Mom’s fish eating may affect child’s ADHD risk, study says

      Children’s risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) later in life may be tied to how much fish their mothers ate while pregnant, according to a U.S. study. Researchers writing in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine found that eating at least two servings of fish per week was linked to about a 60 percent …

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Smoking during pregnancy – news regarding mental illness

We’ve all heard about the dangers to an unborn child of smoking during pregnancy: asthma, ear infections, respiratory problems… A new study out of Finland has found that children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy are 32% more likely to find themselves on psychiatric medication than those whose mothers did not smoke.  In fact, the more …

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