New study associates excess maternal iodine supplementation with congenital hypothyroidism
Congenital hypothyroidism is thyroid hormone deficiency at birth that, if left untreated, can lead to neurocognitive impairments in infants and children. Although the World Health Organization recommends 200-300 µg of ...
Pediatrics
Jul 26, 2012 |
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Piglets in mazes provide insights into human cognitive development
Events that take place early in life almost certainly have consequences for later cognitive development. Establishing the connections is difficult, however, because human infants cannot be used as laboratory subjects.
Neuroscience
Jul 25, 2012 |
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Study: Infants can use language to learn about people's intentions
Infants are able to detect how speech communicates unobservable intentions, researchers at New York University and McGill University have found in a study that sheds new light on how early in life we can rely on language ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 23, 2012 |
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Survival rates for premature babies in high-level NICUs are better than previously reported
Premature babies are more likely to survive when they are born in high-level neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) than in hospitals without such facilities, and this benefit is considerably larger than previously reported.
Pediatrics
Jul 23, 2012 |
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Hair samples from infants show exposure to anti-HIV drugs in the womb and during breast-feeding
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Makerere University in Uganda have used hair and blood samples from three-month old infants born to HIV-positive mothers to measure the ...
HIV & AIDS
Jul 21, 2012 |
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FDA bans BPA from baby bottles, sippy cups
(HealthDay) -- The controversial plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is now banned for use in baby bottles and sippy cups, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday.
Health
Jul 17, 2012 |
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Infants' recognition of speech more sophisticated than previously known, researchers find
The ability of infants to recognize speech is more sophisticated than previously known, researchers in New York University's Department of Psychology have found. Their study, which appears in the journal Developmental Ps ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 17, 2012 |
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Annual report on U.S. kids' health a mixed bag
(HealthDay) -- Infant mortality, preterm births and teen births have dropped across the United States as have violent crime and victimization among children, U.S. health officials reported Friday.
Health
Jul 13, 2012 |
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Keep infants out of sun and heat, experts warn
(HealthDay) -- Because infants are so much smaller than adults and lack the ability to sweat, heat and sun exposure pose specific risks for babies, experts say.
Health
Jul 08, 2012 |
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Infant formula can be a major source of BPA: experts
(HealthDay) -- When Hacah Boros gave birth to her daughter three years ago, giving her infant formula was "completely out of the question," said the 35-year-old nurse from central Connecticut.
Health
Jul 06, 2012 |
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Early full-term babies may face later school woes
(AP) — Even for infants born full-term, a little more time in the womb may matter.
Pediatrics
Jul 02, 2012 |
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Brain scans detect early signs of autism
A new study shows significant differences in brain development in high-risk infants who develop autism starting as early as age 6 months. The findings published in the American Journal of Psychiatry reveal that this abnorm ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Jun 27, 2012 |
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Genetic heart diseases may be responsible for unexplained stillbirths
Genetic researchers have made an important step towards resolving the mystery of the causes of intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD), or stillbirth, where a baby dies in the womb after the 14th week of gestation. IUFD is responsible ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Jun 26, 2012 |
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Smallest and largest fetuses at greater risk of being stillborn, research finds
The tiniest and the heaviest fetuses are at much higher risk of being stillborn than those of average weight, new research has found.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Jun 25, 2012 |
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A better way to help high-risk pregnant smokers
Cigarette smoking among drug dependent pregnant women is alarmingly high, estimated at 77 to 99%. Programs that treat pregnant patients for substance use disorders often fail to address cigarette smoking despite the clear ...
Addiction
Jun 21, 2012 |
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