Vaccine May Reduce Fetal Exposure to Nicotine
Vaccine-induced antibodies that facilitate smoking cessation by blocking nicotine penetration into the brain also markedly reduce the drug's passage across the ex vivo human placenta, a NIDA-funded study has demonstrated. The finding suggests ... [... more]
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Biblioteca de Salud: El Uso de la Cocaína Durante el ...
Aproximadamente 45.000 mujeres en los EE.UU. consumieron cocaína durante su embarazo en 1992, según el National Institute on Drug Abuse. La cocaína es una droga peligrosa para el feto. Si bien las predicciones anteriores de que [... more]
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Common Concerns - Drugs
Drugs use by pregnant women can result in harm to unborn children. The March of Dimes provides information about pregnancy and the use of legal drugs such as tobacco and alcohol and illegal drugs such as cocaine, PCP, and heroin. Because some ... [... more]
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Study Finds Significant Mental Deficits in Toddlers ...
Since the mid-1980s, up to 1 million children born in the United States are estimated to have been exposed to cocaine in the womb. Determining cocaine's impact on these children's development has been difficult because there often are other ... [... more]
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American Journal of Human Genetics
According to the scientists, about a quarter of babies of European ancestry and possibly up to 60 percent of those of Asian ancestry lack both copies of the gene called GSTT1. Based on their data, published in the January issue of the Dr. Jeff ... [... more]
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Pregnancy, Babies, Prematurity
Information and answers about pregnancy, your baby, folic acid, prematurity, genetic disorders, birth defects and much more. Answers to your questions-before, during and after pregnancy. NEWS MOMS NEED BLOG Get the latest news that affects moms ... [... more]
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Drinking Alcohol During Pregnancy
Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause a wide range of physical and mental birth defects. The term "fetal alcohol spectrum disorders" (FASDs) is used to describe the problems associated with exposure to alcohol before birth. If a pregnant . [... more]
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Women who smoke during pregnancy can cause permanent vascular damage in their children ? increasing their risk for stroke and heart attack, researchers said today at the American Heart Association?s 47th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular ... [... more]
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Home Page
Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the Federal focal point for health research. The ... [... more]
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On Exhibit at NLM
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. It collects materials in all major areas of the health sciences and to a lesser degree in such areas as chemistry, ... [... more]
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