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Researchers from Murdoch University's School of Health Professions are urging health organisations to reconsider their attitudes to mothers and babies bedsharing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-bedsharing-debate.html Health Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:20:21 EST news286446015 (Medical Xpress)—Women in some disadvantaged communities are missing out on support that could potentially reduce high rates of infant mortality, according to an exploratory study at the University of Leeds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-mothers-ethnic-minority-groups.html Health Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:40:01 EST news286439200 Very low birth weight infants, those weighing less than 3.25 pounds, account for half of infant deaths in the United States each year, yet a new study released in today's issue of JAMA Pediatrics documents that these critically ill infants do not receive optimal nursing care, which can lead to hospital-acquired infections that double their death rate and may result in long-term developmental issues affecting the quality of their lives as adults. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nurse-understaffing-infection-vlbw-babies.html Pediatrics Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:00:08 EST news282828605 (HealthDay)—Maternal alcohol-use disorder increases the risk of both sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and non-SIDS-related infant mortality, according to a study published online Feb. 25 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-infant-mortality-maternal-alcohol.html Pediatrics Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:56:20 EST news281019373 (Medical Xpress)—The mortality rate for black and white infants in Dane County was just about equal from 2004 until 2007. However, black infant deaths rose from 2008 to 2010 while the mortality rate for white babies remained steady. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-medical-social-black-infant-mortality.html Health Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:50:57 EST news276342586 Contrary to popular thought, regular exercise before and during pregnancy could have beneficial effects for women that develop high blood pressure during gestation, human physiology professor Jeff Gilbert said, summarizing a new study by his research team that appears in the December issue of Hypertension, a journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-benefits-pregnancies-high-blood-pressure.html Health Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:06:47 EST news272300798 (Medical Xpress)—Doug Brugge, a professor of public health and community medicine at Tufts, assesses the possible reasons. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-asthma-higher-children.html Inflammatory disorders Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:19:29 EST news271927154 Women who begin snoring during pregnancy are at strong risk for high blood pressure and preeclampsia, according to research from the University of Michigan. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-pregnancy-high-blood-pressure.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:34:37 EST news267798866 Infant death rates in Appalachia remain significantly higher than much of the rest of the country, and are especially high in the central Appalachian region, according to Penn State health policy researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-appalachian-infant-death-healthcare-deficit.html Health Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:50:05 EST news258198596 Since 1992, the government's Back-to-Sleep Campaign has encouraged parents to place infants on their backs to sleep. Still, more than 4,500 infants die unexpectedly during sleep each year in the United States. Now, a University of Missouri injury prevention researcher says that safe, separate sleep environments for infants are critical to preventing sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUIDs). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-safe-environments-key-infant-deaths.html Health Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:40:01 EST news254072207 (Medical Xpress) -- If practiced safely, co-sleeping with your baby is safe and beneficial, according to James McKenna, University of Notre Dame biological anthropologist and world-renowned expert on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-expert-babies-safely-mothers.html Health Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:02:08 EST news252144118 A large regional hospital in Ghana saw a reduction in maternal and infant deaths after continuous quality improvement (QI) initiatives were put into place through a collaborative partnership. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-quality-moms-babies-africa.html Health Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:16:01 EST news246125755 Padma Biswokarma covers her young son with a blanket as she breastfeeds, a broad smile spreading across her face. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-nepal-child-malnutrition-silent-emergency.html Health Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:30:02 EST news244959108 Common causes for stillbirth include obstetric complications and placental abnormalities, while factors that could be known at the start of pregnancy, such as previous stillbirth or pregnancy loss, were associated with an increased risk for stillbirth, although these and other factors accounted for only a small proportion of the overall risk, according to two studies in the December 14 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-common-factors-stillbirth.html Medical research Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:00:03 EST news243004553 New research reinforces the need for continued public education programs that encourage parents to place their infants to sleep in the supine (back) position in a safe crib or bassinet, to prevent an estimated 4,600 annual Sudden Unintended Infant Deaths (SUID), of which 50 percent are classified as Sudden Death Syndrome (SIDS). The abstract, "Retrospective Review of Sleeping Conditions in Infant Deaths in New Mexico," was presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-infant-campaigns-sids.html Health Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:27:19 EST news238044414 (AP) -- Researchers have found that encouraging women to giver birth in hospitals has contributed to a sharp decrease in the number of infant deaths in China. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-hospital-births-babies-china.html Health Fri, 16 Sep 2011 03:53:07 EST news235363972 Parents who lose a new baby run a high risk themselves of dying prematurely, according to a British study published on Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-parents-baby-die-broken-heart.html Health Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:43:28 EST news234639774 Withdrawal of life-sustaining support and withholding lifesaving measures (such as CPR) appear to be the primary modes of infant deaths in a neonatal intensive care unit, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-trends-treatment-infants-neonatal-intensive.html Health Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:00:04 EST news229009342 (Medical Xpress) -- In a new study published in Pediatrics, lead researcher Dr. Fern Hauck from the University School of Medicine analyzed previous sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, studies and agrees that breastfeeding greatly reduces the risk of SIDS death. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-sids-linked-breastfeeding.html Health Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:00:01 EST news227246827