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• Children With Autism Show Slower Pupil Responses, Study Finds

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 519
  The Human eyeAutism affects an estimated 1 in 150 children today, making it more common than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined. Despite its widespread effect, autism is not well understood and there are no objective medical tests to diagnose it. Recently, University of Missouri ...
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• Celebrities Come Out to Celebrate the March of Dimes 4th Annual Celebration of Babies

  
  Baby Chums — Authority: 591
  Celebrities and their families came out to celebrate the March of Dimes 4th Annual Celebration of Babies, which raises money to improve the health of babies and fund research for premature births. It’s always nice to see when celebrities can come out and raise money for a good cause like the March of Dimes.  The ...
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• Waterless Stainless Steel Cookware Or Nonstick–Which is the Better Choice?

  
  Meal Menu Planner — Authority: 144
  love to cook, but it is also important to me that the meals I serve my family are both nutritious and healthy. I have always been comfortable using stainless steel saucepans but when it came to frying something on the stove, I would often resort to nonstick . Now that I’ve started using stainless steel cookware ...
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• Op-Ed Columnist: Something Scary in the Pantry

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Nicholas D. Kristof
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• Coal Ash & Birth Defects

  
  Tim Lennox OFFair and ONline — Authority: 137
  Hey, Im not saying the story has merit, only that its worth reading for Alabamians, since were accepting millions of tons of coal ash at that landfill in Perry County...now there may, may be a coal ash-birth defect link. Read the story here . The Arrowhead Landfill owners (who live in Atlanta) insist their ...
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• Too Much Estrogen!

  
  Green Blog — Authority: 91
  Photo credit: x-ray delta one Our society is suffering from estrogen overload. No, I’m not referring to Sex and The City reruns—estrogen overload refers to the increasing amount of estrogen in our environment, our food and our bodies. “Good” Estrogen Estrogen, the primary female sex hormone, is ...
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• Reuters: Certain antibiotics may up birth defect risk

  
  HealthPoint PA — Authority: 439
  Reports Reuters: Some of the antibiotics used to treat urinary tract infections during pregnancy may increase the risk of several birth defects if a woman uses them early in pregnancy, a new study in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine shows. Researchers found an increased risk for two classes of ...
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• Antibiotics Up Birth Defect Risks

  
  Natural Health News — Authority: 131
  This article comes on following todayreport of the very low ranking (30th) of US infant death. Increasing risk for birth defects can contribute to infant mortality. Effective natural treatment of urinary tract infection (UTI) can be achieved without reliance on antibiotics.  Pure cranberry juice, the very tart kind ...
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• Link found between two common antibiotics and birth defects

  
  Courier Times Now — Authority: 603
  Researchers studying antibiotics in pregnancy have found a surprising link between common drugs used to treat urinary infections and birth defects. Reassuringly, the most-used antibiotics in early pregnancy - penicillins - appear to be the safest. Bacterial infections themselves can cause problems for the fetus if ...
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• Vitamin E can increase the risk of heart defect in babies

  
  You Can Get Pregnant in Your 40's — Authority: 121
  Expectant mothers have been warned that taking vitamin E during pregnancy can increase the risk of their babies developing heart defects. Consuming as little as three-quarters of the daily recommended amount of the vitamin can increase the risk of a child being born with a heart abnormality by up to nine times, a new ...
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• Certain antibiotics may be safe to use during pregnancy: Study

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Washington, Nov 3 (ANI): A new study has revealed that penicillin and several other antibacterial medications commonly taken by pregnant women are not associated with many birth defects. However, the study also showed that other antibiotics, such as sulfonamides and nitrofurantoins, may be linked to several severe ...
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• Cousin Marriage Should Be Legalized!

  
  Corrente — Authority: 617
  Marriage between first cousins is currently illegal in about 30 US states. But in contrast to the tremendous attention that gay marriage receives, this issue receives close to zero. This is despite the fact that in some countries 50% of all marriages are between cousins . Even in supposedly liberal circles you ...
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• National Briefing | Science and Health: Study Links Antibiotics to Birth Defects

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Researchers studying antibiotics in pregnancy have found a link between common drugs used to treat urinary infections with birth defects.
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• Study ties common antibiotics with birth defects

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 158
  CHICAGO (AP) -- Researchers studying antibiotics in pregnancy have found a surprising link between common drugs used to treat urinary infections and birth defects. Reassuringly, the most-used antibiotics in early pregnancy - penicillins - appear to be the safest....
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• Paxil birth defects spur defective drugs lawsuits

  
  Jim S. Adler & Associates - News and Views — Authority: 108
  For huge pharmaceutical companies which make huge profits, settling a defective drugs lawsuit for millions of dollars may be considered a satisfactory trade-off given such drugs’  billions of dollars in revenues. In fact, some pharmaceutical giants even market drugs which are known to be dangerous, content with ...
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• Kissing: The Kiss was developed for protecting babies say scientists

  
  Baby Chums — Authority: 591
  The kiss was developed, “to spread germs” and inoculate females pre-pregnancy say scientists. Kissing was engineered as a way of passing germs, particularly from male to female which build up immunity to illness through the most efficient method, the kiss. Scientists say, kissing the same person for about six ...
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• Depression and Pregnancy

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  Science and Mythology of Depression and PregnancyWhen considering both depression and pregnancy, it is important to separate science from mythology. One pervasive parcel of mythology extant today is that women who have depression can negate it by getting pregnant. Popular myth dictates that the hormonal changes that ...
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• Kissing spreads bugs that protect pregnancy

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  London, Oct 31 (ANI): Kissing was created to spread germs which build up immunity to illness, believe scientists.The loved-up gesture allows a bug, which is dangerous in pregnancy, to be passed from man to woman to give her time to build up protection against it, reports The Telegraph.The bug, Cytomegalovirus, is ...
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• Drug Therapy versus Hair Replacement Surgery

  
  Hair Now Hair Forever: Hair Transplant Blog — Authority: 118
  The only permanent “cure” for hair loss is hair replacement surgery. Sometimes drug therapy is used in conjunction with surgery, but medications alone will not restore hair to bald areas of the scalp. If drug therapy is the only weapon in your doctor’s arsenal, when drug therapy stops, your hair will begin to ...
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• the honest scoop – 11-3-09

  
  honestbaby — Authority: 431
  Today’s top news headlines for parents A look at 30 years worth of data reveals that half of U.S. children end up on food stamps at some point. A mother and father find themselves as adversaries in court over the difficult decision to turn off their baby’s life support . That very lucky baby who fell in ...
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