Topic: Harvard School Of Public Health

Pregnant smokers be warned; research suggests you might have to visit your bundle of joy in lock-up one day. It's been linked to low birth weight and delayed lung development as well as an increased risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, learning ...

SOTW: Raising the Global Floor

Working moms pass around the stories in office break rooms and maternity wards. "In Canada, you get a whole year of maternity leave -- and then the dad can take a year off for paternity! " "America ranks last among the developed ...

Beware Autism Headlines

It's so tempting to read those blaring headlines and leap onto those gleaming bandwagons.. Today's headline on the BBC reads Problem pregnancy 'autism risk' -- suggesting to the offhand reader that a difficult pregnancy somehow causes autism. The cause of the condition ...

Mercury may contribute to premature birth

EATING fish has long been tough choice for expectant mothers. On the other, fish can also contain mercury, which causes severe neurological damage to the fetus. Fei Xue of the Harvard School of Public Health and her colleagues tested a group of ...