A Voice for Choice Advocacy
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A Voice for Choice Advocacy advocates for people’s rights to be fully informed about the composition, quality, and short- and long-term health effects of all products that go into people’s bodies, such as food, water, air, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
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A Voice for Choice Advocacy
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A Voice for Choice Advocacy
Mothers of injured children uncovered documents showing that the Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM), then the main decision-making body on new medicines, new of the possible crippling side effects children could suffer, but concluded that "the risk was low and that patients should not be informed", in order to avoid “fruitless anxiety”.

#Pharmaceuticals #Pregnancy #Babies #InformedConsent

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/22/the-mothers-fighting-a-scandal-bigger-than-thalidomide-we-were-told-the-medication-was-safe
the Guardian
The mothers fighting a scandal bigger than thalidomide: ‘We were told the medication was safe’
Since the 1970s, it has been known that sodium valproate can harm babies in the womb. So why was it prescribed to pregnant women?
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The Hidden Dangers of Everyday Plastics: Scientists Link #Phthalates to 56,600 Preterm Births

#Babies #Preemies #Pregnancy #Childbirth #Plastics #PlasticPollution #GetToxicsOut #ChildrensHealth

https://scitechdaily.com/the-hidden-dangers-of-everyday-plastics-scientists-link-phthalates-to-56600-preterm-births/
SciTechDaily
The Hidden Dangers of Everyday Plastics: Scientists Link Phthalates to 56,600 Preterm Births
A recent study suggests that regular contact with chemicals found in plastic food packaging and numerous cosmetic products could be linked to approximately 56,600 premature births in the United States during 2018. According to the study's authors, the medical…
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"Gates highlighted a specific tool, AI-enabled ultrasound, that is revolutionizing pregnant women's access to ultrasounds, or sonograms, a prenatal test that uses sound waves to check a baby's development during pregnancy."

#MelindaGates #AI #Pregnancy

https://www.yahoo.com/news/melinda-gates-says-using-artificial-091135277.html
Yahoo News
Melinda Gates says AI in pregnancy could help save women's lives
Each day, almost 800 women around the world die due to preventable pregnancy and childbirth-related causes, according to the World Health Organization. Using artificial intelligence, or AI, to provide maternal health care to women, especially those in rural…
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The trial showed that there was a slight but increased risk in preterm labor as well as an increase in neonatal death in the group of very small numbers.

#RSVvaccines #Pregnancy #Vaccines #GlaxoSmithKline

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/risk-preterm-birth-stops-maternal-rsv-vaccine-trial-2024a10004rk?form=fpf
Medscape
Risk for Preterm Birth Stops Maternal RSV Vaccine Trial
With a maternal vaccine already on the market to protect newborns from RSV, the outlook for another looked promising, but latest phase 3 trial of a new candidate is now halted over safety concerns.
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Traces of weedkiller found in urine of 7 in 10 pregnant women in Indiana, new study says 😞

#Pesticides #Dicamba #Pregnancy #Babies #GetToxicsOut

https://www.yahoo.com/news/traces-weedkiller-found-urine-7-093745540.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
Yahoo News
Traces of weedkiller found in urine of 7 in 10 pregnant women in Indiana, new study says
Not only did more pregnant women have traces of a weedkiller in their systems, the concentrations were four time higher than found 10 years ago.
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#Metformin in #Pregnancy: Mixed Outcomes for Developing Brain - Neuroscience News

#Pharmaceuticals #GestationalDiabetes #Babies #Safety #InformedConsent

https://neurosciencenews.com/metformin-neurodevelopment-25772/
Neuroscience News
Metformin in Pregnancy: Mixed Outcomes for Developing Brain
A new study explored the effects of metformin, a common treatment for gestational diabetes, on offspring's brain development in a mouse model.
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Blueberries, strawberries again on the ‘Dirty Dozen’ list

#Food #Pesticides #Health #ChildrensHealth #Pregnancy #RightToKnow #InformedChoice

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/pesticides-produce-2024-dirty-dozen-040129813.html
Yahoo Life
Blueberries, strawberries again on the ‘Dirty Dozen’ list
Based on government tests of pesticide levels, here is the Environmental Working Group’s 2024 list of the produce with the highest and lowest levels of pesticides.
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#Prenatal #caffeine exposure and high-fat diet heighten risk of #autism-like behaviors in rodents

#Pregnancy #Babies #ChildrensHealth #Nutrition #Food

https://www.psypost.org/prenatal-caffeine-exposure-and-high-fat-diet-heighten-risk-of-autism-like-behaviors-in-rodents/
PsyPost
Prenatal caffeine exposure and high-fat diet heighten risk of autism-like behaviors in rodents
Prenatal exposure to caffeine, coupled with a high-fat diet post-birth, significantly heightened autism-like behaviors in rodents. This effect was linked to alterations in gut microbiota and elevated levels of the immune molecule IL-17A, highlighting the…
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#Pregnancy can have a rejuvenating effect on the body.🤰🤱👶

#Health #Babies #Nature #Breastfeeding

https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/26/pregnancy-can-speed-ageing-reverse-even-20531218/
Metro
Pregnancy has some surprising effects on ageing – and it's good news
Although not at first...
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'Ozempic babies': Users pregnant despite birth control

#Ozempic #Pregnancy #Babies #BirthControl #Pharmaceuticals

https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/ozempic-babies-some-users-getting-pregnant-despite-birth-control/
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