As the world prioritizes social distancing to stop or slow down the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), a new study by researchers at Florida Atlantic University demonstrates that mother-infant touch and contact are essential ...
Mar 25, 2020
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Researchers at Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health (CISMAC) at the University of Bergen (UiB) followed 8400 low birth weight infants, from 2015 to 2018.
Jan 9, 2020
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Parents of vulnerable newborns in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) who feel less resilient may experience more symptoms of psychological distress, including depression and anxiety. A snapshot from an ongoing cross-sectional ...
Nov 5, 2018
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Hypothermia in newborns is common worldwide with prevalence ranging from 32 to 85 percent. The incidence of neonatal hypothermia is substantially higher in developing countries such as Zambia compared with developed countries. ...
Mar 20, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Tiny newborns who get prolonged skin-to-skin contact with mom while they're in the hospital may have better survival odds, a new review finds.
Dec 22, 2015
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On a thoroughbred ranch in Vacaville, a 3-week-old foal gallops close to its mother. Their bond seems natural, but it didn't start out that way.
Mar 9, 2015
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A mother who sings to her preterm infant while providing 'kangaroo care,' or holding with direct skin-to-skin contact, may see improvements in both her child's and her own health. The finding comes from an Acta Paediatrica ...
Aug 4, 2014
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Barb Morrison is talking to anyone she can about something dear to her heart: kangaroo care.
Jul 25, 2013
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A team headed by Eduardo Soriano at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) has published a study in Nature Communications describing a new family of six genes whose function regulates the movement and position ...
May 9, 2012
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The Australian government on Friday hit out at British American Tobacco for using images of kangaroos to sell its cigarettes in Europe, telling the company to "get your hands off our icons".
Jan 13, 2012
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