News tagged with newborn infant
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.
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Sep 21, 2010 |
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Math ability is inborn
We accept that some people are born with a talent for music or art or athletics. But what about mathematics? Do some of us just arrive in the world with better math skills than others?
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Bilingual babies: The roots of bilingualism in newborns
It may not be obvious, but hearing two languages regularly during pregnancy puts infants on the road to bilingualism by birth. According to new findings in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Scienc ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 16, 2010 |
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Newborn infants learn while asleep; study may lead to later disability tests
Sleeping newborns are better learners than thought, says a University of Florida researcher about a study that is the first of its type. The study could lead to identifying those at risk for developmental disorders such as ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 17, 2010 |
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Researchers discover biochemical weakness of malaria parasite -- vaccine to be developed
Every year, 10,000 pregnant women and up to 200,000 newborn babies are killed by the malaria parasite. Doctors all around the globe have for years been looking in vain for a medical protection, and now researchers from the ...
Jun 07, 2011 |
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Integrative medicine: Colic in babies appears to be a bad gut feeling
If you've ever had a colicky baby or you know someone who has, you know how distressing it can be. Colic affects up to 28 percent of newborns and is one of the most vexing problems parents and pediatricians face in the ...
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Dosing schedule of pneumococcal vaccine linked with increased risk of getting multiresistant strain
Infants who received heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV-7) at 2, 4, and 11 months were more likely than unvaccinated controls to have nasopharyngeal (in the nasal passages and upper part of the throat behind ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Premature babies become more sensitive to pain in later life
(PhysOrg.com) -- Premature babies who undergo painful treatments whilst in intensive care become more sensitive to pain compared to healthy newborns, according to new research by scientists at UCL (University ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 10, 2010 |
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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 ...
Jan 03, 2011 |
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Drug that helps adults addicted to opioid drugs also relieves withdrawal symptoms in newborns
Thousands of infants each year have exposure to opioids before they are born. Over half of these infants are born with withdrawal symptoms severe enough to require opioid replacement treatment in the nursery. Such treatment ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Giving sweet solutions to children before immunization reduces pain
Infants who receive sweet solutions before being immunised experience less pain and are more comfortable, reveals research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
May 12, 2010 |
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The sweet side of pain management for babies
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Toronto researchers have now confirmed the sweetest way to treat babies' pain.
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Don't clamp umbilical cords straight after birth, urges expert
Obstetricians and midwives should wait a few minutes before clamping the umbilical cords of newborn infants so that babies are not harmed by the procedure, argues Dr David Hutchon in an article published in the British Medical ...
Nov 11, 2010 |
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Antibiotic found to protect hearing in mice
A type of antibiotic that can cause hearing loss in people has been found to paradoxically protect the ears when given in extended low doses in very young mice.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 28, 2010 |
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World-first vaccine candidate for newborns to help combat deadly rotavirus
(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers have begun clinical trials of a new vaccine to protect newborn infants against rotavirus, a life-threatening diarrhoeal disease that kills half a million children worldwide each year.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 21, 2010 |
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