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<text id=92TT1939>
<title>
Aug. 31, 1992: Health:Et Cetera
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Aug. 31, 1992 Woody Allen: Cries and Whispers
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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THE WEEK, Page 20
HEALTH & SCIENCE
Et Cetera
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<p>STAY COOL
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<p> Pregnant women may have to add another activity to the list of
things that can harm fetuses: the use of hot tubs and saunas. A
report in the Journal of the A.M.A. suggests that excessive heat
exposure in early pregnancy can increase the chance of spina
bifida and brain abnormalities in their offspring. Hot tubs are
the worst offenders, boosting the risk from the normal 2 in
1,000 nearly threefold. Saunas just about double the risk, as
do fevers above 100 degrees F. Women exposed to two kinds of
heat had six times the chance of bearing afflicted children. But
electric blankets had no effect.
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</body></article>
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