Cerebral Palsy

Antibiotics for Preterm Labor Linked to Cerebral Palsy
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Synopsis: The article describes a study that shows the heightened chances of babies with Cerebral Palsy when women took antibiotics during their pregnancy and especially late in their pregnancy.

"Some two in 1,000 children born at term develop cerebral palsy; the risk is higher for those babies born early. The risk for the children in this study was, overall, about two in every 100, while the risk for those whose mothers had taken one or both antibiotics was three-to-four per every 100 children, the researchers said." -

Source: HealthDay
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Thursday, September 18, 2008

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Birth defects heightened by obesity?

A new study from the University of Texas suggests mothers who are obese before their pregnancy face a higher risk of having babies with birth defects.

The study followed nearly 15,000 women and concluded that about 4% of women who were obese before pregnancy had babies with major birth defects, versus 3% of their slimmer counterparts.

In addition to the other benefits of health diet and exercise, this is just another reason to fight obesity.

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