Pregnancy/Maternal Health - New tool calculates economic value of breastfeeding for mothers and society
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 Pregnancy's profound impact: How motherhood reshapes the female brainPregnancy's profound impact: How motherhood reshapes the female brain
 
Research discusses the impact of pregnancy on the brain, including its effects on neuroplasticity, neuroinflammation, and cognition. It also highlights the importance of studying female-specific factors in neuroscience research.
 
   New tool calculates economic value of breastfeeding for mothers and societyNew tool calculates economic value of breastfeeding for mothers and society
 
This paper describes the development of the Mothers' Milk Tool, which calculates the economic value contributed by women's unpaid care work through breastfeeding infants and young children. The tool can be used to track progress on breastfeeding targets and assist consideration of breastfeeding in food balance sheets and economic production statistics.
 
   Low vitamin D levels during pregnancy linked to childhood obesity in boysLow vitamin D levels during pregnancy linked to childhood obesity in boys
 
Study examines the association between prenatal vitamin D levels and growth and adiposity in late childhood. The results suggest a sex-specific programming effect of early pregnancy vitamin D3 levels on offspring body composition into late childhood observed in boys.
 
   The association between breastfeeding, drug exposure, and infant outcomes: more research is neededThe association between breastfeeding, drug exposure, and infant outcomes: more research is needed
 
Researchers explored the data linking breastfeeding, infant outcomes, and drug exposure.
 
   New report provides a groundbreaking plan to prevent preeclampsiaNew report provides a groundbreaking plan to prevent preeclampsia
 
A new special report published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology provides a groundbreaking approach to preeclampsia, one of the most pressing issues in maternal health today, and will translate the prediction of risk into prevention of disease.