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Arsenic blinds Bhojpur’s babies.
At least 18 babies in several hamlets of Bihar’s Bhojpur district have been born blind in the past three months because their families consume groundwater containing alarming levels of arsenic, doctors have told Hindustan Times.
Full StoryOverweight babies may have delayed motor skills.
Pudgy babies may be adorable, but being overweight may delay a baby’s ability to roll over, crawl, or conquer other important physical skills, researchers report.
Full StoryPesticide exposure deprives Yaquis of breastfeeding.
Long-term research finds that pesticides have prevented some daughters of mothers exposed to pesticide spraying from being able to breast-feed their babies. Some daughters lacked development of the mammary tissue needed to produce milk.
Full StoryA chemical that shouldn’t be in breast milk.
Finding PBDEs in breast milk means that breast-fed infants will receive a dose of this brain toxin. Babies and children are at greater risk from chemicals that affect their developing bodies than are adults, making this all the more alarming.
Full StoryAre ‘test tube babies’ healthy?
DNA methylation patterns, which affect how genes are expressed, are different between IVF and non-IVF children. There’s no way to tell if that’s because of the technology used to produce the IVF babies or whether the difference has something to do with the underlying infertility problem the parents had.
Full StoryWanted: Volunteers, all pregnant.
Authorized by Congress in 2000, the National Children’s Study began last January. With several hundred participants so far, it aims to enroll 100,000 pregnant women in 105 counties, then monitor their babies until they turn 21.
Full StoryBlood pressure, "rich" blood affect baby’s growth.
Women with high blood pressure and blood overly rich in red blood cells are more likely to give birth to babies who are too small or born too early, researchers in the Netherlands reported on Tuesday.
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