The American Journal of Epidemiology recently (10.05.2005) published a paper about the connection between coffee intake and fetal death.
According to a Danish study, increased coffee (i.e. caffeine) increases the risk of fetal death especially after 20 weeks getastion.
A recent paper (08.23.2005) published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism discusses the care necessary for a pregnant woman who has Graves disease (hyperthyroidism). In order to keep a fetus healthy, doctors need to closely monitor the mother’s thyroid levels and watch the baby using ultrasound.
Recently reported (10.26.2005) by Reuters, a new Norwegian study described in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (October 2005) seems to indicate that eating a low-cholesterol diet while pregnant may reduce your chance of a pre-term delivery.
The researchers studied two groups: a “control” group of 149 pregnant woman who ate a regular diet and a “test” group of 141 women who ate a low-cholesterol diet. Of these two groups only one woman in the low-cholesterol test group delivered prematurely, whereas 11 of the women from the control group delivered prematurely.
More studies need to be performed to figure out exactly how lower cholesterol effects low-risk and high-risk pregnancies. But, in the meantime, lowering your cholesterol can’t be a bad thing.