Eating Eggs When Pregnant Potentially Reduces Breast Cancer In Offspring

“A stunning discovery based on epigenetics (the inheritance of propensities acquired in the womb) reveals that consuming choline—a nutrient found in eggs and other foods—during pregnancy may significantly affect breast cancer outcomes for a mother’s offspring.” read more…

Vitamin D Found To Fight Placental Infection

“A team of UCLA researchers reports for the first time that vitamin D induces immune responses in placental tissues by stimulating production of the antimicrobial protein cathelicidin.” read more…

Miscarriage And Infertility Treatment Increase Pre-eclampsia Risk

“Repeated miscarriages and hormone treatment for infertility give an increased risk of pre-eclampsia among pregnant women. This comes from a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. More than 20 000 first-time mothers from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) were included in the study.” read more…

Vitamin D Deficiency Associated With Greater Rates Of Cesarean Sections

“Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) found that pregnant women who are vitamin D deficient are also at an increased risk for delivering a baby by caesarean section as compared to pregnant women who are not vitamin D deficient. These findings currently appear on-line in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.” read more…

Most Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Lack Vitamin D

“Almost 75 percent of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes have insufficient levels of vitamin D, researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston report.” read more…

Low-Glcemic Index Foods More Effective Than Whole Grains at Controlling Type-2 Diabetes

“People with Type-2 Diabetes on a high-fiber diet kept their blood sugar under better control when they ate foods like beans and nuts instead of the recommended whole-grain diet, researchers have found.” read more…

Childhood Obesity May Cause Thyroid Problems

“Childhood obesity may alter the structure and function of the thyroid gland, an organ in the neck that releases hormones crucial to metabolism.” read more…

Severe pre-pregnancy stress tied to preterm birth

“Women who suffer the stress of a death or serious illness of a loved one shortly before becoming pregnant may have an increased risk of premature delivery, a large study suggests.” read more…

Low birth weight ups risk of infant skin tumors

“The incidence of reddish skin tumors called infantile hemangiomas has grown in recent years, and low birth weight is the leading risk factor driving the increase, new research suggests.” read more…

Powdered Infant Formula Eyed in Death of 1 Baby, Hospitalization of Another

“The New Mexico Health Department says a baby has died and another baby has been hospitalized due to a rare illness that caused infection in their bloodstream and central nervous systems.” read more…