Medical research

How baby's first breath triggers life-saving changes in the brain

There are few moments in life as precious, as critical and as celebrated as a baby's first breath. New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine sheds light on the lifelong changes in breathing systems that ...

Neuroscience

Researchers point to a common cause in sudden death syndromes

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) are syndromes that share many medical similarities but whose physiological causes are poorly understood. An opinion article publishing March ...

Health

Lower risk of SIDS linked to breastfeeding

(Medical Xpress) -- In a new study published in Pediatrics, lead researcher Dr. Fern Hauck from the University School of Medicine analyzed previous sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, studies and agrees that breastfeeding ...

Genetics

Chromosomal testing expands options for exploring causes of SIDS

A genetic test known as chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) could help identify the cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or its counterpart in older children, known as sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC), ...

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