For crying out loud -- pick up your baby
...isten to their instincts and pick up their newborn babies when they cry, Queensland University of Technology researcher Professor Karen Thorpe said. A joint study with QUT and the Riverton Early Parenting Centre has found many parents of infants up to 12 weeks, were uncertain about how best to settle thei......dnesday, October 25, 2006, 12:30 PM EST) Premature babies born with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) continue to exhibit respiratory symptoms after three years of life, according to a new study from Baylor College of Medicine. The lung disorder is most commonly seen among premature infants with very low bir...10 top Australian scientists predict major medical advances
...asound to monitor development will soon see unborn babies undergoing complex surgery to correct abnormalities like holes in the heart and facial malformations, strengthening their chances of survival and improving their quality of life....Infants targeted in the fight against skin disease
... the first year of life, with six out of every ten babies having contracted scabies at least once by their first birthday. A similarly high rate (seven out of ten) had contracted skin sores. Scabies and skin sores in childhood have been linked with high rates of kidney disease in later life. There is also ...New study: Preterm birth causes one-third of all infant deaths
...the first year of life. "We have long known that babies born too soon face many challenges even death," s...t cause of infant death. More than a half million babies are born too soon each year and the preterm birth rate has increased more than 30 percent since 1981...Tibotec Therapeutics announces start of largest US study on HIV treatment in women
...ects of PREZISTA on pregnant women or their unborn babies are not known. In the pooled analysis of POWER 1 and 2 studies, the most frequently reported drug-related adverse events of at least moderate to severe intensity in patients receiving PREZISTA/rtv-containing regimen were headache (3.8 percent), d...Health facility births key to substantially reducing maternal mortality worldwide
...rrently, over half the world's women deliver their babies without professional care. The second paper in ...e effective and save the lives of more mothers and babies than home births with a relative, traditional birth attendant, community health worker or midwife. E...Solvent exposure linked to birth defects in babies of male painters
...an the carpenters to father congenitally malformed babies (e.g. defects of cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, urogenital and central nervous systems.) In addition, the painters exposed to the chemicals were 50 to 100 per cent more likely to produce low birth-weight babies, depending on the level of exposu...Very low birth weight linked to reduced quality of life in pre-school children
...nxious, less positive and less lively. Premature babies delivered before 28 weeks were much more likely to...ation. "Previous studies of very low birth-weight babies have mostly focused on issues such as death, illness, neurodevelopment, growth and cognitive ability...New research could help women facing high risk of stillbirth
...s faced by women with type 1 diabetes and identify babies who are at risk. The researchers are now looking for support to extend their studies to develop biological markers for at risk pregnancies. They particularly wish to extend their studies to examine pregnant women with type 2 diabetes and also to pr...Vitamin D supplements should be given to Asian children for two years from birth
...mentation has declined nationwide, with only 4% of babies given the supplement in 2000, compared with 12% so...suggest that supplementation with vitamin D of all babies of Asian origin for the first 2 years of life might be the economic answer to a growing problem," th...March of Dimes: Drug to prevent preterm birth needs prompt FDA approval
...is treatment." Nationwide, nearly a half million babies are born too soon each year and babies who survive face risks of lifelong developmental challenges, such as cerebral palsy, mental retardat...Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and congenital anomalies
...ir pregnancies may be more likely to give birth to babies with congenital defects, particularly cardiac sept... NSAIDs during their first trimester and which had babies diagnosed with a congenital abnormality in the first year of life. Based on information from previou...Research shows no direct association between anxiety symptoms and adverse pregnancy outcomes
...nancy could help to increase the number of healthy babies that are born." ...Patent laws and US trade agreements are hindering access to HIV treatment
...ants in the slums of Mumbai In India, 26 million babies are born every year, and 1.2 million die in the first four weeks of life, a figure that accounts for a quarter of global neonatal deaths. India thus faces the biggest newborn health challenge of any country in the world. Researchers from Mumbai and...Lung disease study hope for premature babies
A Europe-wide trial involving premature babies is investigating whether the risk of chronic lung ...icine. Britain has the highest rate of premature babies in Europe - this particular treatment would help very premature babies. Up to 40% of the 4,000 babie...Abnormal pattern of brain development in premature babies
...e area grows more than the volume, is disrupted in babies that are born prematurely and the amount of disrup...n girls. If these results are confirmed in more babies then it may be possible to monitor brain growth after birth in order to predict which children might...Distressed by your babys distress? How you respond matters
... distress and nondistress in 357 mothers and their babies at six and 15 months, then assessed attachment security in the babies at 15 months. Infant difficult temperament was also used as a predictor and found not to be a factor...Inhaled nitric oxide reduces lung disease in premature babies
...and early treatment of breathing problems in these babies could represent a significant advance in improving...mated that overall costs for the more than 500,000 babies born prematurely in the U.S. totaled $26 billion, or $51,000 per infant. The NOCLD clinical trial ...Prebiotics can cut development of skin allergy in babies at high risk
...cut the chances of developing atopic dermatitis in babies at high risk of the disorder, suggests a study pub... human breast milk and tested it out on a group of babies one of other of whose parents had atopic eczema, or allergic rhinitis, or asthma. All the mothers ...