Unborn babies affected by stress of 9/11 attacks

[housewolf]

Summary from a Washington Times article about the report:
A hospital study has determined the smallest victims of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
Pregnant women who escaped the burning Twin Towers almost four years ago passed on the stress of the experience to their unborn babies in a "ripple effect," according to findings released by New York's Mount Sinai Hospital yesterday.

Those Trade Center mothers who developed anxiety and other symptoms in response to their experiences had markedly lower levels of cortisol compared with mothers who developed only minimal symptoms, the researchers say.
The same pattern was found in their infants.

Last year, the researchers found that the women's babies generally were born earlier, weighed less and were smaller than infants delivered by other Manhattan women. They attributed the phenomenon to toxic dust and fumes from the site, which included lead and poisonous hydrocarbons.

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050504-111351-5954r.htm



The report:

Daily Reproductive Health Report
Pregnancy & Childbirth | Infants Born to Pregnant Women Near World Trade Center Attack Affected by Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Study Says


Infants born to pregnant women who were in or near the World Trade Center when it was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, have biological markers indicating effects of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a study published online on Tuesday in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, the Washington Times reports.

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http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=29872

[Lindacooks]

1. Yep, we're going to be seeing results like this for years to come.

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[FreedomAngel82]

2. How awful

I hope these babies are okay. Have these mothers tried reiki healing? Bush and his croonies have ruined all of our lives. Even the unborn. :cry: