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ABSTRACT Bariatric surgery is the most clinically‐ and cost‐effective intervention for severe obesity. However, without adequate follow‐up, it can lead to nutritional deficiencies. Patients require life‐long nutritional supplements and follow‐up to prevent nutritional deficiencies from developing.
Sophie Haughton+2 more
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Prenatal exposure to social adversity and infant cortisol in the first year of life
Exposure to social adversity has been associated with cortisol dysregulation during pregnancy and in later childhood; less is known about how prenatal exposure to social stressors affects postnatal cortisol of infants.
Victoria F. Keeton+5 more
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Recent studies suggested that microglia, the primary brain immune cells, can affect circuit connectivity and neuronal function1–3. Microglia infiltrate the neuroepithelium early in embryonic development and are maintained in the brain throughout ...
Lindsay N. Hayes+10 more
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ABSTRACT Aim To assess the feasibility and acceptability of a group‐based intervention for addressing fear of childbirth in multiparous women. Design Single‐arm non‐randomised feasibility trial with a convergent mixed methods design. Methods The intervention, conducted at a central maternity hospital and led by a psychiatric nurse and a midwife ...
Laura Sandström+3 more
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Folate, or vitamin B9, is a water-soluble vitamin essential in periconceptional nutrition. In its active form, tetrahydrofolate, it plays a vital role in DNA methylation and homocysteine breakdown.
Carter Tate+3 more
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Spaceborne and spaceborn: Physiological aspects of pregnancy and birth during interplanetary flight
Abstract Crewed interplanetary return missions that are on the planning horizon will take years, more than enough time for initiation and completion of a pregnancy. Pregnancy is viewed as a sequence of processes – fertilization, blastocyst formation, implantation, gastrulation, placentation, organogenesis, gross morphogenesis, birth and neonatal ...
Arun V. Holden
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Abstract figure legend Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) impacts on succinate metabolism and angiogenesis in the umbilical cord endothelium. (Left Panel) Succinate levels increase in both maternal and fetal circulation at delivery, with higher concentrations observed in GDM pregnancies compared to controls during late gestation.
Sergiy Klid+13 more
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ABSTRACT Exclusive breastfeeding is the best form of nutrition due to its benefits for the infant, the mother, society, and the environment. Despite its promotion, there are still barriers to making it a reality. To understand the reasons influencing the choice and abandonment of exclusive breastfeeding in women of Christian and Muslim religious ...
Isabel del Mar Moreno‐Ávila+6 more
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Developmental cadmium (Cd) exposure causes iron deficiency (ID) and impacts growth and metabolism. To test whether iron (Fe) supplementation prevents Cd‐induced effects, female mice were given water and normal chow, or water with Cd in combination with normal chow or chow fortified with 2× or 5× Fe.
Rebecca Lichtler+4 more
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ABSTRACT Objectives Identifying signs of birth in perinatal human remains of past populations is challenging due to the lack of direct markers of this event on bones. This research aims to identify distinct events in humeral cross‐sections microanatomy related to perinatal development and to integrate the findings into infant mortality trends. Material
María Molina Moreno+5 more
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