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Toxic chemicals found in domestic products poisoning newborn babies

...ilical cord. The study was conducted in 27 newborn babies and 42 new mothers. The samples were tested for 8 groups of chemicals. All the tested samples were positive for 35 samples tested. Some of the umbilical cord samples contained more than 14 chemicals and two of the positively tested mother had 17 chem...

Number Of Babies Born Prematurely Nears Historic Half Million Mark In US

Nearly a half million American babies were born prematurely in a single year, according ...death and disability. // Some 12.3 percent of all babies – 499,008 infants -- were born prematurely (less than 37 weeks gestation) in 2003. That's up from 12...

Exercises Should Be Recommended During Pregnancy

...the habits they adopt during pregnancy after their babies are born. The promotion of exercise during pregnancy is an important public health issue that could significantly reduce the lifetime risks of obesity, chronic hypertension and diabetes – not only for patients, but for their families as well. The a...

Timing Of Women's Labor May Determine Effectiveness Of Pain Medication

...volved 77 women who were in labor with their first babies and requested spinal-epidural pain medication. The biological rhythms studied include the circadian rhythm, the 24-hour body clock, and the ultradian rhythm, shorter-than-24-hour-cycles, which determine sleeping and eating patterns and can also aff...

Physicians To Discuss Ways To Save Premature Babies From RSV

... virus season, which begins in late October, these babies are at a higher risk of developing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a disease that may be up to 10 times more deadly than influenza in children under 1 year of age. RSV is the most common cause of lower respiratory infection and viral death in ch...

Winter Premature Babies Face Threat From Lung Disease

...n//. With premature births at a record high, more babies are facing serious health challenges in their firs...ns and parents to take action to protect premature babies during the upcoming virus season, which begins in October and lasts through April—and in some parts ...

Using Eyes As The Line Of Reference For Fetal Brain Imaging

...he tests are safe for pregnant women, their unborn babies and newborns with MR imaging that uses no ionizing radiation. This enables diagnosis and treatment of many // disorders that were previously undetectable or worsened by delayed intervention.. Fetal MRI is usually performed when ultrasound is inconclu...

Infants must be put to sleep in separate beds to prevent SIDS

...ows that the condition can be prevented by putting babies to sleep in their own cribs instead of in their pa... (October). The research further points out that babies who sleep in an adult bed face a 40 % more risk of suffocation than their counterparts who sleep in ...

Gum Disease Increases Chances Of Pre-Term Birth

... women classified as high-risk delivered premature babies and 13 percent had moderate to severe periodontal disease during their pregnancy. The study concludes by saying, "All women of childbearing age, their dentists and physicians should be aware of the systemic risks from oral inflammation with periodont...

Whole-body hypothermia reduces risk of death in Encephalopathy in infants

... New England Journal of Medicine. A total of 239 babies with a gestational age of 36 weeks or more were enrolled in the study, and 102 were assigned to hypothermia. Infants were randomized within 6 hours of birth and all had either severe acidosis, or perinatal complications and resuscitation at birth. Al...

New Research To Study Brain Changes In Premature Births

...ll help to reduce the difficulties these premature babies face in their adulthood. The study will also lead ... soon as possible and it is well known that 10% of babies need some kind of special care when they are born - we think this is too many and that babies are dy...

India’s smallest premature baby brings immense joy to Indian parent

...e is no statistical evidence of intact survival of babies below 26 weeks in our country. Sangeeta started b...d. He has also handled two similar cases where the babies were delivered with a birth weight of 650 gms at less than 26 weeks of pregnancy successfully. The...

Early Growth Patterns Can Predict Heart Disease

...link early growth and heart disease risk. They say babies who weigh less at birth have less muscle, and as they get older tend to put on proportionally more fat when they gain weight, especially when the weight gain is rapid. This higher percentage of fat compared to muscle can lead to insulin resistance, w...

Effect of Maternal Diet on Colic Among Breastfed Infants

...oods. The mothers first recorded how often their babies cried or fussed on days one and two of the study. Then each group of mothers started its diet regimens for a week. The mothers recorded their babies' crying and fussing again on days eight and nine. Outcomes were assessed after 7 days, as the change...

Embryonic Genetic Testing Is Boosting IVF Pregnancies

...n for non-life threatening illnesses and to create babies with specific tissue types or physical attributes ...d condition such as haemophilia. Till date only 20 babies have been created in Victoria using PGD. However, according to Prof Bankier, it is quite a complex...

Brain development compromised in premature babies

...cessary for normal brain development. // Premature babies taken care of by artificial means have been found ...ltrasound scan done regarding brain development of babies born around 26 weeks gestation revealed that certain aspects of brain development were compromised t...

Breast-fed Children Weather Digestive Disease

...lth Organization (WHO) recommends women breastfeed babies for at least six months. -- IANS...

Genetic Disorders, Not Fetal Distress Increase Cerebral Palsy Risk

...ological // disorder that affects about one in 500 babies and results in co-ordination problems, and it was ...ty of Adelaide analyzed blood samples from healthy babies and those with cerebral palsy and found those with the condition had a higher prevalence of thrombop...

Gestational Age Linked To High Blood Pressure

...ds the study recruits were classified as full term babies and Pre-term babies. The babies who were born with a very minimal days of gestational age had 93% of developing high blood pressure ...

Addition Of Folic Acid In Flour Proposed To Arrest Birth Defects In The UK

...ommittee on Nutrition in the UK has said that many babies could be spared the trauma of being born with birth defects if folic acid were to be incorporated in flour. //Folic acid plays a vital role in reducing commonly found neural tube defects like the spina bifida. The Committee also maintained that medic...

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