Micronuclei, reproduction and child health

Twins conceived using assisted reproduction: parent mental health, family relationships and child adjustment at middle childhood.

STUDY QUESTION Compared with singletons, what is the parent mental health, parent-child and couple relationship satisfaction, and child adjustment of 6- to 12-year-old assisted reproduction technology (ART) twins and their families? SUMMARY ANSWER There are no differences between 6- and 12-year-old ART twin and singleton families in parent mental health or family relationships; however, twins...

The nuclear industry family study: linkage of occupational exposures to reproduction and child health.

Women's Health and Reproduction Sciences

ISSN 2330-4456 Abstract Objectives: Neonatal sepsis with extended-spectrum betalactamase (ESBL) producing microorganisms is recognized increasingly in recent years. ESBL can be produced by various bacterial strains. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of ESBL producing pathogens in neonatal sepsis and its impact on clinical outcome. Materials and Methods: A study was carried ou...

Infant and Young Child Feeding: a Key area to Improve Child Health

  Good nutrition is essential for survival, physical growth, mental development, performance, productivity, health and well-being across the entire life-span: from the earliest stages of fetal development, at birth, and through infancy, childhood, adolescence and on into adulthood. Poor nutrition in the first 1,000 days of children’s lives can have irreversible consequences. For millions of chi...

The relationship between mother\'s socioeconomic status and child health

Child health as one of the main indicators of economic development has been included directly in the millennium development goals. Due to the increased rate of mothers' employment and education along with children malnutrition, the effect of mothers’ socioeconomic status on children’s health was examined in this study. In case study, data on children at birth were gathered from heal...