.
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Quitting smoking during pregnancy lowers risk of preterm births
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Apr, 20 (ANI): A recent study claims that smoking during pregnancy can have negative health impacts. According to researchers smoking during pregnancy can result in low birth weight, delayed intrauterine development, preterm birth, infant mortality, and long-term dev
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Long, stressful commutes harmful for pregnant women: Study
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 2 (ANI): Pregnant women who commute long-distance to work have an increased risk of adverse birth outcomes, including having babies born at a low-birth-weight, a recent study suggests.
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Cystic Fibrosis in unborn babies may lead to lower brith weight
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Aug 04 (ANI): Babies born with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), an ailment of the lungs and the digetsive system, suffer from a number of complications which includes lower average birth weight, finds a research.
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Assault during pregnancy may result in pre-term babies
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] July 26(ANI): Turns out, physical assault during pregnancy, especially in the third trimester, can significantly increase the rates of babies born at very low birth weights.
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Kangaroo Care - Utilising mother and baby bond
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): India is one of the countries which registers' a large number of neonatal deaths. Statistics peg the neonatal mortality rate in the country at 0.75 million per year. 35 percent of these can be attributed to preterm birth and low-birth weight.
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Cabinet approves National Nutrition Mission
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): In a move to target the problem of malnutrition, stunting and low birth weight babies, the Union Cabinet has approved setting up of National Nutrition Mission (NNM) with a three year budget of Rs 9046.17 crore commencing from 2017-18, the government said
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Babies born to kidnapped brides weigh 80 to 190 gms lower
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 03 (ANI): A study has recently revealed that babies, who are born to kidnapped brides have 80 to 190 grams lower birth weight than other babies.
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Obesity in children linked to heavier birth weight: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 7 (ANI): Recent study has found out that babies, who weighed heavier at birth, are likely to be obese when they are in kindergarten to second grade (age 5 to 8 years).
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Graphics on cigarette pack can avert death rates
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 6 (ANI): A study says that using prominent, graphic picture on cigarette packs warning against smoking could avert more than 652,000 deaths, up to 92,000 low birth weight infants, up to 145,000 preterm births, and about 1,000 cases of sudden infant deaths in the U
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Preggers' urine can predict baby's birth weight
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 4 (ANI): When it comes to the baby's birth weight, it can now be predicted, courtesy the mommy to-be's urine, says a new study.
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Women with hearing loss more likely to have preemies
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 3 (ANI): A new study says, babies born to women with hearing loss were significantly more likely to be premature and have low birth weight.
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