To Be Mom

Cocaine during pregnancy can lead to cognitive impairments in kids like attention insufficiency, learning disabilities and emotional problems. Research on rabbits postulated that prenatal cocaine exposure leads to a long lasting displacement of dopamine receptors in certain brain cells, which changes their ability to function normally. Doctors have also put forward that cocaine if taken [...]

Women who were underweight when they were born are at greater risk of pre-eclampsia during pregnancy. Pre-eclampsia is a common condition that causes high blood pressure and can put the mother’s life at risk. The result is based on a study of more than 6,000 women under the age of 30 years. The findings also [...]