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Many Preterm Babies Still Exposed to Early Antibiotics

Many Preterm Babies Still Exposed to Early Antibiotics

Most preterm babies, who are at risk for sepsis but who may not have a culture confirmation of infection, are on antibiotic therapy in the first few days of life, a new study found. Find...

Vitamin C during Pregnancy Improves Lung Function in Newborns

Vitamin C during Pregnancy Improves Lung Function in Newborns

Women who cannot quit smoking during pregnancy can take vitamin C supplements, as it helps reduce the risk of babies developing a wheeze, reveals a new study. Wheeze is a condition of ...

Asthma Development Risk Higher in Children Exposed to Ozone at Birth

Asthma Development Risk Higher in Children Exposed to Ozone at Birth

Ozone (O3) exposure at birth resulted in an 82 percent increase in risk of developing asthma by age three, according to a recent study. The study involved the health of Canadian children in ...

Parents Cite Restaurants as the Most Common Cause of Food Poisoning

Parents Cite Restaurants as the Most Common Cause of Food Poisoning

Fewer than one-fourth of the parents check health inspection ratings before taking their kids to a restaurant, finds a national poll. One in 10 parents says their child has gotten sick ...

Kids Who Learn To Read and Do Math Succeed in School: Study

Kids Who Learn To Read and Do Math Succeed in School: Study

Children who have developed skills in basic math, reading, and social-emotional adjustment before entering kindergarten are more likely to succeed in school, reveals a new study. "Kinde...

Fructose in Infant Formula Can Increase Risk of Acute Liver Failure in Babies

Fructose in Infant Formula Can Increase Risk of Acute Liver Failure in Babies

Infant formulas that are commercially available contain sugars like fructose or sucrose; babies with inherited intolerance of fructose who are fed baby formula, run the risk of acute liver f...

Mechanism Underlying Malformation Associated With Severe Epilepsy Identified

Mechanism Underlying Malformation Associated With Severe Epilepsy Identified

New research finds dysregulation in the expression of NEUROG2, a gene involved in the differentiation of neurons and glial cells (such as astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and microglia), plays a...

Child-Killing Virus in Southern Sri Lanka Takes 5 Lives

Child-Killing Virus in Southern Sri Lanka Takes 5 Lives

Five deaths have been reported so far, with the advent of Influenza and Adino viruses. The government's Information Department quoting medical officials said the Karapitiya Teaching Hos...

Childcare Programs are Effective with Improved Nutrition and Physical Activities

Childcare Programs are Effective with Improved Nutrition and Physical Activities

Childcare programs are effective in Minnesota with proper nutrition, and physical activity practices, reports a new study. The findings of study are published in the Preventive Medicine Rep...

Are Newborn Screening Recommendations Effective?

Are Newborn Screening Recommendations Effective?

A new study explores whether screening infants for rare conditions using the newborn blood spot test is effective or not. The findings of the study are reported in The BMJ . Effective ...

Mother's Care Can Protect Offspring from Heart Disease and Obesity

Mother's Care Can Protect Offspring from Heart Disease and Obesity

A mother's care can impact the baby's body clock and health after birth, reveals a new study. Lifestyle related diseases like heart disease and obesity can be avoided by reducing abnormaliti...

A 15-minute Daily Mile Could Improve Health of World's Children

A 15-minute Daily Mile Could Improve Health of World's Children

Scottish government has introduced The Daily Mile that can help improve the health and fitness levels of schoolchildren the world-over, finds a new study led by the Universities of Stirling ...

Babies Learn to Speak Better Hearing Other Babies Speak

Babies Learn to Speak Better Hearing Other Babies Speak

Infants are attracted to vocal sounds from other infants and hearing other babies speak may help build spoken language skills in infancy, finds a new line of research focusing on infant spee...

Residing in Better Neighborhoods Can Boost the Health of Low-income Children

Residing in Better Neighborhoods Can Boost the Health of Low-income Children

Access to proper healthcare is a major issue facing the 140 million people who live in poverty in the US today. Living in a more desirable neighborhood could be a health booster for many low...

Surgery Benefits for Congenital Hyperinsulinism

Surgery Benefits for Congenital Hyperinsulinism

Surgeons can treat virtually all patients with the focal, or localized, form of congenital hyperinsulinism, a rare genetic disease, revealed a review of nearly 500 cases of infants with seve...

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