Supermom, activate: baby force field! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Your body’s immune system has its own peacekeepers called regulatory T-cells. They help balance your body’s reactions to invading microbes! But can a pregnant mother’s immune system distinguish HER BABY from a germy invader?
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Can we protect two babes with one shot? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Neither early nor late, we want childbirth right on time. But nature has other ideas. Like pre-eclampsia. It limits blood flow to the placenta, giving mom high blood pressure. This slows
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Morning sickness? *retch*!! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Nausea and vomiting affects SEVENTY percent of pregnant women. It can even cause hospitalization; but why’s it happen? Enter Marlena Fejzo and the University of Southern California. First, they analyzed blood from three hundred pregnant women
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Could pregnancy be a walk in the park if it were… virtual?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Pregnancy is stressful—getting out in nature can ease that—but who has the time? What if technology could take you there, VIRTUALLY? Will SEEING green have the same
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Oof! Was that a kick? Or a GUT feeling? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Creating life takes work! Just ask mice: they carry multiple babies in their tummies at once. How do those mousey mom’s do it? Could good gut health be the key
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Diamonds are a girl’s best friend…literally! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. When it comes to pregnancy prevention, the Pill is effective, but it’s not best for everyone. Some people have trouble remembering to take it regularly – in which case, it might not work!
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Mothers to be—No more T-H-C! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying: Turn on, tune in, and LEAVE THE POT OUT. Marijuana has been legalized in twenty-five states in the U-S, for medical or recreational use. Of those who smoke marijuana, 6 percent are pregnant
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One, two, three! It’s easy as… A, G, C? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Who doesn’t love a spelling bee? Cute middle-schoolers lisping out words like Xanthosis and Logorrhea! But spelling is vital inside living organisms too! Why? See, cells need proteins to work
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