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Front Page News

Research ties excessive pregnancy weight to adult children's obesity

Submitted by OC AAP on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 4:48pm

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Washington in Seattle found that high maternal weight before and during pregnancy was directly associated with obesity and related comorbidities in adult offspring.

Study suggests birth defects linked to cancer

Submitted by OC AAP on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 9:49am

Children with birth defects have a threefold higher risk of developing a childhood cancer compared with those without birth defects, according to a 10-year study of more than 3 million births in Texas.

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