Smoking During Pregnancy Cuts Blood Flow to Fetus
Smoking during pregnancy reduces blood flow to the developing fetus, which in turn, retards its growth.
A research team studied more than 250 pregnant women. Most were non-smokers, but about 84 were smokers or ex-smokers.
Newborns of current smokers weighed less, had smaller head sizes, and were shorter. Smoking was associated with a 47 percent drop in levels of a key protein that helps blood vessels to relax, called endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). Smoking was also associated with an 18 percent reduction of "good" HDL cholesterol in the fetus.
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Reuters February 3, 2009
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Im a nursing student and we have a ten minute presentation on various topics and one of them is on drugs and pregnancy. Going to be interesting to see. I did mine last week on stem cell research. I think I amm lucky cause i can take a scientist approach and look at the blastocytes as just a group of cells. Potential able to end various dieases.