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Maternal Nicotine Use Raises Risk Of ADHD In Children

posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday July 22 2014, @01:20PM   
from the Up-in-Smoke dept.

lhsi writes:

Researchers have found a causal link between maternal nicotine use during pregnancy and a child having ADHD (Full text). The new study also hints-but doesn't prove-that nicotine-replacement products used during pregnancy, such as patches and gum, could pose the same risk to children.

In this large cohort of children followed up to 8 to 14 years of age, we found that both maternal and paternal smoking during pregnancy were associated with an elevated risk for ADHD, based on hospital diagnosis, medication, and hyperactivity/inattention scores. The association was consistently stronger for maternal smoking than for paternal smoking and was also found for mother's use of nicotine replacement during pregnancy. These results suggest a causal effect of smoking (and nicotine) during fetal life or other factors related to maternal nicotine dependance. The findings for paternal smoking could reflect an effect of passive smoking but may also be a result of social or genetic confounding

• Re:"Disorder?" Re:"Disorder?" (Score: 3, Insightful) by meisterister on Tuesday July 22 2014, @03:20PM

  by meisterister (949) on Tuesday July 22 2014, @03:20PM (#72306) Journal

  Great Scot! Students aren't paying attention in boring, mandatory classes! Medicate them until they do!

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• Re:"Disorder?" (Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Tuesday July 22 2014, @04:00PM

  by dyingtolive (952) on Tuesday July 22 2014, @04:00PM (#72322)

  Interestingly, they never bothered by sisters with it and one of them was a mediocre student.

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