Bond between mothers and their babies integral to infant development
Deakin researchers have examined the extent to which mother-to-infant bonding can help predict the infant's development, with significant results.
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Deakin researchers have examined the extent to which mother-to-infant bonding can help predict the infant's development, with significant results.
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If your infant or child is older than 6 months and has a fever, they probably do not need to be treated for the fever unless they are uncomfortable.
Dec 30, 2022
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A class of viruses known to cause severe diarrheal diseases—including the one famous for widespread outbreaks on cruise ships—can grow in the salivary glands of mice and spread through their saliva, scientists at the ...
Jun 29, 2022
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Leaving an infant to 'cry it out' from birth up to 18 months does not adversely affect their behaviour development or attachment, researchers from the University of Warwick have found, they also discovered that those left ...
Mar 10, 2020
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New UCLA-led research finds that infants born full term to mothers who were infected with COVID-19 during pregnancy had three times the risk of having respiratory distress compared with unexposed infants, even though they ...
Jan 24, 2024
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The same brain network that adults use when they hear angry vocalizations is at work in infants as young as six months old, an effect that is strongest in infants whose mothers spend the most time controlling their behavior, ...
Feb 27, 2019
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A follow-up to a University of Alberta study done in 2016 confirms that pregnant women who eat more fruit during pregnancy may be giving their babies' cognitive development a boost.
Feb 28, 2020
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Microbial communities in the intestine—also known as the gut microbiome—are vital for human digestion, metabolism and resistance to colonization by pathogens. The gut microbiome composition in infants and toddlers changes ...
May 8, 2020
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The cocktail of beneficial bacteria passed from mother to infant through breast milk changes significantly over time and could act like a daily booster shot for infant immunity and metabolism. The research, conducted by scientists ...
Feb 23, 2021
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It's happened to many of us at some point in our lives: we finish our bowel movement, look down in the bowl and have a moment of panic when we see an unusual color.
Dec 3, 2019
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