Neurodevelopmental milestones and associated behaviours are similar among healthy children across diverse geographical locations
by INTERGROWTH-21stThe latest findings from the international INTERGROWTH-21st Project, that has monitored healthy, urban children from educated families across four continents from early pregnancy to 2 years of age, show that human neurodevelopment is not influenced by the colour of an individual’s skin.
Sri Lanka becomes the first country to adopt the INTERGROWTH-21st Preterm Standards
by INTERGROWTH-21stWe are delighted to announce that Sri Lanka has become the first country to adopt the INTERGROWTH-21st Preterm Standards.
INTERGROWTH-21st in Sri Lanka
by iNTERGROWTH-21stDrs Leila Cheikh Ismail and Jane Hirst are currently introducing the Preterm Growth Standards through a series of workshops in Sri Lanka.
INTERGROWTH-21st Postnatal Growth Standards and z-scores for Preterm Infants
by INTERGROWTH-21stINTERGROWTH-21st in China
by INTERGROWTH-21stChinese Translations of the INTERGROWTH-21st Fetal and Newborn Lancet Articles
by INTERGROWTH-21stChinese translations of the INTERGROWTH-21st Fetal and Newborn Lancet articles are now available for download.二十一世纪国际胎儿、新生儿生长发育项目(INTERGROWTH-21st) 柳叶刀文章的中文翻译本现在可供下载。
Postnatal growth standards for preterm infants: the Preterm Postnatal Follow-up Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project
by INTERGROWTH-21stThe first international stnadards for monitroing the growth of preterm babies have now been published in the Lancet Global Health (October 2015).
The EMPOWER Program (EMpowering Progress in Obstetric and Women's hEalth Research) is now accepting research proposals related to preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy from young investigators in low resource settings. Letters of Intent are due November 15, 2015. Thereafter, projects deemed feasible will be invited to submit full applications by April 15, 2016. The grant recipient will be announced in October 2016 at the World Congress of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (ISSHP).
The increasing consumption of sugar worldwide seems to lead to several health problems, including some types of cancer. This study examined the association of sweet foods and drinks intake with mammographic density among 776 premenopausal and 779 postmenopausal women recruited at mammography. The results suggest that an increase in sweet foods or sugar-sweetened beverage intake is associated with higher mammographic density.