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Study links maternal stress in conception to higher chance of female foetus ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 22:02 IST
Washington [US], April 6 (ANI): A study carried out by scientists from the University of Granada (UGR) has revealed that women who experience stress both before becoming pregnant and during conception are almost twice as likely to have a girl as a boy.
A total of 108 women participated in the research from the first weeks of pregnancy to delivery, having recorded their stress levels before, during, and after conception (via the concentration of cortisol in hair) and performed different psychological tests
Researchers from the Mind, Brain and Behaviour Research Centre (CIMCYC), the Department of Pharmacology (Faculty of Pharmacy), and the Faculty of Psychology have analysed the levels of cortisol (a steroid hormone that is released in response to stress) in the hair of pregnant women in the period spanning from before conception t
Eating peanuts that have been boiled in water could cut the risk of life-threatening reactions in those who are allergic, according to researchers at Imperial College London, who are now testing the approach in a trial.
Boiling peanuts for 20 to 30 minutes washes out some of the proteins that can trigger often fatal responses and which remain for example after roasting.
Once the nuts have been boiled and cooled, they are fed under medical supervision to those with a peanut allergy. This is in minute quantities at first a few crumbs every few weeks but is increased to six to eight whole peanuts at a time over the course of a year.
WINNIPEG A new study has found a way to potentially reduce the risk of children developing a peanut allergy. The study, led by researchers from the University of Manitoba as well as McMaster University looked at how a baby s sensitivity to peanuts was affected if the mother was eating peanuts while breastfeeding, and also introducing peanut products to babies before they were a year old. Dr. Meghan Azad, who is an associate professor at the U of M and is also with the Children s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, is the lead researcher on this study and said the theory is called the triple exposure hypothesis.
TORONTO A new study suggests that ‘triple exposure’ to peanuts in newborn babies may reduce the risk of developing a peanut allergy later in life. Researchers at the University of Manitoba and McMaster University – published last week in the Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease found that mothers who eat peanuts while breastfeeding and introduce peanuts to their babies before the age of 12 months reduce the risk of a peanut sensitivity developing in their child within the next four years by 88 per cent. “If a mom breastfed, ate peanuts herself andintroduced it early to her child, the combined effect of all three exposures seemed to offer an enhanced protection against peanut sensitization and future allergy risk.” Dr. Meghan Azad, a senior author of the study and an associate professor and Canada research chair in Developmental Origins of Chronic Disease at the University of Manitoba, said in a news release.