Surgery
Afghan doctors remove extra head from baby girl
Surgeons in Afghanistan have carried out a life-saving operation on a baby girl born with an extra head, doctors and relatives said Thursday.
Sep 26, 2013
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News tagged with baby girl
Neuroscience
Premature brains develop differently in boys and girls
Brains of baby boys born prematurely are affected differently and more severely than premature infant girls' brains. This is according to a study published in the Springer Nature-branded journal Pediatric Research. Lead authors ...
Sep 19, 2018
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Young Mexican mother was 12 or 13: authorities
Mexican authorities said Wednesday that a young girl who gave birth last month was 12 or 13 and not nine as originally reported, and that her stepfather is the father of the newborn.
Feb 14, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Greek gran becomes 'world's oldest' surrogate mum
A 67-year-old Greek grandmother has given birth to her daughter's baby girl, becoming the world's oldest such surrogate mother, her medical team said Friday.
Dec 23, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Baby born in US to Honduran mom with Zika has birth defect
A Honduran woman infected with Zika gave birth in New Jersey to a baby girl with birth defects caused by the virus, her doctor said Wednesday.
Jun 1, 2016
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'Slippery slope' fears for legal euthanasia of very sick newborns unfounded
Fears that legalising euthanasia for very sick newborns would prompt the start of a "slippery slope" and lead to abuse of the option have proved groundless, says the architect of a dedicated protocol used by doctors in The ...
May 1, 2013
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Baby delivered from brain-damaged mother is OK, goes home
A baby girl delivered prematurely by cesarean section from a brain-damaged mother and then treated in a hospital for months has been discharged in good condition, a doctor in Poland said Thursday.
May 17, 2018
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Baby Lake doing fine 5 months after exit procedure
(AP)—Lake Annabelle Hall wouldn't be alive today if doctors at Children's Hospital of Colorado hadn't operated on a cyst on her left lung before she was born.
Apr 9, 2013
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Health
French court orders hospital to continue baby's treatment
A French court has ordered a hospital to continue life-prolonging treatment for a baby girl who has been in a medically induced coma for months after suffering what doctors say is "irreversible" neurological damage.
Mar 8, 2017
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Health
New actions to address the North-South health divide
Public Health experts from the University of Liverpool have contributed to a major new report that aims to tackle the widening health gap between the North and the rest of England.
Sep 15, 2014
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