Pages tagged with "Birth"

204 pages, most important first (overviews, then meta-analyses, then RCTs, then newest). Combine with another topic

• Preterm birth and low Vitamin D - many studies
• Cesarean birth much more likely if low Vitamin D - many studies
• Preterm birth decreased by Omega-3, etc. - many studies
• Preterm births reduced by Vitamin D - many studies
• Off Topic: Xylitol reduces cavities, preterm births, osteoporosis, RTI, obesity, diabetes, etc. - several studies
• Preterm birth extended by 2 weeks with Omega-3 – Meta-analysis
• Preterm birth 30 percent more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Preterm births 12 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor (white infants in Italy) – meta-analysis
• Pregnancies helped by Vitamin D (insulin and birth weight in this case) – meta-analysis
• Live birth 1.7 X more likely after IVF if good level of vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Birth size and weight increased by Vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Premature or low birth weight resulted in children 3X more likely to be anxious – meta-analysis
• Low Vitamin D results in adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes – Wagner meta-analysis
• Preterm birth rate reduced by 43 percent with adequate Vitamin D supplementation – meta-analysis
• Birth weight and length increased with high levels of vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Low vitamin D increased probability of low birth weight by 60 percent – meta-analysis
• Weekly vitamin D in pregnancy/lactation did not improve infant growth – null RCT.
• Preterm birth rate cut in half with 1000 milligrams of Omega-3 (if initially low) – RCT
• While in labor, preterm birth delayed 6 days by Vitamin D (single dose of 50,000 IU) - RCT
• Birth rates doubled with Vitamin D - 300,000 IU for infertile men – RCT
• 2X less risk of respiratory distress syndrome if 50,000 IU of Vitamin D just before premature birth – RCT
• Omega-3 supplementation reduced preterm birth rate by 4X – RCT
• Preterm birth rate of pregnant smokers cut in half if take Omega-3 – RCT
• 50,000 IU Vitamin D one time after birth helped – RCT
• Rickets in half of premature births – 200 IU of vitamin D is enough – RCT
• Zinc helps pregnancies – 14 percent fewer preterm births, etc. – Cochrane RCT
• Improved births with 2,000 IU vitamin D during pregnancy in India - RCT
• Preterm birth rate reduced 60% by Vitamin D (40 ng)
• Investigation on Roundup - glyphosate at VitaminDWiki
• Adding Vitamin D prevents ~100X more birth problems per dollar than adding folic acid
• Very preterm birth: start treatment with Vitamin D (400 IU/kg/day)
• Preterm births are VERY costly
• Low vitamin D at birth is not associated with autoimmune problems 2 decades later (no surprise)
• Preterm birth 2.5 times more likely if low Vitamin D
• Post-birth stress index (allostatic load) – propose adding low Vitamin D as 11th item
• Birth rates are declining: 7 of the top 15 reasons are low Vitamin D
• Preterm birth not associated with first tri-mester vitamin D
• Blacks have more preterm births due to low nutrients such as vitamin D
• Recurrent preterm birth and low vitamin D
• Preterm birth 3X more likely and C-section 4X if less than 20 ng of vitamin D
• Preterm births reduced in half if 40 ng of vitamin D in 3rd trimester
• Magnesium (Sulfate) reduces risk of cerebral palsy for those at risk of preterm births
• Fewer preterm births after pollution reduction (vitamin D not mentioned)
• Vitamin D Webinar - cost of preterm birth etc- Baggerly
• Preterm birth - many of risk factors are associated with low vitamin D
• Low Vitamin D while pregnant increased risks: preterm birth 2.4X, development delay 4.4X
• Premature birth 2.5X more likely if mother had low vitamin D and was having twins
• Preterm birth of twins 2.2X more likely if low vitamin D
• COVID vaccination is safe during pregnancy - but they excluded all conceptions that did not result in a live birth
• Health Problems Associated with Low Vitamin D at Birth
• Monsanto’s Roundup reduced birth weight by 4%
• Very Low Birth Weight Preemies are in hospital 9 days longer if Vitamin D was delayed
• Schizophrenia increased 40 percent for Spring births after Danes stopped vitamin D fortification
• Schizophrenia 44 percent more likely if low vitamin D at birth (8 ng)
• Season of Birth
• Preventing a Lifetime of Illness Before Birth
• 4.4 X more likely to have a preterm birth if low vitamin D while pregnant (India)
• Preterm birth risk increased 1.6 X if supplement with Calcium
• Hemorrhage after birth is 4X more likely if low vitamin D (dark skin, etc)
• Vitamin D and pregnancy, preterm birth, preeclampsia - Whittle
• Multiple Sclerosis risk reduced 30 percent by each additional 10 ng of vitamin D at birth (1500 Danes)
• Hospital costs for an extreme preemie adds 58,000 dollars to the cost of full term birth
• Preterm birth rate increased 60 percent in 50 years (US)
• Preterm birth rates increased in 15 European countries
• Preterm births appear reduced 34% by Vitamin D, 11% by Omega-3
• Pfizer’s RSV vaccine found to increase risk of preterm births by 24%, etc.
• Vitamin D intervention reduces preterm births and low birth weight by 60 percent – Cochrane Reviews
• Preterm birth reduction by nutrients - Vitamin D is the best, Omega-3 is next best
• Omega-3 fatty acid in pregnancy reduces risk of preterm and early preterm birth
• First birth labor lasts an hour longer if low vitamin D
• Preterm birth rate increased in US but decreased in Finland (high Vitamin D)
• Risk of low birth weight cut in half after taking lots of vitamin D while pregnant
• Preterm Birth 2.7X more likely if low vitamin D (dark skin in this case)
• Season of birth associated with Pneumonia (10 %) and Multiple Sclerosis (30 %)
• Preterm birth varies with season: 25 percent more likely if conception in autumn
• Accutane for acne associated with birth defects, abortions
• Preterm birth chance reduced –17P (expensive drug) or Vitamin D
• Preterm Births decreased by Omega-3 (analysis of 184 countries)
• Preterm birth cost for employers approximately 50,000 dollars
• Preterm Births reduced by Omega-3, Zinc, and Vitamin D
• If diagnosed infertile, more likely to have live birth if Vitamin D fortification
• Diabetes 30% more likely in those with low birth weight
• Birth defects about 15 percent more likely if low vitamin D while pregnant
• Season of birth associated with many health problem (UK Biobank)
• Diseases correlated to month of birth – 2008
• Health problems are related to birth month
• Preterm birth might be prevented by Vitamin D, Omega-3, etc. (International survey)
• Birth Defects – March of Dimes Global Report (does not even mention Vitamin D)
• Omega-3 index of 5 greatly decreases the risk of an early preterm birth
• Stop Zika Birth Defects with Vitamin D
• Preterm birth interventions – 4 studies found possible vitamin D benefit – Cochrane
• Preterm birth 3X more likely if low vitamin D
• Preterm Births - promising preventions – anti-oxidants, Vitamin D, Omega-3, Zinc, etc.
• Fraternal twin births increasing (twins often associated with low vitamin D)
• Preterm birth 8X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor
• Preterm birth associated with many genes, including the Vitamin D Receptor again
• 3.7X decrease in Very Low Weight Births (following huge increase in Vitamin D sales)
• Higher birth weight resulted in more fit adults (Vitamin D not mentioned)
• Summer births associated with 2X slower gross motor development at 6 months
• Zika birth defects may be prevented by Vitamin D
• FDA allows the claim that Vitamin D “supports healthy pregnancies and promotes full-term births”
• Preterm birth risk increased 16 pcnt if heat wave (perhaps outside less)
• 8 percent fewer preterm births if adequate Selenium from food
• Unplanned c-section birth 40 percent less often if sufficient vitamin D
• Low birth weight associated low Vitamin D (little sunshine in China in this case)
• Low birth weight far more likely if African-American (low vitamin D) – 1997,
• 7X more likely to have low birth weight babies when mother very low on vitamin D
• Low birth weight 3X more likely if mother had less than 25 nanograms of vitamin D
• 60 percent more life births after infertility diagnosis if Vitamin D fortification (Denmark)
• Infant Vitamin D doubles 6 months after birth (can double in 2 weeks)
• Dark-skin plus low vitamin D in first trimester made preterm birth 2.9 X more likely
• Preterm birth more likely if dark skinned and low vitamin D (not white-skinned)
• Small for gestational age birth was 6.5X more likely if mother was vitamin D deficient
• 10 percent of all women had after-birth infections – majority had low vitamin D (PhD) – 2019
• Pregnant women in Australia to take Omega-3 when told of reduction in preterm births
• Preterm birth 9 X more likely if fetus had a poor Vitamin D Receptor and previous miscarriage
• Preterm births strongly related to Vitamin D, Vitamin D Receptor, Iodine, Omega-3, etc
• Child is 2 X more likely to get influenza if have older sibling (perhaps closely-spaced birth)
• Women with more than minimum vitamin D were 3.4 X more likely to achieve pregnancy and 1.6 X more likely to have live births
• Preterm birth rate not vary with vitamin D level (when all are less than 30 ng)
• Vitamin D cuts pregnancy risks in half – low birth weight, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes – Cochrane
• Association between season of birth and suicide – perhaps vitamin D
• Preterm birth increases risk of heart disease by 1.5 X by age 40
• Food allergy is linked to season of birth, sun exposure, and vitamin D deficiency
• Children short sleep 12 percent more likely for each 1 ng lower vitamin D at birth
• Folic acid reduces both premature births and neural tube defects
• Non-autistic siblings had higher vitamin D levels at birth
• Premature births predicted in office by 2024 - Bill Gates (vs. reduce preemies by half now with Vitamin D)
• Premature birth and infant mortality worse if dark skin (low vitamin D) - 2015
• Off Topic: Premature birth results in less schooling and income (age 28, 228,000 Danes)
• Low vitamin D at birth associated with later milk sensitization, allergic rhinitis and asthma
• Birth weight more than 9.9 lbs increases risk of breast cancer by 1.5 (wonder about Vitamin D)
• Preconception vitamin D is great - every extra 10 ng associated with 10 percent more likely to have live birth
• Racial differences in health problems (premature births) disappeared when vitamin D levels were the same
• Very low birth weight infants were OK with 600 IU of vitamin D plus Calcium and Phosphorus
• FDA petitioned to acknowledge that vitamin D cuts preterm birth rate in half
• Preterm birth 4X more likely if very low Vitamin D (Chinese)
• Birth problems associated with low Zinc
• Increasing Omega-3 reduces heart problems, autism, depression, preterm birth, breast cancer, etc.
• Vitamin D and fertility and birth problems with dark skin
• Mild acidic diet with vitamin D eliminated hypocalcemia before birth (cows)
• Born too soon – premature births report by W.H.O. – 2010
• Vitamin D Receptor is associated with preeclampsia, gestational diabetes and preterm birth
• Asthmatic pregnant women had 30 percent more preterm births if air pollution (vitamin D not mentioned)
• When to start Vitamin D after European births - UK 180 days, many 6-31 days, the rest 1-5 days
• Low vitamin D results in severe preeclampsia and low birth weight
• Preterm birth trend toward 2.5 X more likely if less than 10 ng of Vitamin D
• Sleep Problems in Pregnancy Tied to Premature Births (no surprise, both related to low vitamin D)
• Season of birth (Vitamin D) vs birth weight, puberty, body size, etc.
• Risk of preterm birth twice as likely when less than 10 ng of vitamin D
• Birth asphyxia 2.4 times more likely if mother was vitamin D deficient – 2016
• Strong decrease in both birth weights and pregnancy duration (concurrent with decrease in vitamin D)
• Preterm birth rate reduced 57 percent by Vitamin D
• At birth, lower levels of vitamin D associated with higher levels of inflammation
• Less vitamin D makes for low birth weight for white babies
• Hypothesis- birth rate variation with season may trump MS variation with vitamin D
• Stop Zika birth defects
• Stop Zika Birth Defects FORUM
• Omega-3 supplementation during pregnancy reduce early preterm births (save 1500 USD per child)
• Zika birth defects may not be noticed for a year
• Birth asphyxia 2.4 more likely if low maternal vitamin D
• 67 pregnant women in Florida now have Zika – story of a birth
• Zika birth defects – comprehensive analysis
• Zika birth defects – more than first trimester
• Zika birth defect list just got longer
• Zika pregnant women from Latin American giving birth in US – costing the US perhaps a million dollars each
• Preterm birth has become the leading cause of infant mortality (vitamin D not mentioned) – JAMA
• Prevent Zika birth defects with Vitamin D
• Higher vitamin D at birth associated with less diabetes and obesity 35 years later
• Increase early births by 40 percent if less than 6 months to restock vitamin D
• Pre-mature births reduced 43 percent by Vitamin D – Cochrane review
• Vitamin D is being used to prevent premature births – Baggerly interview
• Opening windows while pregnant cut the number of low birth weight infants by half
• Low birth weight associated with vitamin D levels less than 11 ng
• Births with low vitamin D weighted less (Hispanic too)
• Diabetes (Type I, in males) became seasonal (with birth) when vitamin D supplementation was removed
• Respiratory distress after preterm birth is more likely if low vitamin D – review
• Off topic: Dates (fruit) improve birthing in many ways
• Increasing rate of unhealthy pregnancies and births - Early 2015
• Pelvic floor muscle strength is low after giving birth if vitamin D deficient
• High risk of extremely premature birth if high BMI (low vitamin D)
• Low vitamin D pregnancy associated with both low birth weight and more weight in child later
• Chance of preterm birth is strongly associated with low vitamin D
• The more preterm the birth, the lower the vitamin D level (both mothers and infants)
• Decreased risk of preterm birth if have more than 36 ng of vitamin D
• Autism associated with preterm and low birth weight (both associated with low vitamin D)
• Why higher levels of vitamin D reduces premature birth
• Extremely low vitamin D in mother: early birth and low weight in children, mortality in mice
• Diabetes after giving birth was associated with low vitamin D combined with high PTH
• Off topic – Making birth defects ‘preventable’ Folic acid and the politics of risk reduction
• RXRA gene activity at birth weakly associated with bone density at age 4
• Vitamins D and A, before and after birth
• Hypothesis -10 percent increased schizophrenia in winter births due to vitamin D
• Getting pregnant in May increases chance of premature birth by 10 percent
• Obese mothers with adequate vitamin D gave birth to low D and fat infants
• Vitamin D prior to and after birth
• Bone health markers generally not improved by 550 IU of vitamin D after birth
• Vitamin D given after low weight birth did not decrease death rate
• Births during times of little sun associated with increased hypertension
• Vitamin D deficiency and pregnancy - from preconception to birth
• Vitamin D May Be a Link to Black-White Disparities in Adverse Birth Outcomes
• Birth control pills could contain Folic acid and vitamin D
• Vitamin D Levels at Birth May Predict Obesity Risk at age 3
• Pre-Birth Vitamin D Levels Determine Your Health for Life