The Checkup Archive: Pregnancy
On energy drinks, a voice of caution -- and reason
The thing I most appreciate about this JAMA editorial is its clear-headed presentation of information without an accompanying demand for government regulation. Its stance seems to be that the public (and the health professionals who advise the public) needs to be aware of the potential risks of energy drinks -- not that people shouldn't be allowed to enjoy energy drinks if they so choose. And there is, thankfully, no mention of an energy-drink tax.
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
| February 10, 2011; 7:00 AM ET |
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Alcohol and Drugs, FDA, Family Health, Kids' health, Parenting, Pregnancy, Teens
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Study: Womb surgery for spina bifida beneficial
Performing surgery on babies with the most severe form of spina bifida when they are still in the womb doubles the chance that they will be able to walk, according to a federally-funded study released Wednesday.
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Rob Stein
| February 9, 2011; 5:00 PM ET |
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Parenting, Pregnancy, Reproductive Health, Women's Health
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Teen birth rate hits historic low
The long decline in teen births, which had stalled for two years, seems to be back on track, federal health officials announced Wednesday.
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Rob Stein
| February 2, 2011; 11:30 AM ET |
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Family Health, Kids' health, Motherhood, Parenting, Pregnancy, Reproductive Health, STDs, Sex, Teens, Women's Health
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Pregnancies spaced closely together result in higher autism risk
A paper in the new issue of Pediatrics finds that when siblings are born 12 or fewer months apart, the second child's risk of autism is tripled compared to that of children born a year or more after their older sibling.
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
| January 10, 2011; 12:00 AM ET |
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Autism, Family Health, Infant health, Infectious Disease, Kids' health, Neurological disorders, Parenting, Pregnancy, Reproductive Health, Vaccinations, Vaccines, Women's Health
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One embryo good for IVF, study finds
Embryologist Ric Ross places human embryos onto a petri dish at the La Jolla IVF Lab in La Jolla, Calif. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)) Infertile women undergoing IVF are much more likely to end up with a healthy baby if they only have one embryo transferred during...
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Rob Stein
| December 22, 2010; 12:01 AM ET |
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Kids' health, Motherhood, Parenting, Pregnancy, Reproductive Health, infertility
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Teen birth rate hits record low
As the nation continued to struggle in the recession in 2009, the rate at which U.S. women are having babies continued to fall, pushing the teen birth rate to a record low, federal officials reported Tuesday.
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Rob Stein
| December 21, 2010; 11:30 AM ET |
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