Pregnant women who smoke are two to three times more likely to have children who become diabetics as adults. That’s according to scientists at the University of California-Davis who looked at data on about 2000 patients born in the sixties and late fifties. They found dads who smoked also contributed to the risk, but say more research is needed.
SOURCE – University of California-Davis/MedDay/CBS
Mercury in seafood
A new study finds exposure to Mercury, including through seafood , can put women of childbearing age at risk for an autoimmune disease. Researchers in Michigan found a link even when mercury levels were low.
The FDA says pregnant women can safely eat up to 12 ounces of most seafood a week.
SOURCE – University of Michigan Health System/MedDay/CBS
Heart transplants
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nly one in three donor hearts is accepted for transplant in the U
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S. A Stanford University study shows surgeons are rejecting hearts because they’re too small or because the donor is old or has health problems. Researchers say it’s troubling because there is a national shortage of donor hearts and more and more critically ill patients.
SOURCE – Stanford University Medical Center/MedDay/CBS