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Baby Talk Better Than Adult Speech

...ep" in two different ways. The first go around the moms were talking to an adult. The second time they spoke the words to their babies. After analyzing hundreds of spoken words, the computer was easily able to tell the baby-talk sounds apart. However, it could not distinguish the difference in adult vow...

Imitating celebrity mums may prove unsafe for mom and child

...campaign to help reduce the pressure that ordinary moms are feeling, reveals that it has been receiving hundreds of mails from women who are worrying they don't look like the celebrity mums did, when they were pregnant or that they are not able to get into their jeans five or six months after child-birth....

Smoking habit affects your baby's health

...ensure the health of their children most expecting moms will do whatever needs to be done. Whether it be v...amins, right diet or plenty of rest. But are those moms who smoke, ready to set aside their habit or smokers who live or work with expectant moms willing to...

Teens' vitamin D deficiency an epidemic

... Ironically, so are kids who follow the advice of moms and doctors to slather on sunscreen to avoid skin cancer, because it can block the absorption of ultraviolet rays. But while too much sunlight is bad, ultraviolet rays also interact with chemicals in the skin to produce vitamin D. Specialists recomm...

Antidepressants Late In Pregnancy Harmful to Unborn Baby

...e study included 997 infants.// All of the babies’ moms took antidepressants during their third trimester.Researchers found that maternal use of antidepressants late in pregnancy causes an increased risk for preterm birth and low birth weight. Researchers also found an increased risk for a low Apgar score...

Sleep Not Critical For Early Brain Development Of Baby Dolphins

...re wake most of the time in the first month. Their moms manage with only a wink or two than the newborns. This is perhaps because there are no safe places where an animal could curl up and rest and not worry about their predators. This maybe the natural response for their survival. Not sleeping also keep...

Effect of Maternal Diet on Colic Among Breastfed Infants

...This study suggests that study shows breastfeeding moms should consider avoiding allergenic foods. However, the researchers wars that breastfeeding mothers should not make drastic diet changes on their own, as elimination diets have associated risks, particularly if sustained for long periods. They sugge...

Snappy Mobiles Known To Cause Snappish Behavior in Families

... reporting earth-shattering events leaving harried moms to handle the situation, the child and the work scene! This tight rope balancing can cause a build up of stress and abet an impending blow-up in family unions. The important message of the study is that, cell phones and pagers allow increased intr...

Mystery behind the evolution of the Human brain

...hese fat reservoirs are due to the result of their moms dining on shoreline delicacies like clams and catfish. The author said that his hypothesis the fittest early humans were those with the fattest infants was due to this reason. He has also elaborated on this in his book Survival of the Fattest which w...

Love Mom More

...ect can be transmitted across generations. Keeping moms happy should be a priority.” Meaney’s newest study, published in a recent issue of Biological Psychiatry, looked at the maternal behaviour of rats. His findings demonstrated that when attentive mothers were stressed during their pregnancy, they bec...

Solid Food May Put Infants at Allergy Risk

...y lead to the risk of food allergies later and new moms should rather breastfeed them exclusively, scienti...ed online edition of health magazine WebMD. New moms should breastfeed exclusively for the first six months to help protect their babies against developi...

TV Cartoons More Effective in Alleviating Pain In Children

...oup of kids didn't watch TV or interact with their moms during the procedure. The children and their mothers rated the pain after the procedure. Children who were given no distractions at all felt the pain most and gave a rating of 23.04, while those distracted by mother gave a rating of 17.39. Childre...

Mummy’s place is at home, reveals surve

...yelid; Younger kids// below five years of age find moms yummier if they are at home, a survey reveals. A survey conducted in New Zealand had shown that a measly two percent are okay with mothers getting back to work full time, despite having young children to take care of. The Massey University study r...

Mother’s Drinking May Increase Child's Alcoholism Ris

A new study has revealed that children born to moms who drank during their pregnancy have an increased risk of drinking problems by the time they are 21.// Dr. James Garbutt, a professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said, "We know about the detrimental effects of ...

Most Women Unaware of Nutrient Needed for Babies’ Development During Pregnanc

...tly Not DHA The vast majority of America’s recent moms and moms-to-be say it is common medical knowledge that folic acid and calcium with vitamin D are two of the most important nutrients for pregnant women. Seventy-nine percent were able to identify leafy vegetables as a source of folic acid and 97 perc...

Babies with Breathing Troubles at Birth may get Asthma

... whether the kids' parents had asthma and if their moms had smoked during pregnancy. "These results suggest that alterations of airway function associated with later asthma may be present and detectable a few days after birth," the researchers wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine. However, the...

No Proven Programs to Help Teens Quit Smoking

...king habits of teenagers are close to home — their moms and dads. “We know that one way to help youth quit and not initiate smoking is to help parents quit,” Winickoff said. Source-Newswise SRM...

Down’s Syndrome Test - Advised in All Pregnancie

...ssary amnios while also detecting Down Syndrome in moms who otherwise would have gone unchecked. It is believed that about 1 in 800 babies has down syndrome, a condition where an extra chromosome present, causes mental retardation, a characteristic broad, flat face and small head and, often, serious hea...

Genes May Trigger Repeated Premature Birth In Blacks

...th, on average, at 31 weeks gestation, while white moms averaged 33 weeks gestation. Preterm birth is usually defined as delivery at less than 37 weeks of gestation. The new study used 34 weeks gestation as a cut-off to avoid any errors in calculating the due date. The researchers considered 37 weeks ge...

Parents Bank Kids' Umbilical Cord Blood

...ms that in a few months will begin telling Houston moms about their cord blood choices, and which hospitals allow donations. Her message: 'Unless you have a family member with cancer, it's unlikely you would ever need it, and you would be doing a service to humanity to donate it.'' Today, about 50,000 ...

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