Posts Tagged ‘birth’
Mothers matter most in child survival
U. MICHIGAN (US) — In West Africa, where resources are scarce, children are four more times likely to die by age 5 if their mothers are dead and almost twice as likely to die if their grandmothers are alive. Continue…
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:04 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Dec 8, 2010 13:34 - 1 Comment
Light sets bioclock for winter babies
VANDERBILT (US) — The season in which babies are born appears to have a dramatic and persistent effect on how their biological clocks function. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 22, 2010 15:22 - 1 Comment
Babies’ first bacteria depend on birth method
U. COLORADO (US)—Different delivery methods of newborn babies have a big effect on the types of microbial communities they harbor as they emerge into the world, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 12, 2010 18:11 - 1 Comment
Pregnancy problems surface after earthquake
NYU (US)—Expectant mothers who were exposed to the 2005 Tarapaca earthquake in Chile were more likely to give birth prematurely than those women in the nation’s unaffected regions. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 2, 2009 11:21 - 3 Comments
Neurons mature rapidly at birth
DUKE (US)—At the moment a newborn switches from amniotic fluid to breathing air, another profound shift occurs: nerve cells in the brain convert from hyperexcitability to a calm frame against which outside signals can be detected. (more…)
