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TWO India Doctors Listed in TIME for Contribution to Global Health

...EARCH) which has been working on reducing the high neonatal mortality rate in developing country. There new innovative ideas have fetched them a name along with 18 heroes in the Time’s magazine for their work in solving health problems in developing world. SEARCH Program by the Indian doctors was presented...

Complications During Delivery Related To Eating Disorders

... disorders or it can aggravate an already existing neonatal brain damage. More studies are clearly indicated to better understand the pathogenesis of eating disorders in relation to obstetric complications. This could probably pave way for the development of specific and effective treatment options for eati...

Parental Knowledge Of RSV Infections Is Vital

...ildren who are discharged after a long stay in the neonatal intensive care unit for the treatment of chronic lung disease. Charles Simmons, MD, Chair of the Department of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of Neonatology at Cedars-Sinai says that children below the age group of two should be vaccina...

Poverty Claims Valuable Lives Of Children In Orissa

... infants in rural areas. In an attempt to tackle neonatal mortality, the government launched a scheme in April 2005 involving women's self-help groups. It is implemented in 14 districts - Rayagada, Malkangiri, Nuapada, Navrangpur, Kalahandi, Koraput, Sundergarh, Keonjhar, Kandhamal, Bolangir, Boudh, Gajapa...

Human Milk Center Caters To Premature Babies

...e,’ said Jayashree Mondkar, head of the hospital's neonatal department. ‘However, this bank is only an interim support system and cannot be considered a long-term solution for the babies,’ Mondkar said. The milk is collected from lactating mothers who come to the hospital, though outsiders are not barred f...

A new test to detect pregnancy risks

...andard for the identification of inflammation with neonatal outcome. ...

Simulated Heart Tissue Enhances Understanding of Arrhythmias And Defibrillator Failure

...d his team used cells from the heart ventricles of neonatal rats to create an easier version of the heart tissue. These cells were then transferred into a culture dishes that contained requisite arrangement of proteins intended to support the growth of heart tissue. The proteins fuel the cells to multiply in ...

Obese mothers more prone to Pregnancy Risks

...ger. Such babies are more likely to be admitted to neonatal intensive care units and have an increased risk of suffering from neural tube defects. Body mass index (BMI) plays a very important role during pregnancy. If it is equal to or greater than 30 there is double the risk of having an affected child. ...

Circumcision, Will Have To Wait

...d U.S opinions are available for reference.Routine neonatal circumcision is no longer recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. ...

Cruel life for baby MB

...t be withdrawn." Dr Andrew Whitelaw, professor of neonatal medicine at Bristol University, said: "In this particular case it may be that there are good periods, good days and that ventilation is justified in order to continue to give this baby a good period. The point is that SMA does not get better - it is ...

Let Live or Die?

Premature babies that require extended neonatal care have been termed as bed blockers by one of Br...from premature births have revealed that extensive neonatal care for babies under 25 weeks is often conducted at the cost of treatment time of other infants. Th...

The Face Of Indian Health Care: A World Health Day Evaluation

...y was charred to death due to a short circuit in a neonatal unit in Niloufer Hospital, robbing parents// of their joy and hopes. The incubator in which the baby was kept caught fire. The parents blamed the doctors stating that the incident had happened due to negligence of the hospital staff while the health ...

Pain Can Be Felt By Premature Babies

...earchers conducted brain scans on 18 babies in the neonatal unit at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Obstetr... by premature babies. Concluding that only 20% of neonatal units in the UK regularly use a pain tool to assess chronic pain. They strongly felt that there was ...

Cancer Risks for Betel Nut Chewers

...infants of betel-nut chewing mothers suffered from neonatal abstinence syndrome, which was usually common among mothers taking addictive substance during pregnancy. One of the most common forms of cancer among males in the country has been identified as oral cancer, occurring at a rate of 30 out of 100,000....

Technology at its nano best: hand-held lab-on-a-chip for blood tests

...to space medicine, the technology could be used in neonatal care since large blood draws are not possible with infants. Normal blood-count machines are large to accommodate many samples and multiple tests, so to be safe, technicians take more blood from a patient than is actually needed. Since our goal is to ...

Premature Babies In ICU Can Be Viewed Online: Parents Rejoice

.../. A camera hooked up beside the baby's cot in the neonatal intensive care unit allows tired parents to view t...e service launched by the hospital's department of neonatal medicine and Singapore Telecommunications was not intended to replace parental contact but to comple...

Government Hospital’s Poor Functioning Claims Lives Of 138 Infant

.... Of these, more than 50 percent deaths are in the neonatal period. The team observed that early detection of fetal distress and proper neonatal resuscitation could have prevented many of the deaths caused by birth asphyxia and that facilities f...

Concern Over The Rise In Preterm Deliveries

... for less than 1 in 10 births but result in 75% of neonatal deaths and most neonatal intensive care admissions. They also explain that Preterm birth might also have considerable impact ...

Rise in the Number of Premature Births Has a Bad Effect on the Society

...0 births, they are the major cause of about 75% of neonatal deaths and most neonatal intensive care admissions. The researchers say that extremes of maternal weight, smoking, ethnic o...

Rising Number of Preterm Births Cause Concern

...for fewer than 1 in 10 births but result in 75% of neonatal deaths and most neonatal intensive care admissions, write Andrew Shennan and Susan Bewley of St Thomas' Hospital, London. P...

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