http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, are on the rise in the U.S., recently reaching their highest level in 50 years. The disease can be serious or even fatal to newborns who have not yet received vaccinations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-whooping-deadly-infants-percent-adults.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:50:37 EST news290688629 (Medical Xpress)—New research from the University of Adelaide shows that weight gain and increased head size in the first month of a baby's life is linked to a higher IQ at early school age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-iq-link-baby-weight-gain.html Pediatrics Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:04:39 EST news290671452 Many scientists dream of making a single discovery that provides fundamental insight into nature, may be used to help save human lives, and can assist in the preservation of an endangered species. In new research reported in the journal Cell, a Japanese team is on the verge of accomplishing this nearly impossible feat. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-fluorescent-protein-eel-revolutionizes-key.html Medical research Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:25:45 EST news290363135 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers from The University of Manchester studying a rare and potentially lethal childhood disease – which is the clinical opposite of diabetes - have made an important discovery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-recognising-blood-sugars-brain-newborn.html Medical research Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:15:09 EST news290243703 (Medical Xpress)—One of the genes which causes a muscle disease so severe that newborn babies rarely survive beyond a few days has been discovered by an international team of scientists, coordinated by The University of Western Australia affiliate, the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-gene-discovery-parents-fatal-baby.html Genetics Fri, 07 Jun 2013 06:52:31 EST news289806742 Research funded by children's charity Action Medical Research has uncovered new gene variants in startle disease, a rare condition in newborn babies. Understanding the genetic causes should lead to new genetic tests and is vital to ensure that babies get the correct treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-startle-disease-key-gene-variants.html Genetics Thu, 30 May 2013 08:59:59 EST news289123191 (Medical Xpress)—A new gene associated with a form of congenital heart disease in newborn babies – known as "a hole in the heart" has been discovered by researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-gene-discovery-babies-born-hole.html Genetics Mon, 27 May 2013 06:15:26 EST news288854107 International development charity Save the Children is linking up with British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline in what both sides say is a unique collaboration to save children's lives in Africa. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-children-teams-pharma-giant-gsk.html Medications Fri, 10 May 2013 14:10:02 EST news287412491 In recent years, the world has reduced preventable child deaths by 4 million a year. But 7 million children still die from preventable causes annually, and little progress has been made in the death rate of newborn babies and their mothers from the strains of childbirth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-forum-explores-high-price-children.html Health Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:20:03 EST news285840411 Severe and life-threatening complications in pregnancy can have a big impact on fathers as well as mothers. That's one of the key findings of work by Oxford University researchers who spoke to couples who had been through this, in compiling a new resource for the award-winning patient website healthtalkonline.org. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-dads-mums-difficult-births.html Health Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:24:41 EST news285312274 More and more newborn babies are dying annually despite greater knowledge about what kills them, and cheap and simple measures to save them, a global conference in Johannesburg heard Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-experts-ramped-action-newborn.html Health Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:00:01 EST news285262174 Newborn babies' immune system development and levels of vitamin D have been found to vary according to their month of birth, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-month-birth-impacts-immune.html Neuroscience Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:00:03 EST news284645156 (Medical Xpress)—Queen's University researchers have discovered how a key artery in a newborn baby's heart constricts and eventually closes when the baby takes its first breath and adjusts to the shock of being born. The discovery will give doctors new treatment options for problems such as blue babies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-mystery-baby.html Medical research Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:37:55 EST news281687867 The findings by academics at The University of Manchester, published in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing, compared Johnson's Baby Top-to-Toe wash against plain bath water on 307 newborn babies over a four week period. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-baby-skin-barrier-function.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:00:04 EST news280426195 (Medical Xpress)—Research by the University of Warwick indicates that vaccinating families could protect young babies against a common winter virus which can be fatal for infants under six months. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-rsv-potential-vaccine-strategies-babies.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:41:54 EST news272187699 In low-and-middle income countries, pregnancy-related infections are a major cause of maternal death, can also be fatal to unborn and newborn babies, and are mostly caused by four types of conditions that are treatable and preventable, according to a review by US researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-pregnancy-related-infections-treatable-conditions.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:01:22 EST news269020846 Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have revealed the precise order and timing of hundreds of genetic "switches" required to construct a fully functional heart from embryonic heart cells—providing new clues into the genetic basis for some forms of congenital heart disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-scientists-genomic-blueprint-heart.html Medical research Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:46:15 EST news266759167 The study examined a group of more than 400 women from across Europe who were diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer while pregnant. 197 (48%) of the women underwent chemotherapy during pregnancy, and the authors assessed whether their newborn babies suffered any ill effects that could be attributable to the cancer drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-chemotherapy-pregnancy-complications-newborn-infants.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:30:02 EST news264262739 Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is the second most common cause of childhood blindness in the United States, occurring in half of premature infants born earlier than or at 28 weeks gestational age. The condition is caused by abnormal blood vessel development in the retina of the eye. ROP risk increases with decreasing gestational age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-antioxidant-shown-extremely-premature-babies.html Pediatrics Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:00:01 EST news258913754 Since 1990, annual maternal deaths have declined by almost one half and the deaths of young children have declined from 12 million to 7.6 million in 2010. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-maternal-child-deaths-women-children.html Health Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:21:25 EST news258780077 New research has found that a brand of baby wipes is just as safe and hydrating as using water alone on newborn skin, suggesting official guidance may need updating. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-baby-safe.html Pediatrics Thu, 31 May 2012 19:00:01 EST news257706217 A rare disease which often first presents in newborn babies has been traced to a novel genetic defect, scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-scientists-gene-rare-disease-babies.html Genetics Tue, 29 May 2012 12:34:22 EST news257513647 Infants whose gut is colonised by E. coli bacteria early in life have a higher number of memory B cells in their blood, reveals a study of infants carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-gut-flora-affects-maturation-cells.html Immunology Mon, 07 May 2012 12:43:24 EST news255613393 The University of Otago is playing a major role in the international development of a new low-cost oral vaccine to protect newborn babies against rotavirus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-oral-rotavirus-vaccine.html Medications Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:54:20 EST news251963643 Two out of every thousand babies are at risk of brain damage in connection with birth. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have identified mechanisms behind these injuries, which could lead to better treatment and a richer life for the infants affected. Roughly two in every thousand babies are at risk of suffering brain damage as a result of events before, during and after delivery. Infections in the blood or a reduced supply of oxygen and blood can lead to inflammation in the brain, causing injury. This type of brain damage, which is much more common in premature babies, can result in neurological problems such as cerebral palsy, learning difficulties and epilepsy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-toll-like-receptors-role-brain-newborns.html Medical research Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:40:03 EST news241262616 (Medical Xpress) -- A new study has revealed that as humans learn to walk the two basic patterns of stepping present in the newborn remain unchanged and two new patterns are added at the toddler stage. This development process and the patterns are similar to those found in other species such as rats, cats, macaques and guineafowl, which suggests that locomotion in the different species could be based on a common ancestral neural network. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-insights-humans.html Medical research Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:10:01 EST news240809877 Scientists have developed a rapid method that can be used to simultaneously screen patients for a range of genetic and acquired clinical conditions from a single dried blood spot. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-screening-method-range-clinical-conditions.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:40:53 EST news240662446 (Medical Xpress) -- A worldwide study involving University of Sydney researchers has concluded that a costly and controversial treatment for neonatal sepsis is ineffective. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-costly-treatment-ineffective-babies.html Health Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:45:57 EST news236583935 A newborn baby's weight loss is often used to determine how well a baby is breastfeeding, and concern about a baby which loses too much weight may result in supplementing breastfeeding with formula. However, many women receive IV fluids during labor, and new research published in BMC's open access journal International Breastfeeding Journal shows that some of a newborn's initial weight loss may be due to the infant regulating its hydration and not related to a lack of breast milk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-maternal-iv-fluids-linked-newborns.html Health Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:14:08 EST news232600439 The signs of atopy may be present long before symptoms begin, even in month-old babies, according to a new research study from Denmark. The study found that the level of urinary eosinophil protein-X (u-EPX), a marker of inflammatory cells, in newborn babies was linked to higher risk of allergic sensitization, nasal eosinophilia and eczema at six years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-early-biomarker-future-atopy-asymptomatic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:53:46 EST news229168400