News tagged with infant sleep
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 ...
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Infants with persistent crying problems more likely to have behavior problems in childhood
Infants who have problems with persistent crying, sleeping and/or feeding – known as regulatory problems – are far more likely to become children with significant behavioural problems, reveals research published ...
Apr 21, 2011 |
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Internet program reduces infant and toddler sleep problems, helps moms sleep better too
A study in the April 1 issue of the journal Sleep demonstrates that an Internet-based intervention was effective at reducing infant and toddler sleep disturbances, as well as providing positive, indirect benefits for matern ...
Apr 01, 2011 |
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Nighttime sleep found beneficial to infants' skills
At ages 1 and 1-1/2, children who get most of their sleep at night (as opposed to during the day) do better in a variety of skill areas than children who don't sleep as much at night.
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Study shows newborns learn while asleep
(PhysOrg.com) -- Newborn infants can sleep as much as 18 hours a day. But contrary to popular belief, babies aren't just blissfully dozing in between feedings.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 21, 2010 |
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For infant sleep, receptiveness more important than routine
Parents understand the challenge of getting infants to sleep through the night, and now Penn State researchers show that being emotionally receptive can reduce sleep disruptions and help infants and toddlers sleep better.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 10, 2010 |
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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 ...
Aug 01, 2010 |
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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
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Sleeping sickness study offers insight into human cells
Fresh discoveries about the parasite that causes sleeping sickness could lead to new avenues of research into treatments for the disease.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 14, 2010 |
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Higher oxygen levels improve preterm survival, increase risk for eye condition
Two findings from an NIH research network study provide new information on how much oxygen very preterm infants should receive starting on the first day of life and the most effective means to deliver it to them.
May 16, 2010 |
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Message Bears Repeating: Back Sleep Best for Babies
(PhysOrg.com) -- Babies who sleep on their backs are less likely to die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), yet a quarter of all babies, especially those of African-American descent, are not placed on ...
Apr 06, 2010 |
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Babies and sleep: Another reason to love naps
Anyone who grew up in a large family likely remembers hearing "Don't wake the baby." While it reinforces the message to older kids to keep it down, research shows that sleep also is an important part of how infants learn ...
Feb 22, 2010 |
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Not all parents place their babies 'back to sleep,' research finds
Placing infants on their backs for sleep can help reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). But a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues shows that while the practice helped reduce ...
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Research: Baby's sleep position is major factor in 'flat-headedness'
(PhysOrg.com) -- A baby's sleep position is the best predictor of a misshapen skull condition known as deformational plagiocephaly ? or the development of flat spots on an infant's head -- according to findings reported by ...
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Magazines for women depict babies in unsafe sleep environments
More than one third of photos in women's magazines depicted babies in unsafe sleep positions, according to a new study in Pediatrics. Additionally, the study found that two-thirds of sleep environments depicted in these ...
Aug 17, 2009 |
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