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NEWS:

Beginning a Pregnancy Already Overweight

Cocaine Use During Pregnancy Spells Trouble for Boys

Corn Fungus Linked To Fatal Birth Defects

Dangers to Your Unborn Child

Drinking During Pregnancy Can Lower Baby's IQ

Drug Warning For Pregnant Women

FDA: Kids, women should limit fish

Fetal Alcohol Costs Baby & Society

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Costs Soar

Genetics May Play Part In Miscarriages

Lead risk worst for fetuses, children

Little-known 'fifth disease' is attracting attention

Maternal Smoking Linked to Low Sperm Counts

Mercury Dangers For Unborn

More Platinum Found In Women With Implants

New Evidence on Main Cause of Cerebral Palsy

New Research Suggests Link between Maternal Diet and Childhood Leukemia Risk

New Study Estimates That Some Pregnant Women Are Prescribed Drugs Which May Be Considered Unsafe During Pregnancy

New Study Finds Babies Born To Mothers Who Drink Alcohol Heavily May Suffer Permanent Nerve Damage

Poor Children Exposed To Smoke At Risk

Radiation a worry for air travellers

Smoking Moms May Boost Tots Risk Of Colic

Studies: Alcohol Damages Fetal Brain Cells

The Nine Months of Living Anxiously

U.S. says it will tighten distribution of Accutane

ARTICLES:

Air Travel During Pregnancy: Is It Safe?

Birth Defects: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

CDC-Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

NGC-Thromboembolism in pregnancy.

Off to a Good Start: The Influence of Pre- and Periconceptional Exposures, Parental Fertility, and Nutrition on Children's Health

Preeclampsia

Pregnancy Alert

Pregnant Smokers Put Babies At Increased Risk For Asthma

Screening for Alcohol Misuse

Sex during pregnancy

Smoking and pregnancy.

Ultrasound in pregnancy: Is it safe?

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

A Meta-Analysis of Maternal Cured Meat Consumption during Pregnancy and the Risk of Childhood Brain Tumors (Neuroepidemiology)

A prospective study to investigate the relationship between periodontal disease and adverse pregnancy outcome. (Br Dent J)

[Adult fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) with various nouropsychiatric symptoms] (Nihon Arukoru Yakubutsu Igakkai Zasshi)

Advanced maternal age and adverse perinatal outcome. (Obstet Gynecol)

Advanced paternal age and risk of fetal death: a cohort study. (Am J Epidemiol)

Air travel in pregnancy: the 'air-born' study. (Ir Med J)

Alcohol consumption among women who are pregnant or who might become pregnant--United States, 2002. (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep)

Alcohol Consumption at the Time of Conception and Spontaneous Abortion. (Am J Epidemiol)

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy and the risk of preterm delivery. (Am J Epidemiol)

Alcohol dehydrogenase 2*3 affects alterations in offspring facial morphology associated with maternal ethanol intake in pregnancy. (Alcohol Clin Exp Res)

Alcohol during pregnancy and atopic dermatitis in the offspring. (Clin Exp Allergy)

Association between short birth intervals and schizophrenia in the offspring. (Schizophr Res)

Bed rest and other determinants of bone loss during pregnancy. (Am J Obstet Gynecol)

Bed rest in singleton pregnancies for preventing preterm birth. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev)

Blunt Trauma in Pregnancy (Am Fam Physician)

Brain development during fetal life: influences of the intra-uterine environment. (Neurosci Lett)

Cognitive outcomes of preschool children with prenatal cocaine exposure. (JAMA)

Common antiepileptic drugs in pregnancy in women with epilepsy. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev)

Critical relationship between sodium valproate dose and human teratogenicity: results of the Australian register of anti-epileptic drugs in pregnancy. (J Clin Neurosci)

Developmental effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and material hardship among inner-city children. (Neurotoxicol Teratol)

Diagnostic mid trimester amniocentesis: How safe? (Am J Obstet Gynecol)

Diagnostic radiography in pregnancy: Risks and reality. (Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol)

Disease specific problems related to drug therapy in pregnancy. (Lupus)

Does a childhood history of externalizing problems predict smoking during pregnancy? (Addict Behav)

Effect of macronutrient intake on the development of glucose intolerance during pregnancy. (Am J Clin Nutr)

[Effect of smoking during pregnancy on anthropometric characteristics at birth] (Salud Publica Mex)

Effects of passive smoking on outcome in pregnancy. (J Postgrad Med)

Environmental tobacco smoke and pregnancy outcome. (Epidemiology)

Epidemiological evidence on reproductive effects of persistent organochlorines in humans. (Reprod Toxicol)

Estimated Risk for Altered Fetal Growth Resulting from Exposure to Fine Particles during Pregnancy: An Epidemiologic Prospective Cohort Studyin Poland (Environ Health Perspect)

[Evolution of tobacco habits during pregnancy and postpartum period.] (Aten Primaria)

Excessive maternal caffeine exposure during pregnancy is cataractogenic for neonatal crystalline lenses in rats: a biomicroscopic and histopathologic study. (Acta Ophthalmol Scand)

Fetal Exposure to PCBs and Their Hydroxylated Metabolites in a Dutch Cohort (Environ Health Perspect)

Fish consumption, advisory awareness, and hair mercury levels among women of childbearing age. (Environ Res. 2005)

Genotoxicity of environmental tobacco smoke: a review. (Mutat Res)

Genotoxicity of tobacco smoke and tobacco smoke condensate: a review. (Mutat Res)

Glucose tolerance and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in nulliparous women who smoke during pregnancy. (Am J Epidemiol)

Homocysteine and Folic Acid Are Inversely Related in Black Women With Preeclampsia. (Hypertension)

Hot tub use during pregnancy and the risk of miscarriage. (Am J Epidemiol)

Household water source and the risk of childhood brain tumours: results of the SEARCH International Brain Tumor Study. (Int J Epidemiol)

Hypertension during pregnancy in South Australia, Part 1: Pregnancy outcomes. (Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol)

Hypertension during pregnancy in South Australia, Part 2: Risk factors for adverse maternal and/or perinatal outcome - results of multivariable analysis. (Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol)

Hypoplasia of the arcuate nucleus and maternal smoking during pregnancy in sudden unexplained perinatal and infant death (Neuropathology)

Impact of Bone Lead and Bone Resorption on Plasma and Whole Blood Lead Levels during Pregnancy. (Am J Epidemiol)

Implications of Antenatal Depression and Anxiety for Obstetric Outcome (Obstetrics & Gynecology)

IN UTERO PREDNISONE EXPOSURE AFFECTS GENITAL DEVELOPMENT. (J Urol)

Increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in HIV-infected women treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy in Europe. (AIDS)

Increasing Incidence of Diabetes After Gestational Diabetes. (Obstet Gynecol Surv)

Influence of maternal tobacco smoking during pregnancy on uterine, umbilical and fetal cerebral artery blood flows. (Early Hum Dev)

Interaction between the ADH1C polymorphism and maternal alcohol intake in the risk of nonsyndromic oral clefts: An evaluation of the contribution of child and maternal genotypes. (Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol)

[Interventions to Prevent Health Risks Due to Tobacco Smoke in Pregnant Women, Women Postpartum and their Infants.] (Gesundheitswesen)

Late First-Trimester Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis: Results of an International Randomized Trial. (Obstet Gynecol)

Long-term effects of repeated pregnancies (multiparity) on blood pressure regulation. (Cardiovasc Res)

Maternal age and risk of fetal death in singleton gestations: USA, 1995-2000. (J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med)

Maternal age, alcohol abuse history, and quality of parenting as moderators of the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on 7.5-year intellectual function. (Alcohol Clin Exp Res)

Maternal and obstetric risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome in the United States. (Obstet Gynecol)

Maternal blood pressure in pregnancy, birth weight, and perinatal mortality in first births: prospective study (BMJ)

Maternal Caffeine Consumption and Spontaneous Abortion: A Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence (Epidemiology)

Maternal coffee drinking in pregnancy and risk of small for gestational age birth. (Eur J Clin Nutr)

Maternal dietary risk factors in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (United States). (Cancer Causes Control)

Maternal exposure to biomass smoke and reduced birth weight in Zimbabwe. (Ann Epidemiol)

Maternal exposure to Great Lakes sport-caught fish and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene, but not polychlorinated biphenyls, is associated with reduced birth weight. (Environ Res. 2005)

Maternal medication use and neuroblastoma in offspring. (Am J Epidemiol)

Maternal morbid obesity and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcome. (Obstet Gynecol Surv)

Maternal plasma ascorbic Acid (vitamin C) and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (Epidemiology)

Maternal Prepregnancy Overweight and Obesity and the Pattern of Labor Progression in Term Nulliparous Women. (Obstet Gynecol)

Maternal risk factors for testicular cancer: a population-based case-control study (UK). (Cancer Causes Control)

Maternal Smoking and Childhood Leukemia and Lymphoma Risk among 1,440,542 Swedish Children. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev)

[Maternal smoking during pregnancy: risk factor for ADHD in the offspring?] (Z Kinder Jugendpsychiatr Psychother)

Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy, Fetal Development, and Childhood Asthma. (Am J Public Health)

Maternal smoking: an increasing unique risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome in Sweden. (Acta Paediatr)

Mean Total Arsenic Concentrations in Chicken 1989-2000 and Estimated Exposures for Consumers of Chicken (Environ Health Perspect)

Morning sickness reduces dietary diversity, nutrient intakes, and infant outcome of pregnant women (Nutrition Research)

Neonatal cerebral white matter injury in preterm infants is associated with culture positive infections and only rarely with metabolic acidosis (American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)

New data on the importance of gestational Mg deficiency. (Magnes Res)

New Study Estimates That Some Pregnant Women Are Prescribed Drugs Which May Be Considered Unsafe During Pregnancy

Obesity and pregnancy. (Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand)

Obesity is associated with increased risk of first trimester and recurrent miscarriage: matched case-control study. (Hum Reprod)

Parental cigarette smoking and childhood risks of hepatoblastoma: OSCC data. (Br J Cancer)

Parental Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the Risk of Childhood Brain Tumors (Am J Epidemiol)

Paternal smoking and pregnancy loss: a prospective study using a biomarker of pregnancy. (Am J Epidemiol)

Perinatal risks of untreated depression during pregnancy. (Can J Psychiatry)

Periodontal disease and poor obstetrical outcome. (Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol.)

Peripheral nerve conduction abnormalities in children exposed to alcohol in utero (Journal of Pediatrics)

Poor maternal care and high maternal body mass index in pregnancy as a risk factor for schizophrenia in offspring. (Acta Psychiatr Scand)

Predicting Preschooler Obesity at Birth: The Role of Maternal Obesity in Early Pregnancy (PEDIATRICS)

Pregnancy weight gain and breast cancer risk (BMC Women's Health)

Prenatal and postnatal environmental tobacco smoke exposure and children's health. (Pediatrics)

Prenatal smoking and early childhood conduct problems: testing genetic and environmental explanations of the association. (Arch Gen Psychiatry)

Prenatal marijuana and alcohol exposure and academic achievement at age 10. (Neurotoxicol Teratol)

Prepregnant overweight and obesity diminish the prolactin response to suckling in the first week postpartum. (Pediatrics)

Prescription drug use in pregnancy. (Am J Obstet Gynecol)

Previous pregnancy loss: Risks related to severity of preterm delivery. (Am J Obstet Gynecol)

Prospective Study of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Risk in Relation to Maternal Recreational Physical Activity before and during Pregnancy. (Am J Epidemiol)

Pulmonary embolism and pregnancy. (Crit Care Clin)

Reproductive health effects and teratogenicity of antiepileptic drugs. (Neurology)

Risk factors for low birth weight: a review. (Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol)

Risk of complications of pregnancy in women with type 1 diabetes: nationwide prospective study in the Netherlands (BMJ)

Risk of congenital anomalies detected during antenatal serum screening in women with pregestational diabetes. (QJM)

Risk of fetal exposure to tricyclic antidepressants. (J Obstet Gynaecol Can)

Risky drinking and alcohol use patterns in a national sample of women of childbearing age. (Addiction)

Role of smoking in low birth weight. (J Reprod Med)

SIDS prevention--good progress, but now we need to focus on avoiding nicotine. (Acta Paediatr)

Smaller subcortical volumes and cognitive deficits in children with prenatal methamphetamine exposure (Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging)

Smoking and orofacial clefts: a United Kingdom-based case-control study. (Cleft Palate Craniofac J)

Smoking and the risk of oral clefts: exploring the impact of study designs. (Epidemiology)

Smoking during pregnancy--United States, 1990-2002 (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep)

Spine Density and Dendritic Branching Pattern of Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons in Neonatal Rats Chronically Exposed to the Organophosphate Paraoxon (NeuroToxicology)

Stroke in women of reproductive age: comparison between stroke related and unrelated to pregnancy. (J Neurol Sci)

Tamoxifen and pregnancy. (Breast)

The accuracy of various tests for bacterial vaginosis in predicting preterm birth: a systematic review. (BJOG)

The AED (Antiepileptic Drug) Pregnancy Registry (Arch Neurol)

The complex relationship between smoking in pregnancy and very preterm delivery. Results of the Epipage study. (BJOG)

The impact of antenatal cocaine use on maternal characteristics and neonatal outcomes. (J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med)

The impact of prenatal alcohol exposure on neurophysiological encoding of environmental events at six months. (Alcohol Clin Exp Res)

The longer term outcome of children born to mothers with epilepsy. (J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry)

The obstetrician and depression during pregnancy. (Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol)

The pathogenesis of infertility and early pregnancy loss in polycystic ovary syndrome. (Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol)

Transient hypothyroidism or persistent hyperthyrotropinemia in neonates born to mothers with excessive iodine intake. (Thyroid)

Use of medication during pregnancy and risk of childhood leukemia (Canada). (Cancer Causes Control)

Use of ophthalmic medications during pregnancy. (Hong Kong Med J)

Valproic Acid, Phenobarbitol During Pregnancy May Increase Risk of Infant Malformation

Vitamin C and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a case-control study. (J Reprod Med)

Weight change and the risk of gestational diabetes in obese women. (Epidemiology)

Women smoking and testicular cancer: one epidemic causing another? (Int J Cancer)

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