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Infant receives first bloodless liver transplant

An Iowa infant aged 7 months was the first recipient of a bloodle...he infant’s body back to his circulation. Also the infant was given drugs to stimulate the production of red blood cells. Recycling ones own blood is permissi...

Exclusive breast-feeding advised for six months in infants recommends World Health Organization

...vehemently for breast-feeding. Nestle, a maker of infant formula that has been the target of action by breast-feeding groups, has accepted the resolution with question. The resolution urges member states of the World Health Organization to support exclusive breast-feeding for 6 months as a global public h...

Half of world's children are passive smokers - damning disclosure from WHO

...children" and also has been implicated with sudden infant death syndrome and middle ear infections". The WHO says 11,000 people die every day, due to causes related to smoking and the figure is expected to more than double by2020, if current trends continue.She saved the worst for the tobacco majors and sa...

Smoking Delays Pregnancy

...ng pregnancy are well documented, including higher infant mortality, the increased risk of the baby developing serious respiratory infection, and lower birth weights. Many women may not know that quitting improves their chances of becoming pregnant and adopt a healthier diet....

Night borns' risk

...fants born during the night have a greater risk of infant and early neonatal death than those born during the day. There is also a greater chance of death for those born around 9am, which may be partly explained by hospital staff shift changes. The research found the hours between 5pm and 1am are high risk...

Radiofrequency catheter ablation safe for infants

...f 12 major and minor complications occurred in the infant group, including one death. Dr Blaufox said success of RFCA was unrelated to a patient's weight or age or whether or not the patient had a heart defect. He said: "However, more experienced physicians are more likely to perform successful procedures i...

Immunisation to prevent cot deaths

...on can protect against cot deaths in babies.Sudden infant death syndrome is still the leading cause of death...nisation does not contribute to the risk of sudden infant death syndrome and may protect againstit." Although some traditional advice was to lay a baby on i...

Smoking Linked To Low Infant Birth Weight

...y interacts with environmental exposures to affect infant birth weight. This study will open up new areas of...ght and ultimately lead to reducing the tragedy of infant mortality....

AIDS toll set to exceed Black Death

...e illness has decreased life expectancy, increased infant mortality and orphaned millions of children, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, home to more than 28 million HIV sufferers. Ninety five percent of new infections are in the world's poorest countries where life prolonging drugs are not available to m...

Televisions ruling baby's world!

...they speak in a harsh or surprising tone or let an infant see television programs meant for an older person....

Children who used anaesthesia drugs could suffer brain damage

...y used anaesthesia drugs in paediatric surgery, on infant rats, found that the rats suffered from learning and memory problems. The researchers anaesthetized 7-day-old rats with a combination of anaesthesia drugs - midazolam, nitrous oxide and isoflurane and divided the rats// into three groups after they r...

Miscarriage during pregnancy and heart disease linked

...not. 129,290 women, who delivered their first live infant in Scotland during the years 1981-85, were identified as eligible for the study. Nearly 12,000 had suffered a miscarriage or repeated miscarriages. Then, during 1981 to 1999, the researchers used hospital discharge and death data to determine the ris...

Risk of early neonatal death high in infants born in the night

...born during night time have a higher risk of early infant death as compared to those born during day time. P... researchers did not observe a similar increase in infant deaths during childbirth at night relative to daytime births, suggesting that night time factors may...

Babies Should Get Vitamin D Supplement

...m sunlight, a natural source of the vitamin D. All infant formula sold in the U.S. contains added vitamin D,...fits, such as higher IQ and a lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome, diabetes and chronic digestive diseases. However asking mothers to take extra vitami...

Shorter infants have lower incomes in later life

...status of the child's family, suggesting that slow infant growth may be accompanied by hampered brain development. Biological processes linked to poor growth in infancy lead to lifelong impairment of cognitive function with consequent lower //occupational status and income. Researcers at the National Publi...

Banning Smoking in the Home Helps Infants

...nmental tobacco smoke increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, asthma, and other respiratory cond...co smoke in the home, such as no smoking while the infant sleeps or limiting the number of cigarettes, produced no reduction in the cotinine levels and had no...

Babies Brains Are more Fragile

...s statement. Margulies and her colleagues used an infant crash test dummy resembling a 6-week-old infant to measure the rotational forces experienced by falling babies. The dummy was equipped with sensors ...

Pain of Denial Compared to Physical Pain

...up could lead to death, and it still does for most infant mammals," say researchers. "We may have evolved a sensitivity to anything that would indicate that we're being excluded. This automatic alarm may be a signal for us to re-establish social bonds before harm befalls us." Thus researchers conclude that...

Changing Partners may put Expectant Mothers at Risk

... of education. The researchers say the risk of infant mortality decreases from the first child to the second in women who have the same partner, but increases if a woman changes partners. The same trend holds true when comparing risks of delivering prematurely and having a baby with a low birth weight. ...

Good News for New Borns With Hypoxic Respiratory Failure

...so costs less.Recent research has shown giving the infant nitric 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 $...

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