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Pregnancy harder on older wombs
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 7 (ANI): Ladies, you may want to rethink about starting a family later in life as a recent study has linked older wombs to complications in pregnancy.
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Why does prenatal alcohol exposure up addiction risk?
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jul 8 (ANI): One of the many negative consequences when foetuses are exposed to alcohol in the womb is an increased risk for drug addiction later in life. Neuroscientists are discovering why.
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A weapon against Alzheimer's in your womb?
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 20 (ANI): Think your memory is starting to slip? A protein found in umbilical cord blood may help turn back the clock on mental ageing.
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Your left or right handedness was decided when you were a foetus!
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 19. (ANI): Lefty or righty? Well it was decided when you were still in your mum's womb!
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Vitamin A deficiency in pregnant women ups risk of Alzheimer's for ch
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 28 (ANI): For would-be-mommies, inclusion of sweet potatoes, carrots, and dark leafy greens in their diet are a must, as a study warns that deficiency of vitamin A in the womb or just after birth can have a detrimental effect on the brain development of the fetus
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Obesity in mothers could lead to high blood pressure risk in offsprings
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [India], Oct. 13 (ANI): Exposure of babies to high levels of the satiety hormone, Leptin, in the womb irreversibly activates receptors in the brain that regulate blood pressure and this activation may lead to a lifelong increased risk of high blood pressure and kidney disease
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CRY highlights ten gender data gaps India needs to fill
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 11 (ANI): With a population of 225 million, girls account for 48 percent of India's children. Yet, a girl in India continues to faces discrimination from the womb.
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Woman carrying dead fetus dies in Chhattisgarh after hospitals deny treatm
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Korba (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sept. 21 (ANI): A pregnant woman in Chhattisgarh's Korba district died of infection, after carrying a fetus that had died in her womb, after the doctors at private hospitals allegedly refused to attend as her family was unable to pay the fee.
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