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Contact Lenses in Pregnancy
By Sarah Lawson on 14/08/2009 00:59:32
Like other parts of your body, your eyes may change during pregnancy – what might this mean for regular contact lens wearers?
Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 99, 865-868.Park SB et al. (1992). The Effect of Pregnancy on Corneal Curvature, The CLAO Journal, Oct; 18(4), 256-259.
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Pregnancy eyesight
By Sarah Lawson on 09/01/2007 01:51:12
The change in your hormones during pregnancy can even affect your eyesight, and can make wearing your contact lenses uncomfortable. Don't worry, this is normal!
For most women, there are many more bothersome pregnancy discomforts than having slightly less sharp vision than usual. Whether you wear glasses or not, the difference should not be too great. However, it's good to know that this is completely
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Swine Flu and Pregnancy
By Sarah Lawson on 07/05/2009 20:45:06
If you are expecting a baby, could the risk of catching swine flu be more dangerous for you? And will it be safe to take medication?
in pregnancy is bad enough, because there are often common over-the-counter treatments that doctors and pharmacists will advise against you taking. But what about swine flu?What is swine flu?Swine flu is a form of flu which usually only affects pigs
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Swine Flu Vaccines in Pregnancy
By Sarah Lawson on 26/10/2009 12:15:41
Now that the swine flu vaccine is being delivered to GPs' surgeries, pregnant women will be among the first to get the jab
reported about swine flu in pregnancy in the spring, but as pregnant women are amongst those groups of people at higher risk from suffering complications, any woman who is or thinks she might be pregnant is advised to keep in touch with current advice
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Pregnancy stress link to ADHD
By Sarah Lawson on 29/01/2007 00:42:05
Researchers claim a link between extreme antenatal stress and problems such as ADHD, childhood anxiety and mental ability.
Researchers at Imperial College have found a link which suggests that as much as 15 per cent of the cases of ADHD, impaired cognitive ability and anxiety in children, could be linked to stress their mothers experienced during pregnancy
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Road Pollution and Fetal Development
By Sarah Lawson on 20/04/2009 02:39:03
A new study examines the risk of exposure to traffic pollution for pregnant women
of over 300,000 babies born in New Jersey, USA, between 1999 and 2003, confirms that even with better pollution controls, the air in built up areas can still be harmful.The study found that the higher a mother's level of exposure to traffic pollution
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