Pediatrics
Ask the Pediatrician: What are the benefits of breastfeeding?
Q: Is it clear that breastfeeding is the best choice for most babies? If I need to supplement with formula, is that OK?
Oct 17, 2022
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Health
Ask the Pediatrician: What should new parents know about safe sleep?
Q: I'm concerned about SIDS. What can I do to keep my baby as safe as possible while she's sleeping?
Jul 18, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Australian Sudden Infant Death Syndrome study 'provocative' but not yet a breakthrough
A small preliminary study out of Australia offers a tantalizing hint at what might cause Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, but doctors warn much more research is needed to know if the findings are conclusive in a larger group ...
May 16, 2022
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Pediatrics
Could genetics hold the key to preventing SIDS?
A state-of-the-art genetic biobank could hold the key to preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), potentially saving the lives of hundreds of babies who die from the devastating condition each year.
Jul 5, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Use of unproven COVID-19 therapies by African American patients poses risks
Nearly one out of every 10 African Americans has a genetic variant that puts them inherently at an increased risk for ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Writing in the journal Heart Rhythm, the official publication ...
Jun 15, 2020
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Cardiology
Study reveals how low oxygen levels in the heart predispose people to cardiac arrhythmias
Low oxygen levels in the heart have long been known to produce life-threatening arrhythmias, even sudden death. Until now, it was not clear how.
Feb 18, 2020
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Pediatrics
Combined prenatal smoking and drinking greatly increases SIDS risk
Children born to mothers who both drank and smoked beyond the first trimester of pregnancy have a 12-fold increased risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) compared to those unexposed or only exposed in the first trimester ...
Jan 20, 2020
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Neuroscience
Fetal nicotine exposure harms breathing in infants
Exposure to nicotine during development inhibits the function of neurons controlling the tongue, according to research in newborn rats recently published in eNeuro. This impairment may be a factor in sudden infant death syndrome ...
Nov 11, 2019
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Pediatrics
Rate of sudden deaths in Indigenous infants much higher than estimated
Indigenous infants in Queensland may be dying suddenly and unexpectedly at a rate more than 3.5 times that of non-Indigenous infants, according to USC Nursing and Midwifery research.
Oct 31, 2019
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Medical research
New genetic link found for some forms of SIDS
A genetic link has now been found for some instances of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS. The new UW Medicine research study is the first to make an explainable link tracking the mechanism between a genetic anomaly and ...
Oct 11, 2019
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