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Erythromycin and infants’ intestinal disorde

...en erthromycin during the first two weeks of life, babies were 10.5 times more likely to develop pyloric stenosis than babies who were not given the antibiotic. The newborns were given erthromycin by mouth in a 10-to-14 day c...

Zinc supplements improve survival rate

Daily zinc supplements given to babies with low birth weight can significantly improve su...h involved 1,154 full-term but smaller than normal babies born in New Delhi, India, most weighing 5 1/2 pounds or less. Mothers fed them supplements containin...

IVF technique May Increase The Risk Of Birth Defects

...ic sperm injection (ICSI) may increase the risk of babies being born with abnormalities such as ambiguous genitalia. Researchers from the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France, say that men whose infertility is genetic are likely to have other, more serious genetic faults that can be passed on when spermatozoa...

Radiofrequency catheter ablation safe for infants

... away small amounts of heart tissue is as safe for babies as it is for older children, according to new rese...real alternative." The research team compared 137 babies aged two weeks to 18 months, who underwent the procedure, with 5,960 patients aged 19 months to 21 y...

Caffeine can induce epilepsy in newborns

...ee during pregnancy can increase the risk of their babies developing epileptic seizures or fits.//Studies have found that caffeine may be linked to the development of epileptic discharges in cells from newborn mammals that have been briefly starved of oxygen. A research team from the Institut National De L...

Hypothyroidism can affect babies

Researchers from UK say that, babies of mother's with hypothyroidism are likely to have...g condition called pre-eclampsia and to have their babies prematurely. Because foetuses' thyroid glands do not kick into action until the middle trimester of ...

Baby Talk Better Than Adult Speech

... researchers claim that this is an indication that babies probably understand baby talk better than adult speech because the words are spoken with clearer, more distinct sounds....

Immunisation to prevent cot deaths

...en immunised or not. They found that only half the babies who had died from cot death had been immunised. Two-thirds of the live babies had taken part. Among children of three or more months old, 68% of cot death victims had received ...

Smoking Linked To Low Infant Birth Weight

... University School of Medicine. Low birth weight babies -- those born at about five pounds or less -- have higher death rates and are more susceptible to a number of other health problems during infancy and childhood. Cigarette smoking has been associated with low birth weight in a number of previous stud...

FDA approves drug for rare liver disease

... kids were so sick and then they were well." For babies who are diagnosed, the only treatment is a special low-protein diet. Orfadin may significantly improve those dismal statistics. It works by blocking formation of the liver-destroying toxins. The drug's cost depends on the dose, which varies with the ...

Unpredictable Premature Birth

...to a premature baby. If we truly want to help more babies be born healthy and lead healthy lives, we need more research aimed at preventing prematurity from occurring in the first place....

Rubella nearly wiped out

...carriages and stillbirths, as well as problems for babies including cataracts, heart defects, hearing damage and developmental delays. The goal now should be to educate foreign-born people about rubella, ensure that doctors ask patients about vaccinations, and perhaps help other countries with their vacci...

Cooling treatment for newborn asphyxia

Approximately 1 in 500 babies suffer from asphyxia, which can lead to brain inju... even death in severe cases. Around 25 per cent of babies who suffer from a moderate lack of oxygen at birth will develop cerebral palsy.// There are currentl...

The brain wave

...life. It may be linked to imitation, which we know babies do from a very early age. Researchers used positron emission tomography (PET) to explore the neural mechanisms of imitation by measuring increases in blood flow in the brain. In the study where researchers looked at imitation, they discovered a con...

Diabetics prone to periodontitis

...ase to increased risk of preterm, low birth weight babies among other complications. "Our hope is that periodontal evaluations will be routinely included in the prenatal care of pregnant diabetic women, just as ophthalmologic exams are," Dr. Guthmiller said. ,br>...

Pregnant women more prone to depression

...ssion during their pregnancy more than after their babies are born.Scientists found the peak for depression ...looked at over 9,000 women in the Avon area, whose babies were due between April 1 1991 and December 31 1999. Clinically approved scales for measuring depress...

Relationship bertween birth weight and IQ

A new study shows that smaller babies tend to have lower IQs.While the differences are t... Many studies have shown low birth weight babies (those born weighing less than 2500 grams) have lower IQ test scores at school age - and the smaller...

Down syndrome life anticipation doubles

...py of chromosome 21 and occurs in one in every 600 babies throughout the world. It is one of the most common known causes of intellectual disability. "Figures on the survival rate of people with Down syndrome are important to us as families but it's also socially important," said Jill O'Connor. "We now have...

Family planning with folate

... as it is necessary for the healthy development of babies in early pregnancy.One should not avoid folate due to risks of twin bearing....

Babies of the deaf communicate

Healthy, hearing babies born to deaf parents and exposed mainly to sign la... order to test that theory, Petitto compared three babies with normal hearing to three babies with normal hearing who had been born into homes of deaf parents...

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