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Let crying babes lie: Study supports notion of leaving infants to cry themselves back to sleep

Today, mothers of newborns find themselves confronting a common dilemma: Should they let their babies "cry it out" when they wake up at night? Or should they rush to comfort their crying little one?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (13) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Scientists map the genomic blueprint of the heart

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 ...

Medical research created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New insights into how humans learn to walk

(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 ...

Medical research created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Researchers solve mystery behind baby's first breath

(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 ...

Medical research created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Plastics chemical BPA common in 'preemie' ICU, study finds

(HealthDay)—Premature babies who spend their first few days of life in the neonatal intensive care unit may be exposed to a possibly harmful chemical widely used in the manufacture of hard plastics, new ...

Pediatrics created Feb 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Baby wash does not damage baby's skin barrier function, study finds

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 ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Two-day test can spot gene diseases in newborns (Update)

Too often, newborns die of genetic diseases before doctors even know what is to blame. Now scientists have found a way to decode those babies' DNA in just days instead of weeks, moving gene-mapping closer to routine medical ...

Genetics created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists discover gene which causes rare disease in babies

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.

Genetics created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Newborns should be screened for heart defects, study shows

There is now overwhelming evidence that all babies should be offered screening for heart defects at birth, according to a major new study published online in The Lancet.

Health created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

16-pound Texas baby breaks hospital weight record

A newborn who tipped the scales at more than 16 pounds (7.3 kilograms) broke the local hospital's weight records in Longview, Texas, press reported Monday.

Health created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Babies are specially attuned to our voices and emotions

Young babies' brains are already specially attuned to the sounds of human voices and emotions, according to a report published online on June 30 in Current Biology.

Neuroscience created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Month of birth impacts on immune system development

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.

Neuroscience created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Five big strides to fight lung disease in our tiniest patients

For Ottawa scientist and neonatologist Dr. Bernard Thébaud, even a major paper that answers five significant questions still doesn't seem quite enough in his determined path to get his laboratory breakthrough into the neonatal ...

Medical research created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

RSV study shows potential for vaccine strategies to protect babies

(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.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers examine the importance of a mother's soothing touch

Mothers who stroke their newborn infants in the first few weeks of their life could change the effects that stress during gestation has on early-life development, new research from the United Kingdom shows. ...

Health created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0