Smoking and other pregnancy perils
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At a recent conference of the American Heart Association research was presented that shows more evidence of the damage that smoking can do. Children of women who smoked while they were pregnant had carotid arteries with thicker walls than those whose mothers did not smoke. Thicker artery walls increases the risk of strokes and heart attacks.
Another study published in the European Respiratory Journal found that kids who have a certain variant of a gene called interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL1RN) are harmed more by their mothers’ smoking while pregnant with them. More specifically, they were over 4 times as likely to get asthma compared to those with other variants of the gene – but only if their mothers’ smoked.
According to the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology pregnant women are more likely to have injuries that they need to be hospitalized for than was previously believed. Fractures, strains, sprains, dislocations, crushing injuries, poisoning and bruises were the most common reasons for the hospitalizations. Car accidents and falls were the most common reasons for the injuries.
Pregnant women with gum disease have a greater chance of delivering their babies prematurely according to a study in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Researchers publishing in the The Journal of Nutrition have found that pregnant women and their newborn babies in the northern part of the United States have vitamin D levels that are too low. In their study 80% of AA women and almost half of the caucasian women had levels that were too low when they delivered even though almost all of them had been taken prenatal vitamins.
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March 8, 2007
International Women’s Day 2007!
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Today is International Women’s Day!
I don’t have time to write anything new this year for International Women’s Day or Women’s History Month – but I do still have my Women’s History Month Information and Activities section available. It includes information about Women’s Rights Pioneers such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Margaret Sanger and Betty Friedan including biographies and Learning Activities.
Women have come a long way in most of the world over the past few hundreds years – but we still have a long way to go. To learn more about some of the issues facing women today you may want to visit the following blogs:
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March 6, 2007
Back and neck problems have kept me away
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I’ve had some back and neck problems again and haven’t been on the computer as much. I hope to get back to it soon again. I actually had 4 doctor appointments last week, but they still aren’t sure what is causing my problems.
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