News tagged with infant death

Two genes do not make a voter: new research

Voting behavior cannot be predicted by one or two genes as previous researchers have claimed, according to Evan Charney, a Duke University professor of public policy and political science.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Catching a breath - wirelessly: Noninvasive method to watch for SIDS, help surgery patients

University of Utah engineers who built wireless networks that see through walls now are aiming the technology at a new goal: noninvasively measuring the breathing of surgery patients, adults with sleep apnea ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Obesity increases the risk of fetal and infant death, and the risk of complications after hysterectomy

Women who are obese during early pregnancy have a significantly increased risk of their baby dying before, during or up to one year after birth, according to research published in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain research reveals possible causes of sudden infant death syndrome

New research published today in The Journal of Physiology sheds light on areas of the brain thought to be the root cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) – the poorly understood condition also known as 'cot death' ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

High birth weight in First Nations babies linked to a higher risk of postneonatal death

High birth weight in First Nations (North American Indian) babies are linked to a higher risk of postneonatal death (infant deaths that occur from 4 weeks to 1 year of age), according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical A ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 17, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Is 'breast only' for first 6 months best?

Current guidance advising mothers in the UK to exclusively breast feed for the first six months of their baby's life is being questioned by child health experts in the British Medical Journal today.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Sudden infant death syndrome spikes on New Year's Day

Not a happy holiday thought, but an important one: The number of babies who die of SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome, surges by 33 percent on New Year's Day. The suspected reason? Alcohol consumption by caretakers the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 7

Apartment-dwelling children in nonsmoking units still exposed

Children living in apartments are exposed to secondhand smoke even when no one smokes inside their own unit. This study, released online today by the journal Pediatrics, strongly suggests that housing type contributes to chi ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

More than 600,000 people killed by 2nd-hand smoke

(AP) -- Secondhand smoke kills more than 600,000 people worldwide every year, according to a new study.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 26, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (11) | comments 12

The Great American Smokeout

You already know smoking is bad, and that it contributes to heart disease, strokes, lung and other cancers and can lead to poor healing, chronic lung disease, wrinkled skin, erectile dysfunction, and it worsens asthma.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New report suggests why risk for sudden infant death syndrome is greater in babies of mothers who smoke

The link between maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) may relate to the negative effects of nicotine on the development of brain centers that regulate breathing, according to ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

SIDS surprise: Study finds that infant boys are more easily aroused from sleep than girls

A study in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that at 2 to 4 weeks of age male infants are easier to arouse than females during quiet sleep, and by 2 to 3 months of age there are no significant gender differences in aro ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Wisconsin childern exposed to too much secondhand smoke, research shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wisconsin children are exposed to secondhand smoke at a rate 40 percent higher than the national average, according to research published in the July issue of Pediatrics.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Identification of a gene essential to newborn babies' first breath

How do mammals prepare themselves in utero for a radical modification to their respiration at the time of birth, when they move abruptly from an aquatic medium to air?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk of death higher for babies born outside normal working week in Scotland

Babies born outside normal working hours of 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday are at an increased risk of death due to lack of oxygen (intrapartum anoxia), according to a study from Scotland published in the British Medical Journal ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0