Health
Infant circumcision may lead to social challenges as an adult
Infant circumcision may lead to social challenges as an adult
Dec 17, 2020
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News tagged with infant health
Health
Green revolution saved over 100 million infant lives in developing world
New research from the University of California San Diego shows that since modern crop varieties were introduced in the developing world starting in 1961, they have substantially reduced infant mortality, especially for male ...
Dec 17, 2020
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Pediatrics
Infant health inequality has increased since 2010, study finds
After several decades of improvement, inequality in infant health is once again on the rise in the United States, a pair of Brown University researchers has found.
Dec 8, 2020
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Addiction
Model helps predict which infants may develop NAS
A new Vanderbilt-designed prediction model may make it easier to determine which infants will go on to develop neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a drug withdrawal syndrome in newborns that occurs after exposure to opioids ...
Nov 13, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Children born extremely preterm are more likely to be diagnosed with depression than peers born at term
A study using extensive nationwide registry data showed that girls born extremely preterm, earlier than 28 weeks gestational age, were three times more likely to be diagnosed with depression than peers born close to the expected ...
Nov 12, 2020
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Medical research
Hospital desegregation didn't improve mortality rate for Black infants
A new paper co-authored by Yale SOM Dean Kerwin K. Charles reassesses efforts to desegregate Southern hospitals in the 1960s and finds that they did not significantly improve health outcomes for Black Americans. The findings ...
Oct 27, 2020
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Pediatrics
Non-health care spending linked to infant mortality rates
(HealthDay)—Investment in non-health care services is associated with lower infant mortality rates (IMRs), according to a study published online Oct. 19 in Pediatrics.
Oct 19, 2020
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Pediatrics
Consistent nursing care after childbirth boosts breastfeeding rates
New parents who receive attentive, supportive nursing care during labor and immediately after childbirth are more likely to exclusively breastfeed their newborn when leaving the hospital, finds a study published in MCN: The ...
Oct 15, 2020
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Pediatrics
Infections the major reason infants see a doctor or attend hospital
Infections account for almost three quarters of Australian infants needing to see a doctor and one in 10 presenting to an emergency department by 12 months of age, according to a new study.
Sep 29, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
CDC: Mortality rates lowest for infants of normal-weight women
(HealthDay)—Infants of women who are normal weight prepregnancy have the lowest total infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates, with increased rates seen for infants of women who are underweight or who have obesity ...
Aug 21, 2020
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