Children born to mothers who both drank and smoked beyond the first trimester of pregnancy have a 12-fold increased risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) compared to those unexposed or only ...

Smoking and pregnancy don’t mix. Smoking while pregnant puts both you and your unborn baby at risk. Cigarettes contain dangerous chemicals, including nicotine, carbon monoxide, and tar. Smoking ...

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital CEO George Rae and Kisumu county first lady Dorothy Nyongo join residents of Kisumu in marking World prematurity day which is aimed at creating ...

Trying to kick the smoking habit with e-cigarettes, or just worried about secondhand exposure to electronic cigarettes? Here’s what pregnant people need to know about vaping.

Pregnancy can be a big motivator for women to stop smoking. Now a new study suggests that at least some pregnant smokers start cutting back even before they know they've conceived. The findings, ...

The present interview study with participants using a prototype ISCI especially targeted to pregnancy has lend us first insights on what features and components may be attractive and potentially ...

Supplemental vitamin C taken by pregnant smokers improved measures of lung function for newborns and decreased the incidence of wheezing for infants through 1 year, according to a study published by ...

Ron Gray has received funding from both the Department of Health and the Wellcome Trust for studies involving alcohol consumption in pregnancy On March 25th 1968 a relatively unknown French medical ...