Antidepressants And Birth Defects

NeonateA recent research in Université de Montréal by a team headed by Dr. Anick Bérard found that antidepressants have no effect on foetal development. The study confirms that expectant mothers can safely use prescribed antidepressants during their first trimester. The research team gathered data from the Quebec Pregnancy Registry and analyze the records of 2,329 new mothers diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder and treated with antidepressants.

Mother Is Responsible For Your Health

pregnantResearchers from Royal Veterinary College of London have concluded that women who are either pregnant or breastfeeding can change the health of their children by eating junk food. When mothers eat unhealthy food their children can start to develop  obesity or other health problems.  Therefore, instead of  saying “you are what you eat”, say “you are what your mother eats”. The mother’s diet not only alters the health of the child, but also has an impact that carries on into adolescence. Therefore, mothers who follow an unhealthy diet while breastfeeding or pregnant are putting the health of their children at long-term risk.

Birth Of 18th Child By A Canadian Woman

18childrenA Romanian immigrant Mrs. Ionce , 44 year-old has given birth to her 18th child in British Columbia. Their 18th child Abigail weighed in at 7 pounds, 12 ounce. According to the couples,  life of children come from god and they don’t want to stop the gift from god. The couple immigrated to Canada from Romania in 1990 and now live in Abbotsford. Their 17 other children are in age from 20 months to 23 years. God bless them.

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Google tackles child porn

google.png Google engineers have adapted a software program to help track child sex predators. The program uses pattern recognition to enable analysts to sort and identify files containing child sex abuse. It was originally developed to block copyrighted videos on the company’s YouTube division.The program will be used by  National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to search their systems more quickly and easily as they try to sort and identify files that contain images of child sex abuse victims..

Shaping a child’s brain.

childrenplay.pngThe brain is really responsible for who we are as people. One of the things we wish for children as parents is that they be happy, healthy and thrive in what they do and have positive social interactions and be good people. Parents must pay attention to “shaping” their child’s brain, says Dr.Davidson of University of Wisconsin.

He advices Parents, not to get too caught up in the cognitive skills of their children and pay equal attention to social and emotional skills. Being kind and compassionate helps shape circuits that promote positive behavior.