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Neonatal Risk Of Death Is More For Babies Born At Night

...act causes that increase the risk of dying for the neonates born after dark. Identification of even a couple of reasons can go a long way in preventing such deaths. Researchers had looked into the records of 3.3 million babies born in the state of California, US, from the period of 1992 to 1999. Their result...

Researchers identify the early makers of Neonatal Sepsis

...leukin 8 (IL-8) may identify early-onset sepsis in neonates according to these researchers from the University of Helsinki. The researchers studied 39 neonates with suspected infection within 48 hours after birth. They divide the study group into two, those wi...

Sharp Increase Of The Deadly Diseases In Delhi

...f cases of viral infections among kids, right from neonates to adolescents. Primary symptoms are fever, loose motion, cough, rash, acute sore throat and vomiting. None of these symptoms should be neglected, but the tendency to jump into an antibiotics course without qualified medical advice has to be overcome...

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

...sibility of whole-body cooling in a pilot study of neonates with encephalopathy, Dr. Shankaran from Wayne State University and colleagues conducted a randomized, controlled trial to evaluate whether whole-body cooling initiated before 6 hours of age and continued for 72 hours in term infants with encephalopat...

Pneumonia Vaccine Effective Among Children

...onia vaccine has resulted in herd immunity because neonates and young infants have had a significant decrease in pneumococcal disease rates, although they are too young to receive a full series of the vaccine....

Premature Birth Could Lead to ADHD

...buted the cause of these problems to nutrition for neonates and mentioned that he expected a decline in some of these problems as nutrition for neonates has improved. br>...

Apollo Group Permitted to Carry out Surgeries in its Oman Centre

...e, fully equipped intensive care units for adults, neonates and paediatrics, sophisticated labour room for deliveries and other inpatient services," J. Sandeep Kumar, AMC's chief operating officer, told the newspaper. As of now, the hospital's the main focus is on gynaecology, neonatology and paediatrics, o...

A Boon to Neonates-“National Cot Locator” Developed by UK Hospitas

...s to reach out to the critically ill and premature neonates on time. The// system aims to speed up the admission and treatment of the babies, hence helps in saving lives of many. Previously in the case of an emergency calls had to be made to arrange for a cot, which delayed the treatment process. But with th...

Folic Acid Supplementation in Bread: Boon to Neonates and Curse to Pensioners

...nervous problems in the long run. The pain of the neonates Every year 750 pregnancies are terminated due to reports of neural tube effects and around 150 kids are born with spina bifida. If a women was to take 400 micrograms of folic acid from the time they stop contraceptive measures till the 12th gesta...

Prematurity More Accurately Predicted by Advances in Proteomic Technology

...at Yale School of Medicine. Buhimschi said that neonates born to women with an MR score of 3-4 had an increased incidence of infection. They also found that calgranulin C most accurately predicted inflammatory cell infiltration of the umbilical cord, and calgranulin A reflected more advanced inflammation, ...

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