Posts Tagged ‘newborns’
Low vitamin D in newborns of obese moms
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Women who are obese at the start of their pregnancy may give birth to babies with insufficient levels of vitamin D, a new study reports. Continue…
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 9:41 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Aug 30, 2012 13:33 - 7 Comments
Newborn diet may set the stage for obesity
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — What we eat as newborns may do more to trigger future obesity than unhealthy nutrition we’re exposed to in the womb. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 8, 2012 15:09 - 1 Comment
Umbilical cord care may save infants’ lives
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Cleaning umbilical cord stumps with a cheap antiseptic can dramatically reduce newborn deaths in poor countries. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 18, 2011 13:02 - 3 Comments
Intervention isn’t better for newborns
U. ROCHESTER (US) — In low-risk pregnant women, high induction and first-cesarean delivery rates do not lead to improved outcomes for newborns, bringing into question the skyrocketing number of them performed in the United States. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 16, 2009 4:00 - 3 Comments
Clip offers newborns a healthy start
TULANE (US)—Researchers have designed SafeSnip, an inexpensive device that could prevent millions of infection-related neonatal deaths in developing countries. The small plastic clamp cuts, seals, and disinfects an umbilical cord in one step. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 12, 2009 14:01 - 0 Comments
Hope for newborns found in heart’s early beginning
CORNELL (US)—Congenital heart defects are the most common malformations in newborns born in the United States, and in most cases, scientists don’t know why the defects occur. Treatment options, including valve replacement surgery, come with a host of drawbacks for tiny infants. Jonathan Butcher, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Cornell University, studies embryonic heart valve development from the very beginning of the process with hopes that a greater understanding will lead to new treatments. (more…)
