Smoking relapse prevention a healthy step for mothers, babies
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, concerned that women who quit smoking during their pregnancies often resume smoking after they deliver their baby, tested self-help interventions designed to prevent ...
Health
Sep 26, 2012 |
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Cuba's prenatal program improves low birth weights, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Comprehensive prenatal care can decrease the rate of low birth weights, according to a study led by Dr. Yasmin Neggers, a University of Alabama researcher and professor of human nutrition and hospitality ...
Pediatrics
Sep 25, 2012 |
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Sleep apnea in obese pregnancy women linked to poor maternal and neonatal outcomes
The newborns of obese pregnant women suffering from obstructive sleep apnea are more likely to be admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit than those born to obese mothers without the sleep disorder, reports a study published ...
Sleep apnea
Sep 20, 2012 |
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Identification of newborn congenital ear deformities allows for timely, non-surgical correction
(Medical Xpress)—Enlisting newborn hearing screeners to help identify common ear deformities allows doctors to easily correct the condition without surgery before a baby leaves the hospital, according to ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 17, 2012 |
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Passive smoking also affects neurodevelopment in babies
A new study shows that newborns that have been exposed to nicotine from both active and passive smoking mothers show poor physiological, sensory, motor and attention responses.
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Sep 14, 2012 |
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Evidence to support that 'rooming in' for mother and baby after birth could be beneficial
"Rooming in," keeping mother and her newborn in the same room 24/7 to encourage breastfeeding has been a popular initiative of The WHO/UNICEF Baby Friendly Hospital. A new review from The Cochrane Library finds ...
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Sep 14, 2012 |
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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
Sep 13, 2012 |
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Parents of babies with sickle cell trait are less likely to receive genetic counseling, study says
Parents of newborns with the sickle cell anemia trait were less likely to receive genetic counseling than parents whose babies are cystic fibrosis carriers, a new study from the University of Michigan shows.
Genetics
Sep 11, 2012 |
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Neonatal heart stem cells may help mend kids' broken hearts
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who are exploring novel ways to treat serious heart problems in children, have conducted the first direct comparison of the regenerative abilities of neonatal ...
Cardiology
Sep 10, 2012 |
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HIV-infected women susceptible to malnutrition during pregnancy, even with good antiretrovirol care
Malnutrition is common among HIV-infected pregnant women even when they receive antiretroviral therapy, leading to low birth weight and other health problems in their infants, according to a recent study conducted by a Cornell ...
HIV & AIDS
Sep 10, 2012 |
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Modeling sepsis in newborns
Sepsis, or bacterial infection of the bloodstream, is a grave, hard-to-diagnose threat in premature newborns in the NICU. Even when it's detected and treated with antibiotics, its inflammatory effects can harm fragile babies' ...
Medical research
Sep 06, 2012 |
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New method: Research team analyzes stress biology in babies
After waking up, the concentration of the stress hormone cortisol in saliva rises considerably; this is true not only for grown-ups but for babies as well. A research team from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and from Basel ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 28, 2012 |
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Archived Guthrie cards find a new purpose
Over the last 50 years, the spotting of newborn's blood onto filter paper for disease screening, called Guthrie cards, has become so routine that since 2000, more than 90% of newborns in the United States ...
Genetics
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Soy linked to exacerbated congenital hypothyroidism
(HealthDay) -- Soy products appear to interfere with levothyroxine absorption and can exacerbate congenital hypothyroidism in infants and young children, according to a case report published online Aug. 20 ...
Pediatrics
Aug 20, 2012 |
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Safe sun advice may help to raise vitamin D in Scottish mums-to-be
Too many women in Scotland are failing to follow current advice on vitamin D supplement use in pregnancy. This is leading to very low levels in some mothers and newborns, particularly in the winter months, and the problem ...
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Aug 17, 2012 |
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