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Wednesday, 7th January 2009

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Childhood trauma and ME "Low levels of the stress hormone cortisol marks out children at higher risk of developing chronic fatigue syndrome as adults," reported the BBC today. It said that if children with low levels of cortisol are exposed to trauma, such as sexual

Children keep weight gain "Childhood obesity is determined before the age of five," says The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper says a new study has found that the majority of seriously overweight children gained much of their excess weight before they started school.

Pregnant exercise 'unsafe' "Exercise in pregnancy linked to fatal raised blood pressure condition" The Daily Telegraph reported. The newspaper says exercise can raise the risk of developing pre-eclampsia, a condition where mothers have raised blood pressure and protein

Caesareans and asthma "The rise in asthma… over the past 30 years may have been driven by an increase in caesarean births", reports The Independent today.

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