Heavy metal poisoning: probiotic could protect children, pregnant women

Researchers have developed a new kind of probiotic yogurt to protect against the effects of mercury and arsenic poisoning among pregnant women in a polluted region of Tanzania.

Fish Oil Supplements During Pregnancy Do Not Aid Infant Brain Development, Study Finds

A popular supplement among pregnant women — docosahexaenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil — has no clear benefits for an infant’s cognitive development, contradicting a view among many obstetricians and their patients, according to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the New York Times reports…