Category: Researcher Profiles
... also passionate about exploring the factors associated with adverse reproductive health outcomes such as stillbirth, low birth weight and premature birth. Such negative outcomes can have devastating ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... anxiety
Restoring placental steroid supply after preterm birth to ameliorate the effects of preterm birth on brain development
Why ... in foetal brain development, and how devastating the outcomes can be following an early loss of the placenta, is an important area ... as preterm birth and postnatal stress, is increasing and the adverse consequences for the child are becoming more recognised. My goal is to ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... pregnancy
Improving long term offspring behavioural outcomes following stressful pregnancies using postnatal steroid treatments
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The early developmental period, before and after birth, are so crucial for how the brain develops and programs the long term ... outcomes of children that have unfortunately been exposed to adverse events during their early development. The number of children that ...
Category: News & Articles
... could not get to medical care at the time of her child’s birth. We are developing a cheap, effective test to show when birth is ... weeks gestation.
Premature birth can result in serious adverse health outcomes for babies such as cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and ...
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... work together on a systematic review and meta-analysis of adverse perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with asthma. While there was a wealth of literature ... were at increased risk of adverse outcomes such as preterm birth, low birth weight, pre-eclampsia and congenital malformations, while ...
Category: General
... or obese increasing the risk of both short- and long-term adverse maternal and child health outcomes. Additionally, 30-50% of women gain excess weight during pregnancy which further increases the risk of adverse health outcomes. Many women go on to retain excess weight following ...
Category: News & Articles
... in Tamworth, will examine possible causes of premature birth, the births of small babies and babies with reduced renal function, in ... findings from the project ‘Linking Cigarette Smoking to Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Aboriginal Women’, which was funded by a pilot grant from the ...
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... folate and iodine that’s important in helping prevent some birth defects. Pregnant women need the right amount of these foods – along ... fruit and legumes – to help achieve the best health outcomes for themselves and their babies.”
Previous research has found ... sizes therefore plays an important role in preventing adverse health outcomes, such as birth complications.
Ms Brown says that ...
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... of asthma during pregnancy and its impact on perinatal outcomes and infant and childhood respiratory health.
Purpose of the ... an increased risk of poor pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth and hospitalisation of the newborn. Better management of asthma in pregnancy may significantly reduce the impact of these major adverse outcomes on the offspring. The Breathing for Life Trial will test the ...
Category: Research
... in ante-natal care are needed urgently to avert diet-related adverse maternal-infant health outcomes and improve the nation’s health. We piloted an antenatal nutrition ... from an Accredited Practising Dietitian, will reduce adverse birth outcomes for women and their babies.
Research
Nutrition and ...
