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Pregnant women who suffer depression and anxiety may give birth to children who have a greater risk of developing asthma, a study found. Researchers said children aged ten can be almost twice as likely to suffer asthma if their mother was distressed during pregnancy. Hormones released by women in response to stress may affect their unborn child in the womb and alter lung development. The study team recruited 4,231 mothers and fathers, who were questioned on feelings of distress during and after pregnancy. Nearly nine per cent of women and just under four per cent of men were clinically depressed, clinically anxious or both. Researchers said children aged ten can be almost twice as likely to suffer asthma if their mother was distressed during pregnancy (stock picture) Mothers who suffered from clinically significant distress were 91 per cent more likely to have children with asthma.  The study, led by Erasmus Medical Centre in Holland, said: 'Early life is a sensitive period for the

Washington Football Team backup quarterback Alex Smith is drawing praise from his 'friend' Barack Obama for making his return to action on Sunday nearly two years and 17 leg surgeries after suffering a gruesome compound fracture that briefly threatened to take his life.   'And congratulations to my friend Alex Smith, for fighting back from a life-threatening injury to start at quarterback again for the Washington Football Team,' Obama wrote on Twitter. 'It's a testament to his strength, determination and the love and support of his family.'  Although Obama wrote that he started on Sunday, Smith actually replaced an injured Kyle Allen, marking his first action since he sustained a compound fracture of his right tibia and fibula during a game in November 2018.  Washington Football Team backup quarterback Alex Smith is drawing praise from his 'friend' Barack Obama for making his return to action on Sunday nearly two years and 17 leg surgeries after suff

Sen. John McCain shrugged off then GOP candidate Donald Trump's dig that he wasn't a war hero because he got captured, according to a new book by a longtime McCain aide.  Mark Salter, the author of 'The Luckiest Man: Life with John McCain,' recalled that he called up the Arizona Republican after hearing Trump's remarks 'and cussed prolifically as I condemned Trump's character, intelligence and appearance.'   'McCain advised me to take it easy. "All he did was get people to talk about what a hero I am all weekend. That's not my problem, it's his,"' Salter wrote in the book, according to Axios.  Sen. John McCain, who died in August 2018, told aide Mark Salter to 'take it easy' after then GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump disparaged his service in Vietnam because he got captured. 'All he did was get people to talk about what a hero I am all weekend,' McCain said  Longtime McCain aide Mark Salter is out with a

American pork is up to six times more likely to contain salmonella than British pork, a study claims. Around 13 per cent of pork samples tested for salmonella in US retail meat were positive for the bacteria, which can cause diarrhoea and vomiting. E. coli, another potentially harmful bacterium, was also found in 60 per cent of pork, 70 per cent of beef, 80 per cent of chicken and 90 per cent of turkey products destined for American shops and supermarkets. Channel 4 presenter Morland Sanders in a publicity photograph for tonight's Dispatches documentary, Dirty Secrets Of American Food: Coming To A Supermarket Near You? The study is being carried out by Professor Lance Price at his lab at George Washington University. He is in the middle of a five-year review looking at bacterial contamination in American retail meat.  The preliminary results will be aired in a Channel 4 Dispatches programme tonight. Professor Price said: 'I find it a little disturbing because E. coli is an in

The husband of a missing mom-of-four who was found dead inside her submerged SUV in a Florida pond feared she may have been suffering a mental breakdown, because she 'wasn't herself' and disappeared after 'talking about God'. Tracey Lynn Rieker, 44, went missing in the early hours of September 30 in Venice, Florida, leaving behind her wallet and phone. Ten days later on Saturday October 10 around 11.45am her Nissan Xterra vehicle was found in a pond nearby Knight’s Trail with her body inside. An autopsy was underway Monday. Police said they were treating the death as a traffic homicide and they are investigating the cause of death.  Her husband Christian Rieker said that his wife recently became very religious, wasn't sleeping or eating normally, and wanted to get rid of their Halloween and Christmas decorations claiming they were linked to paganism.  'She was having trouble sleeping, wasn’t eating a whole lot and was really focused on her religious research

Officer Joseph Mensah has killed three people in the last five years . He was cleared of wrongdoing in all three cases The police chief of a Milwaukee suburb has said there is no reason to fire an officer who was cleared of wrongdoing in the shooting death of a black teen in February.  During a news conference on Monday, Wauwatosa police Chief Barry Weber said cop Joseph Mensah was found to have acted lawfully when he fatally shot 17-year-old Alvin Cole.  Cole was the third person Mensah, who is also black, shot and killed since joining the police force five years ago. Milwaukee County's district attorney announced last week that like the first two fatal shootings, Mensah would not be charged in Cole's death, sparking five days of protests and unrest.   In his report, the DA noted that officers said Cole pointed a gun at them and refused to drop it, and that Mensah could successfully argue he fired in self-defense. Although Mensah won't face charges, the Wauwatosa Police an

Bar owners in Liverpool spoke of their devastation on Monday night as the city became England's first 'tier three' Covid zone. It means pubs not serving food must shut from Wednesday under the new local lockdown rules.  Paula Smith, who runs The Dog House off the city's famous Penny Lane, was in tears as she told of her fears for her livelihood. She said she could not expect her employer to pay 100 per cent of her wages again, as happened when the pub had to close in March.  Liverpool became England's first 'tier three' Covid zone, meaning pubs not serving food must shut. Paula Smith , who runs The Dog House, told of her fears for her livelihood Miss Smith told BBC News: 'It's just a bit worrying. It's not fair to put it all on the employer. It's not fair.' The owner, Paul White, said the new Government grant scheme for venues forced to close would pay around £500. 'My fixed costs are £2,500 a week, whether we're trading or not,

Three million patients have missed out on cancer screenings as a result of the coronavirus crisis, experts have warned. Charities say they are ‘really worried’ about the impact on survival rates as figures published yesterday revealed the full toll of the pandemic. Cancer Research UK found that millions have missed vital screenings while more than 350,000 people haven’t been urgently referred for a cancer check who should have been.  Around 31,000 fewer patients started treatment between April and July compared to last year – a reduction of 26 per cent.  Lung cancer has been the worst hit, with referrals down 50 per cent because patients believe their cough and chest pains are symptoms of coronavirus.  The charity has warned of ‘lengthening queues’ for diagnosis and treatment after people took the Government’s message to stay at home and protect the NHS ‘literally’, CRUK said. 350,000 people haven’t been urgently referred for a cancer check who should have been The biggest monthly fal

The gnawing fear that something was wrong first surfaced this summer, when the emissions warning light kept flickering in my wife Angela’s Honda CRV, and occasionally it would refuse to start. It was only a couple of weeks ago, however, when a pipe under the sink sprang a leak and we found a bite-sized hole in our granddaughter’s baby-food carton that we began, figuratively speaking, to smell a rat. By then, it was far too late.  As Angela parks her car beside the recycling bins that serve the 13 flats in our building — a handsome old red-brick house in Surrey — the dastardly intruder had made its nest in the engine compartment.  A safe, warm refuge for cunning rodents, it transpires. Rats are invading British homes as lockdown closures of cafes and restaurants leaves them needing to search for food elsewhere It might sound rather amusing to find a rat’s lair, made from pine-leaves and bits of chewed-off battery insulation felt, beneath one’s bonnet. When we learned the full extent of

The creation of a new watchdog to protect British farming standards was blocked last night by the Government using an obscure technicality to stop MPs voting for it. Ministers are now facing an escalation of an already heated row amid fears that sub-standard US foods will flood the UK in future trade deals. The Commons had been due to vote on an amendment to the Agriculture Bill which would create the watchdog to protect British farmers and consumers.  The amendment, tabled by the House of Lords last month, was one of the more popular options among rebel Tory MPs who support extra protections being enshrined in law. The creation of a new watchdog to protect British farming standards was blocked last night by the Government using an obscure technicality to stop MPs voting for it. Pictured: Boris Johnson  But ministers deployed the technicality last used ten years ago to block the vote, arguing it strayed beyond the powers of the Lords because it would lead to extra public spending. Lo