Obstetrics & gynaecology
One size doesn't fit all: Ethnic birth weight chart better for infant care
One size chart doesn't fit all when it comes to evaluating birth weight and health outcomes of newborns.
Jul 31, 2013
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Immunology
Moisturising newborns prevents allergies: Japan study
Applying moisturiser to a newborn baby's skin could help prevent eczema and even food allergies in later life, possibly offering a cheap and easy way to combat a growing global problem, a Japanese institute said Friday.
Oct 3, 2014
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Health
The cost of doing nothing: Forum explores the high price of ignoring children's health globally
In recent years, the world has reduced preventable child deaths by 4 million a year. But 7 million children still die from preventable causes annually, and little progress has been made in the death rate of newborn babies ...
Apr 22, 2013
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Neuroscience
Newfound ability to change baby brain activity could lead to rehabilitation for injured brains
Researchers from King's College London have identified the brain activity for the first time in a newborn baby when they are learning an association between different types of sensory experiences. Using advanced MRI scanning ...
Nov 23, 2020
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Health
Messy diapers help show nutrition needs for premature, full-term babies
A study that began with messy diapers is helping scientists understand how nutrition helps babies grow into healthy children, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research nutritionist.
Apr 15, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Concerns about MRSA for expectant mothers may be unfounded
The need to swab the noses of pregnant women and newborns for the presence of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) may be unfounded, according to a Vanderbilt study now available online and published in the ...
Apr 19, 2012
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Pediatrics
Newborn baby development has been vastly underestimated, study shows
Newborn babies may be adorable, demanding and helpless but we tend not to think of them as particularly social creatures as they come to terms with what this exciting and terrifying new world outside the womb means for them.
Aug 4, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Newborns infected with COVID-19 in China experienced mild symptoms
Researchers have identified a total of four cases of newborn babies with COVID-19 infection in China. In all cases the babies experienced only mild symptoms with none requiring intensive care or mechanical ventilation according ...
Apr 9, 2020
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Medications
Collaboration leads to new rotavirus vaccine
A new rotavirus vaccine that has the potential to save over half a million lives worldwide each year has reached a pivotal milestone after clinical trials results found the vaccine provided a strong immune response in over ...
Sep 4, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bacteria behind meningitis in babies explained
A study led by University of Queensland researchers has identified the main types of E. coli bacteria that cause neonatal meningitis, and revealed why some infections recur despite being treated with antibiotics.
Apr 16, 2024
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