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	Babies are OK after light drinking in pregnancy

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d3481e1b-b342-433a-ab61-2213596dd1d3/40387EFC-5B63-43BE-BF4C-80D6B42BC9C6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn15100-babies-are-ok-after-light-drinking-in-pregnancy.html?feedId=online-news_rss20" href="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn15100-babies-are-ok-after-light-drinking-in-pregnancy.html?feedId=online-news_rss20" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn15100-babies-are-ok-after-light-drinking-in-pregnancy.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><H2 class="inline">Babies are OK after light drinking in pregnancy</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn15100-babies-are-ok-after-light-drinking-in-pregnancy.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><P>A light tipple during pregnancy is OK after all, according to a large study – but it's more likely to be because of the silver spoon in your child's mouth than the alcohol in your glass.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn15100-babies-are-ok-after-light-drinking-in-pregnancy.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><P>The assessment of more than 12,000 children suggests that <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19125581.500-sobering-news-for-pregnant-women.html">women who drink lightly during pregnancy</A> give birth to children who are no more likely to develop behavioural problems or show reduced cognitive ability than those born to women who abstained completely.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn15100-babies-are-ok-after-light-drinking-in-pregnancy.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><P>The study shows that boys born to mothers who drank lightly were 40% less likely to have "conduct" problems and 30% less likely to be hyperactive than those whose mothers were teetotal whilst pregnant. They also had higher scores in tests of vocabulary and could identify colours, shapes, letters and numbers better.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn15100-babies-are-ok-after-light-drinking-in-pregnancy.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><P>Girls born to light drinkers were 30% less likely to have peer problems compared with those born to abstainers.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn15100-babies-are-ok-after-light-drinking-in-pregnancy.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><H5>Social factors, not alcohol</H5></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/40387EFC-5B63-43BE-BF4C-80D6B42BC9C6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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