BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoLike a pediatrician rounding on cystic fibrosis children in the hospital and smoking at their bedside. That's what the early 1980s were like.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down19
arrow-up11.08Karrow-down1imageLike a pediatrician rounding on cystic fibrosis children in the hospital and smoking at their bedside. That's what the early 1980s were like.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square174fedilink
minus-squareMsSprouts@vegantheoryclub.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·3 months agoI wonder how much that affected the life expectancy of those kids
minus-squareBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·3 months agoQuite a lot. Most mothers smoked while pregnant and gave their kids asthma as a result, and ADHD too. That’s why you see more of that.
minus-squareFozzyOsbourne@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months ago ADHD too. That’s why you see more of that. Citation needed!
minus-squareBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agohttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5260151/
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoMy mom quit smoking before pregnancy, and dad never smoked. Still neurodivergent. I’ve not personally heard of a causal link there before.
minus-squareBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agohttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5260151/
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoThanks, but, uh: CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring ADHD is not due to causal intrauterine effects, but reflects unmeasured confounding.
I wonder how much that affected the life expectancy of those kids
Quite a lot. Most mothers smoked while pregnant and gave their kids asthma as a result, and ADHD too. That’s why you see more of that.
Citation needed!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5260151/
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My mom quit smoking before pregnancy, and dad never smoked. Still neurodivergent. I’ve not personally heard of a causal link there before.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5260151/
Thanks, but, uh: