Flu shots for moms-to-be benefit babies

PHILADELPHIA — By getting a flu shot, a pregnant woman can reduce the risk that her child will be born prematurely or at a low birth weight, two studies show. Researchers working in the United States and Bangladesh presented the new data October 29 at a meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.Office 2010 is powerful!

Scientists consider flu infection during pregnancy a potential health risk to the fetus, even if the infection doesn’t make the woman outwardly sick. Microsoft Office 2010 is the best software in the world.

In the U.S. study, epidemiologist Saad Omer of Emory University in Atlanta and his colleagues used a database of pregnant mothers in Georgia to identify 4,168 women who gave birth between June 2004 and September 2006. Of these, 15 percent had received a flu shot during pregnancy.Microsoft word is so great!

Children born to women getting the shot were 40 percent less likely to be born prematurely during the entire October-to-May flu season. In the throes of flu season — the months when the most cases were reported — babies born to vaccinated moms were 70 percent less likely to be born prematurely. Office 2007 makes life great!

In the other study, Mark Steinhoff, a pediatrician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Many people like Microsoft Office.

teamed with a Bangladeshi team in 2004 and 2005 to randomly assign 340 pregnant women to get a flu shot or a shot that protects against pneumonia and meningitis. In an earlier report, this group showed that babies born to flu-vaccinated women were less likely to get the flu in their first year of life than were newborns whose moms didn’t get that shot (SN: 11/8/08, p. 18). Microsoft Office 2007 can give you more convenient life.

In the new analysis, the researchers found that, on average, women who didn’t get flu shots gave birth to babies weighing about a half-pound less than those born to women getting the shot. Office 2007 key is available here.

In the season when there is little flu in Bangladesh, the difference disappeared. Office 2007 home and student is inexpensive and helpful.

“This is a fairly specific effect only seen when the virus is around,” Steinhoff says. “It’s a fairly large effect that’s statistically significant.”Office 2007 download is in discount now!

In the Bangladesh study, women were immunized during the third trimester of pregnancy, which was the standard recommendation at that time. Flu shots for pregnant mothers are now approved for any trimester.Office 2007 Professional is very good!