The first form of mother's milk a baby receives after birth, known as colostrum, can dramatically alter its susceptibility to worm infections months to years later, according to an international study published in Allergy.
Feb 14, 2024
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New research, presented at the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Congress 2023, demonstrates that neonatal kidney transplantation can offer a 'game-changing' solution to the pressing organ shortage crisis.
Sep 16, 2023
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A recent University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study published in The Journal of Rural Health sheds light on Appalachian Kentucky's alarming cancer burden, revealing striking disparities compared to non-Appalachian ...
Jun 20, 2023
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Maternal and newborn deaths are a major public health problem in Kenya. In 2020 the maternal mortality ratio was 530 deaths per 100,000 live births. This is much higher than the global average of 223 maternal deaths per 100,000 ...
Mar 17, 2023
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Babies born to Black mothers in richer countries are more likely to be stillborn or die in the first four weeks of life than those born to white women, new research has found.
Dec 8, 2022
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New evidence has found a link between poor health as a newborn and mortality up to the age of ten. The new report from England's National Child Mortality Database (NCMD), led by the University of Bristol, shows of the 4,829 ...
Jul 14, 2022
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Pregnancies among overweight or obese women have a higher risk of perinatal death, with risk partly mediated by a lower gestational age at delivery, according to a study published online March 23 in PLOS ONE.
Mar 25, 2022
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Babies born in cities are surprisingly at increased risk of death in their first month of life compared with their counterparts in rural areas in Tanzania, a study says.
Jan 18, 2022
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Researchers who analyzed data for São Paulo state, Brazil, found the highest rates of newborn mortality from asphyxia in cities in the south, southeast and north of the state between 2004 and 2013. They cross-tabulated these ...
Nov 10, 2021
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James Cook University scientists believe they have made an advance in the science of keeping premature babies alive.
Jun 25, 2021
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