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Study: Pregnant Women Carry Potentially Dangerous Chemicals

Pregnant women's bodies contain dozens of contaminants that could potentially harm their unborn children, a new study shows. Research published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives found that more than 99 percent of pregnant women tested positive for poisons found in substances ranging from sunscreen to...

9/11 Aftermath: More Male Babies Miscarried

(May 24) -- The 9/11 attacks have had myriad long-term consequences for Americans across the country. But the aftermath of the 2001 tragedy took a surprising toll on pregnant women -- by causing them to miscarry a disproportionate number of male fetuses. That's the conclusion of researchers at the University of...

The Dangers of Childbirth in Southern Mexico

SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico (April 20) -- Among dozens of other brightly dressed women, Eugenia Urbina has been waiting on the stairs of the main hospital in this central Chiapas town for nearly two hours. Nine months pregnant with her third child, the 24-year-old seeks prenatal care. The long wait makes her worry...

Household Toxics Reach Babies Even in Womb

(Nov. 17) -- It is one of the worst nightmares for a mother-to-be: She's poisoning the baby in her belly, and there is little she can do about it. Now new research out Tuesday has put hard numbers to those fears, showing that chemicals from everyday products contaminate women's bodies, and that their children enter the...

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Margaret Spinelli, M.D.: Antidepressant Treatment During Pregnancy

Pregnancy was once identified as a state of "bliss."

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Pregnancy As Disability: Professor Wants Coverage Under American With Disabilities Act (VIDEO)

Jeannette Cox, a law professor at the University of Dayton (Ohio), is suggesting that pregnant women experience symptoms that may warrant special accommodations from their employers and that pregnancy should be covered by the American Disabilities Act (ADA).

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Pregnant Women Often Stamp Out Claims They Smoke

This has significant implications, because smoking by moms-to-be is one of the most common preventable causes of illness and death among infants, says Patricia Dietz, a researcher for the division of reproductive health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to Reuters.

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05/11/12 Report Details Drug And Alcohol Use By Pregnant Women Source: Red Orbit The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently released a report with interesting statistics regarding pregnant women, including the use of cigarettes and other drugs.