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Mediterranean Diet & Prenatal Stressors
Stressors during pregnancy such as depression and obesity can lead to increased systemic inflammation and contribute to chronic health issues for both mothers and their unborn babies. Yet dietary recommendations to mitigate these stressors, which greatly affect minority women, remain understudied.
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Prenatal Pesticide Exposure Linked to Changes in Teen’s Brain Activity
A new study using advanced brain imaging is one of the first to reveal how exposure to organophosphate pesticides (OPs) changes the brain. Over 800 million pounds of pesticide active ingredients are applied in the USA each year, and OPs are the most common type of insecticides among them. The predominant route of exposure to…