Scientific claims that babies harbor live bacteria while still in the womb are inaccurate, and may have impeded research progress, according to University College Cork (UCC) researchers at APC Microbiome Ireland, a world-leading ...
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In the largest study of its kind, Ottawa researchers found that children whose mothers reported using cannabis during pregnancy were at greater risk of autism. The incidence of autism was 4 per 1000 person-years among children ...
Aug 10, 2020
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One of the liveliest debates in neuroscience over the past half century surrounds whether the human brain renews itself by producing new neurons throughout life, and whether it may be possible to rejuvenate the brain by boosting ...
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(Medical Xpress) -- A new study has revealed that as humans learn to walk the two basic patterns of stepping present in the newborn remain unchanged and two new patterns are added at the toddler stage. This development process ...
Results of the largest study, to date, on the safety of newborn babies whose mothers were vaccinated against COVID-19 during pregnancy show no increased risks for babies, and for some serious neonatal complications—lower ...
Feb 6, 2024
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There is evidence that some form of conscious experience is present by birth, and perhaps even in late pregnancy, an international team of researchers from Trinity College Dublin and colleagues in Australia, Germany and the ...
Oct 12, 2023
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Antibiotic use in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) has decreased substantially over the past decade, according to researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The findings, published in a research letter ...
Oct 9, 2023
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Newborn screening (NBS) is routinely performed across the world using biochemical testing methods. Recent advancements in genetic sequencing are a potential game-changer for newborn screening, swiftly assessing a comprehensive ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Playing a Mozart lullaby may help reduce the pain experienced by newborn babies undergoing a heel prick blood test, according to a randomized, blinded clinical trial involving 100 infants published in Pediatric Research.
Aug 28, 2023
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In 2007, Yale pediatric neurosurgeon Steven Schiff, MD, visited his friend Benjamin Warf, MD, at the CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda. The scenes at the hospital stunned him: every day mothers came from all over the country ...
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