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Fetal Exposure to Cannabis and Childhood Metabolic Outcomes: The Healthy Start Study

Scientific article

31 March 2022

Abstract Objective To assess the impact of fetal exposure to cannabis on adiposity and glucose-insulin traits in early life. Research Design and Methods We leveraged a subsample of 103 mother-child pairs from Healthy Start, an ethnically...

Children and Young People Exposed Prenatally to Alcohol - Clinical Guidelines

Book

28 January 2019

Alcohol consumption in pregnancy has the potential to cause significant fetal damage. It is estimated that approximately 3.2% of babies born in the UK are affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, though the guidance says currently few...

Excess Placental Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 1 in Maternal Smokers Impairs Fetal Growth

Scientific article

28 September 2015

Abstract Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy remains one of the most common and preventable causes of fetal growth restriction (FGR), a condition in which a fetus is unable to achieve its genetically determined potential size. Even...