Pediatrics
Infants may not be as immune to measles as thought
A surprising new study upends the notion that antibodies passed from mother to fetus protect infants from measles for as much as a year.
Nov 21, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
How to prevent early birth? Study explores sugarless gum
Healthy mouth, healthy baby? For years, scientists have been exploring the link between poor oral health and giving birth too early. Now, new research presented Thursday raises the possibility that something very simple and ...
Feb 6, 2022
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Health
Close contact intervention between a mother and her premature baby may reduce risk of infant mortality by almost a third
A method of care involving skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her prematurely born or low birth weight baby appears to impact the child's chances of survival significantly, suggests a study published online in the ...
Jun 5, 2023
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Neuroscience
New research explores how visually impaired babies perceive the world
Visually impaired babies rely more on touch than hearing to respond to the world around them, but both senses will be important in designing tools to help them develop, according to new research.
Sep 22, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Maternal antibiotic treatment may harm preemies' lungs
New research in mice suggests that exposure to antibiotics before birth may impair lung development in premature infants. The study, the first to explore the gut-lung axis in prematurity, is published ahead of print in the ...
Dec 6, 2019
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Pediatrics
9 out of 10 U.S. infants experience gut microbiome deficiency
A new peer-reviewed study reveals that the vast majority of U.S. infants may be suffering from a substantial deficiency in an important bacterium key to breast milk digestion and immune system development, as well as protection ...
Jan 22, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
CDC: Mortality rates lowest for infants of normal-weight women
(HealthDay)—Infants of women who are normal weight prepregnancy have the lowest total infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates, with increased rates seen for infants of women who are underweight or who have obesity ...
Aug 21, 2020
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Medical research
Pasteurization reduces bioactive component of breast milk, finds study
Providing human breast milk to preterm infants is a strategy for preventing complications including necrotizing enterocolitis. Because a mother's own milk (considered the gold standard) is not always available, it is important ...
Dec 8, 2023
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When Republicans control state legislatures, infant mortality is higher
Net of history, infant and postneonatal mortality rates are substantively higher under Republican-controlled state legislatures than under non-Republican–controlled ones, according to a new study in the American Journal ...
Sep 14, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows the way an object is named is instrumental in infants' memory of an object
A pair of researchers at Northwestern University has found that the way an object is named by an adult is instrumental in an infant's memory of that object. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...
