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Unborn babies respond to light

...pond to regimens such as 'hothousing',// where the baby is read to or played music while still in the womb...ight is shone on to a pregnant woman's stomach the baby does actually register the light....

Allergies: A major health problem

...ry of food allergies it is safe to breast-feed the baby with holding solid foods for at least six months. Also in order to desensitize, a series of allergy shots containing allergens may be given to the patients that has a chance of reducing the allergy symptoms over a long periods of time. This is known ...

Barcodes to become newborns' ID

...are stored in electronic barcodes which mother and baby wear on their wrists. The barcodes also contain ot...child and in case of a doubt about identity of the baby arises, the barcodes can be scanned by a machine which matches the child with its mother. Parents a...

Baby with white blood!

...India recently received a patient, a two-month-old baby with white blood! The baby was said to be suffering from a rare disease caused due to a deficiency of lipoprotein lipase. This ...

Yet another plus for breast feeding!

...turally adopted a safe position, curled around the baby with the baby's// head at breast level and the mot... are much more likely to turn their backs on their baby or put the baby's head at the same level as their own, increasing the risk of smothering the baby. ...

Chance of water births being urged for mums-to-be

...in less painful contractions, less stress// to the baby and a reduced need for painkilling drugs, compared to traditional birthing practices. Furthermore, women who have waterbirths also tend to have fewer interventions, and shorter labours. A survey conducted by the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) has re...

Babies Should Get Vitamin D Supplement

...old in the U.S. contains added vitamin D, but if a baby drinks less than// 500 milliliters of formula each day they should also receive supplements, according to the AAP. Vitamin D supplements are also recommended in children and teens who do not drink at least 500 milliliters each day of milk fortified ...

Smoking habit affects your baby's health

... oxygen and blood flow that reaches your baby. The baby breathe in carbon monoxide, nicotine, cyanide and ...rease in the risk of delivering a low birth weight baby or delivering before the due date and your baby's lungs are hindered from developing completely. I...

Depression drugs help baby

..., feelings of inadequacy, inability to enjoy// the baby or usual activities, lack of energy, insomnia, lack of concentration and irritability. Researchers studied 78 breast-feeding mothers who began taking anti-depressants for mood or anxiety disorders either during pregnancy or within four weeks of givin...

Hair loss - What happens behind ?

...cal or emotional), rapid weight loss, delivering a baby and having an under or overactive thyroid gland are a few of the conditions that speed up hair loss. However hair lost as a consequence of these conditions is regained in time. Women, just as men, have hair follicles, the homes for each hair. These h...

Baby born to SARS mother is healthy

... A Hong Kong Hospital Authority statement said the baby was discharged from Princess Margaret Hospital today."The baby is healthy and doctors said he does not haveany SARS symptoms," Dr Liu Shao-haei, the HospitalAuthor...

Boys demand more than girls, even before birth

...American researchers have solved the puzzle of why baby boys are so much bigger at birth than girls, their...r women during pregnancy because the gender of the baby had no effect on maternal weight. These data suggest that in utero boys are already more demanding t...

Age should not rule out visectomy reversal

For couples who want to have a baby after the man has had a vasectomy, reversing the vasectomy offers a reasonable chance for pregnancy even when the woman is 35 or older, according to a new study. In this scenario, the chance for success is comparable to that of one cycle of a type of...

'Designer' baby for British couple

...elieved to be Britain's first genetically-selected baby after receiving the treatment at a Chicago genetic...tain that Jamie can help his brother. The new born baby is currently undergoing blood tests to see if he has perfect tissue match and the family will have t...

Test tube babies, 25 years later

...urrogates have all become common. "You can't buy a baby in the United States," said Caplan. "... But you can buy the sperm, you can buy the egg and you can rent the uterus." Because multiple embryos are planted in the uterus to increase the odds that one will result in a pregnancy, the number of twins, t...

Mutant sperm beat out healthy brethren in study

...hese mutations is more likely to be used to make a baby than normal sperm," said researchers. The researc...mutated sperm are more likely to be used to make a baby than would be expected, the mutation must provide them some competitive advantage over their normal ...

Drugs said to Reduce HIV Transmission to Baby

...re than just nevirapine alone when given after the baby is born.Recent research shows a combination drug therapy given to babies soon after childbirth is effective at preventing HIV transmission from mother to child. The therapy was used because the babies' mothers did not know they were HIV positive unti...

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

...part of the problem. Premature birth -- when the baby is delivered before 37 weeks of pregnancy -- is a ...t. Among the women who had conceived their first baby within a year, 5.4 percent gave birth prematurely. That compared with 7.4 percent of the women who h...

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

... part of the problem. Premature birth -- when the baby is delivered before 37 weeks of pregnancy -- is a ...nt. Among the women who had conceived their first baby within a year, 5.4 percent gave birth prematurely. That compared with 7.4 percent of the women who h...

Changing Partners may put Expectant Mothers at Risk

...aring risks of delivering prematurely and having a baby with a low birth weight. Researchers also look...n a mother has, the less likely she is to lose her baby during its first of life -- even if a woman changed partners. Pre-term birth and low birth weight we...

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