http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/04/bpa-thyroid-hormone-changes/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/04/bpa-thyroid-hormone-changes/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 07:30:17 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32506 A new UC Berkeley study adds to growing concerns about the health effects of bisphenol A (BPA), a compound commonly found in the lining of tin cans, hard plastics and certain store receipts. Researchers have linked prenatal exposure to BPA to changes in thyroid hormone levels in pregnant women and newborn boys. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/04/bpa-thyroid-hormone-changes/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/20/prenatal-pesticide-exposure-lower-iq/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/20/prenatal-pesticide-exposure-lower-iq/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:01:47 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=9489 A new UC Berkeley study has found that prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides – widely used on food crops – is related to lower intelligence scores in children. Every tenfold increase in measures of organophosphates detected during a mother's pregnancy corresponded to a 5.5 point drop in overall IQ scores in children at age 7, the researchers found. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/20/prenatal-pesticide-exposure-lower-iq/feed/ 0 http://sph.berkeley.edu/news/2011/pies_award.php http://sph.berkeley.edu/news/2011/pies_award.php#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:03:43 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=5261 Cheri Pies, clinical professor at the Berkeley's School of Public Health, has been named a "champion" in the field of maternal and child health by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.]]> http://sph.berkeley.edu/news/2011/pies_award.php/feed/ 0