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'Designer' baby for British couple

...bling with a perfect tissue match. "These are not babies brought into the world just to save the sibling's life. These are families who want a healthy child, and if that healthy child can also save the life of the child they already have, I think it is a double blessing. It is still not certain that Jamie...

Test tube babies, 25 years later

... has now been responsible for an estimated 114,000 babies born in the United States alone, according to the ... triplets or more.Studies have also shown that IVF babies have a higher risk of birth defects and low birth weight, but researchers aren't sure why. The cost...

Babies Brains Are more Fragile

An American study that says babies are more vulnerable to serious brain injuries when they fall than previously believed may help child abuse investigators distinguish between accidental and intentional injury.// The University of Pennsylvania study found that rotational forces gener...

Low Birth Weight infants could have Problems in the Future

... or two pounds. //However, a new study shows these babies are at risk for school difficulties later in life. A number of studies now document the prevalence of neurological, behavioral and intellectual impairments of school age children who were born in the early era of neonatal intensive care. These studi...

Drugs said to Reduce HIV Transmission to Baby

...research shows a combination drug therapy given to babies soon after childbirth is effective at preventing H...il the time of delivery. The study included 1,100 babies of African women in which the mother did not know she was HIV-positive until about two hours before ...

Prevention of Rickets

... is increasing for two main reasons. They say more babies are being breastfed longer, with no vitamin D supplementation and children and mothers get less sun exposure because of concerns about skin cancer. Doctors also indicate immigrant groups have a higher prevalence of rickets. Researchers suggest pregn...

Women who conceive after a year have a higher chance of giving birth prematurely

...major public health concern because underdeveloped babies are at an increased risk of death in the first year of life and are more likely to develop heart, lung and brain disorders if they survive. The rate of premature births in the United States has jumped in the last 20 years from about 9.4 percent of ...

Women who conceive after a year have a higher chance of giving birth prematurely

...major public health concern because underdeveloped babies are at an increased risk of death in the first year of life and are more likely to develop heart, lung and brain disorders if they survive.The rate of premature births in the United States has jumped in the last 20 years from about 9.4 percent of all...

Changing Partners may put Expectant Mothers at Risk

...t two children are more likely to deliver pre-term babies with a low birth weight than women who have the same partner.// These babies are also more likely to die within the first year of life. The results are the same even when resear...

Link Between Mothers Depression and Violence in Children

...ay a role. Dr. Hay says, “It is also possible that babies with heritable difficult temperament provoke depression in their mothers and that the child’s later violence is entirely explained by pre-existing factors within the child.” ...

Benefits of Nitric Oxide in the Treatment of Premature Infants

...l ventilators to help them breathe. About half the babies were assigned to receive the active treatment, while the rest received a sham treatment. The treatment lasted for seven days. Results showed the infants receiving nitric oxide fared significantly better than those receiving the sham treatment. About...

Good News for New Borns With Hypoxic Respiratory Failure

...tric oxide as an inhaled gas is also effective for babies with HRF.The study shows inhaled nitric oxide is less expensive than the surgical option. In fact, for every 100 newborns with HRF, treatment with inhaled nitric oxide could save more than $440,000.Researchers conclude the savings could range from $1...

Few Simple Steps to Lower The Incidence Of SIDS

...g in a separate room from the parents. On average, babies who died of SIDS were put to bed in a separate room 26 days earlier than those who did not. The investigators say they are not sure why sleeping in a separate room would increase the risk for SIDS. Thus researchers conclude that avoidable risk fact...

Hope for Babies Born With Spinal Muscular Atrophy

One in 5,000 babies is born with SMA ( a terminal condition called spinal muscular atrophy ).// Eighty percent of those babies have a severe form of the disease. No treatment has shown effect against this disorder and these bab...

Drug to stop HIV spread to babies may Indirectly harm The Mother

...o the baby two days after birth.About 8 percent of babies catch the virus after nevirapine, compared with about 20 percent of those who get no treatment. From their study researchers found that women who had gotten nevirapine during pregnancy were much less likely to do well on a standard three-drug regime...

Will Your Baby Grow Up To Be A Future Einstein ?

More than 360,000 babies are born everyday on the planet .For a smarter baby, experts say it's not all in the books ,emotional development // plays a big role in raising intelligent kids. Researchers say we need to realize that our emotions are the fuel that gives rise to s...

The Best Way To Get Your Childs Attention

...en more in children who watched more television as babies and toddlers.The study tracked the number of hours kids watched television at ages 1 and 3. On average, 1-year-olds watched about two hours of television a day. Three-year-olds watched about three and a half hours a week. By age 7, about 10 percent ...

The Importance Of “ Good ”Control Of Diabetes During Pregnanc

...ternal blood pressure, higher birth weight babies, babies with dangerously low blood sugar, and babies with more birth defects. Researchers say this occurred even though 84 percent of the pregnancies we...

Antidepressants Late In Pregnancy Harmful to Unborn Baby

...y distress, convulsions and hypoglycemia for those babies who were exposed to antidepressants in the womb. ...t is at least partly to blame, especially when the babies experienced withdrawal symptoms. They feel SSRIs should be the drug of choice if an antidepressant i...

The Use Of Viagra for Babies Questioned

...tudies underway to look at its long-term effect on babies and how safe and effective it is compared with other therapies....

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