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Childhood behaviour linked to taking paracetamol during pregnancy
16 September 2019
A new study by the University of Bristol adds to evidence that links potential adverse effects of taking paracetamol during pregnancy.
- Study looked for links between teenage anxiety and later harmful drinking 9 November 2019 Researchers at the University of Bristol have found evidence of an association between generalised anxiety disorder at age 18 and harmful drinking three years later, thanks to the long-term health study Children of the 90s.
- Bristol's Children of the 90s backed to continue its 'study of life' 18 October 2019 Bristol's Children of the 90s study will be supported for the next five years through an established collaboration between the University of Bristol, the Medical Research Council and The Wellcome Trust.
- Children bullied by friends and siblings are more likely to think about suicide in their early twenties 9 October 2019 Depression, self-harm and suicidal ideation are more prominent in adults in their early twenties if they were bullied at home and at school, a study by researchers at the University of Warwick have found. Researchers stress that intervention is needed to educate people in bullying to reduce it.
- Air pollution linked to increased risk of infant deaths and reduced lung function in children 27 September 2019 Air pollution is linked to an increased risk of death in babies according to a study of nearly eight million live births, to be presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress on Sunday (29 September).
- Early signs of adult diabetes are visible in children as young as 8 years old 18 September 2019 Early signs of adulthood type 2 diabetes can be seen in children as young as 8 years old, decades before it is likely to be diagnosed, according to a new genetic study being presented at this year’s European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting in Barcelona, Spain (16–20 September).
- Childhood behaviour linked to taking paracetamol during pregnancy 16 September 2019 A new study by the University of Bristol adds to evidence that links potential adverse effects of taking paracetamol during pregnancy.
- Children of anxious mothers twice as likely to have hyperactivity in adolescence 10 September 2019 A large study has shown that children of mothers who are anxious during pregnancy and in the first few years of the child’s life have twice the risk of having hyperactivity symptoms at age 16. This work is being presented for the first time at the ECNP Congress in Copenhagen.
- Generational study looks for biological links between adverse childhood experiences and self-harm 5 September 2019 New research from the University of Bristol is the first to use a large generational family study to examine links between childhood trauma, the impact of inflammation and self-harm.
- Generational study looks for biological links between adverse childhood experiences and self-harm 5 September 2019 New research from the University of Bristol is the first to use a large generational family study to examine links between childhood trauma, the impact of inflammation and self-harm.
- Blood-based biomarkers help to estimate vulnerability of the elderly 20 August 2019 Researchers on ageing led by Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have identified a combination of biomarkers in the blood which could help estimate the vulnerability of elderly people consistently across five European countries, equally in men and women of all ages above 60 years.