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Low Birth Weight Is Risk Factor for Autism by Kathy J. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 15 Nov 2011 2:26pm Image: Norma Desmond Low birth weight may increase a person’s chances of developing autism, according to a study in the November Pediatrics. More than 600 children who were born in the mid-1980s weighing 4.4 pounds or less were followed until age 21. The researchers found that 5 percent of them had autism spectrum disorder diagnos ... Read on »

Autism Risk and low birth weight newborns by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted Wed 19 Oct 2011 12:49pm A recent article in the journal Pediatrics has gathered a lot of news coverage this week. Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Adolescents Born Weighing<2000 Grams Here is the abstract: Objective: To estimate the diagnostic prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in a low birth weight (LBW) cohort. Metho ... Read on »

Lower birth weight indicates higher risk of autistic traits in discordant twin pairs by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted Wed 07 Dec 2011 1:54am Twin studies have shown that there is a strong genetic component to autism. When one “identical” twin has autism, the odds are high that the other twin does as well. But, what about those cases where only one twin has autism? The pair is “discordant”. One of the major twin studies ongoing is the “Child and Adolescent Twin Study of Swe ... Read on »

DCD and PreTerm Low Birth Weight Babies by Your Therapy Source Posted Thu 28 Oct 2010 9:22am Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology published research comparing 132 eight year old children born at 27 weeks or less or less than 1000 grams with 154 term born children. Sixteen percent of the extremely preterm or extreme low birth weight babies had moderate developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Only five percent of the full term bab ... Read on »

Are Low Birth Weight Children Prone To Emotional Problems As Adults? by Dr. Romeo V. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Thu 02 Oct 2008 6:15pm The July 2008 issue of Pediatrics presents a research study examining adult survivors of premature birth. Prior studies have noted significant personality characteristics associated with preterm birth including elevated neuroticism and cautiousness and lower extraversion. A sample of 71 young adults with extremely low weight at birth (501-1000 ... Read on »

Low Birth Weight May Cause Lifelong Problems Processing Medications by Ed H. Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted Tue 09 Nov 2010 3:40pm New research has found that a mother’s poor nutrition during pregnancy and nursing can cause problems for her offspring’s ability to process medications, even well into adulthood. The results of the study, by Oregon State University researchers, suggest that in the future physicians prescribing drugs ranging from Tylenol to cancer chemother ... Read on »

Low birth weight increases risk for heart disease? by Heartstrong Registered Nurse

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Posted Mon 13 Apr 2009 12:37am Previous studies have shown that low birth weight babies have an increased risk of developing heart disease as adults. Babies weighing less than 5 ½ pounds are generally considered low birth weight. A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism followed over 5,600 people from Finland from birth to age 30. The ... Read on »

Pregnant hairdressers risk low birth weight by Annet Lenderink Patient Expert

Posted Fri 08 May 2009 11:39pm To assess whether work as a hairdresser and cosmetologist during pregnancy increases the risk of low birth weight, preterm delivery, small for gestational age (SGA) and perinatal death, a comparison was made between females working in those two occupations and female teachers. It turns out that work as a hairdresser or cosmetologist may reduc ... Read on »

Low birth weight linked to psychiatric problems in childhood by Dr. John Z. Medical Doctor

Posted Sun 07 Sep 2008 2:02am JAMA / Archives - Low-birth-weight children appear to be at higher risk for anxious and aggressive psychiatric disturbances from childhood through high school than normal-birth-weight children, according to a report in the September 2008 issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. Also, low-birth-weight children from urban communities may be more like ... Read on »

Low Birth Weight? by sign543 Posted Wed 21 Apr 2010 9:51am I was reading an older post on The Stuttering Brain Blog this morning about a study that showed there was a correlation between low-birth rate and stuttering...unless I read it wrong, the study shows strong evidence that low birth weight can result in a 2-3 times greater risk for stuttering. Tom summarizes one point here "There is now clear empi ... Read on »