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To add insult to injury, kids with food allergies also have to put up with bullying, according to an article in Science Daily.
Welcome news for women suffering from depression—according to an article in Science Daily, a study of nearly 30,000 women from Nordic countries found no significant risk of increased stillbirth, neonatal death, or postneonatal death for those who took a form of anti-depressants, known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), while pregnant.
Background research in the study states that depression during pregnancy affects between seven percent and nineteen percent in developed countries. Typically, maternal depression increases pregnancy risks—such as preterm delivery—and use of SSRIs during pregnancy were previously associated with "congenital anomalies, neonatal withdrawal syndrome, and persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn."
Yet after studying pregnant women on SSRIs, from 1996 through 2007, researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden found no increased risks of stillbirth, neonatal death, and postneonatal death as a direct result of taking this form of anti-depressant. In cases where the risk was greater, other factors—such as advanced maternal age, smoking, and severity of mental illness—were involved.
". . . decisions regarding use of SSRIs during pregnancy must take into account other perinatal outcomes and the risks associated with maternal mental illness," concluded the researchers.
Obviously taking any medications while pregnant isn't ideal, but for many women afflicted with depression, the alternative is unfathomable.
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Big in-case-you-didn't-know-(or-care) baby news: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting. The rapper reportedly let the cat slip out of the bag at a recent concert in Atlantic City. She's 12 weeks along, but was planning to make the formal announcement once her bump made itself known.
According to an article in Huffington Post, Kanye couldn't help but share the happy news, as Kim and members of the Kardashian clan were in the crowd of more than 5,000 revellers.
"Stop the music for a second. Stop the music," he said. "Can we make some noise for my baby mama right quick?" Cue crowd going wild.
Although I'm still not quite sure why the 35-year-old Kardashian is famous, aside from being blessed with curves that haven't been seen since the likes of one Marilyn Monroe. I don't watch much TV, much less the reality sort, so the Kardashians were a miss. Ditto for rap.
In any case, Kim has only been dating the the Chicago-born rapper since the spring, and the grisly rumour mill has it that her divorce from that last guy she was married to.
Let the style tete-a-tete begin with Kate and Kim posing all over the place. 2013 promises to be a big year for VIP babies. Sorry, Beyonce.
Best to Kimye—or whatever their hybridized name is.