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Early research reveals new clues to origin of diabetes

University of Michigan scientists have identified events inside insulin-producing pancreatic cells that set the stage for a neonatal form of non-autoimmune type 1 diabetes, and may play a role in type 2 diabetes as well. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers design more accurate method of determining premature infants' risk of illness

Stanford University researchers have developed a revolutionary, non-invasive way of quickly predicting the future health of premature infants, an innovation that could better target specialized medical intervention ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Muscular problems in children with neonatal diabetes are neurological, study finds (w/ Video)

The muscle weakness and coordination problems sometimes seen in patients with neonatal diabetes - a rare, inherited form of diabetes - are caused by problems in the brain rather than the muscles, according to research published ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development

(PhysOrg.com) -- Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen shows that vitamin C deficiency may impair the mental development of new-born babies.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find gram-negative rods in two Philippine neonatal intensive care units

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found a high frequency of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative rods (GNRs) in two of the largest neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in the city of Manila, Philippines. ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cold spots contaminated in high humidity incubators

Microbes in human incubators, like those found in neonatal intensive care units, grow most robustly on cold spots when the relative humidity is at least 60 percent, according to a paper in the December 2011 issue of the journal ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Care of late-preterm preemies may be insufficient

In the last 15 years the U.S has seen a sharp increase in the number of babies born as late-preterm infants, between 34 and 37 weeks' gestation. This is approximately 400,000 children each year, comprising over 70 percent ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Once upon a time in the Intensive Care Unit ...

The first few days after birth is an important time when babies learn to recognize the sound of their parents' voice and the parents in turn bond with their children. However, the separation between parents and newborns admitted ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Even the sickest babies benefit from breast-feeding

Pediatric researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia describe a successful program in which nurses helped mothers attain high rates of breast-feeding in very sick babies--newborns with complex birth defects requiring ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

70-year-olds smarter than they used to be

Today's 70-year-olds do far better in intelligence tests than their predecessors. It has also become more difficult to detect dementia in its early stages, though forgetfulness is still an early symptom, reveals new research ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Pain Management for Preemies

(PhysOrg.com) -- A UConn nursing professor is studying a way of holding babies that can reduce pain for preemies.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Late preterm births associated with increased risk of respiratory illnesses

An analysis of more than 200,000 deliveries finds that compared to infants born at full term, those born between 34 weeks and 37 weeks are more likely to have severe respiratory illness, and this risk decreases with each ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drugs that save infants' lives

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Sydney have found the combined intake of iron-folic acid supplements with World Health Organisation (WHO)-endorsed anti-malarial drugs during pregnancy could ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women exposed to radiation therapy as children prone to stillbirths

Thanks to advances in medicine, many children and adolescents who were diagnosed with cancer years ago are now surviving to adulthood and wanting to start families themselves. But how does exposure to radiation used to treat ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Are infant growth charts misleading?

Pre-term infants who are born either smaller or larger than expected for their gestational age face an increased risk of poor growth and development. Smaller babies are in greater danger of experiencing neurodevelopmental ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Infant

An newborn or baby is the very young offspring of a human or other mammals and such. A newborn is an infant who is within hours, days, or up to a few weeks from birth. In medical contexts, newborn or neonate (from Latin, neonatus, newborn) refers to an infant in the first 28 days after birth. The term "newborn" includes premature infants, postmature infants and full term newborns. The term infant is derived from the Latin word infans, meaning "unable to speak" or "speechless." It is typically applied to children between the ages of 1 month and 12 months; however, definitions vary between birth and 3 years of age. "Infant" is also a legal term referring to any child under the age of legal adulthood.

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