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America's new dads are getting older
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 31 (ANI): The average age of newborns' fathers in the United States has grown by 3.5 years over the past four decades, according to a new study.
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Antibiotics may up birth defects in newborns
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 19 (ANI): Beware would-be-mothers as a study has recently found that certain antibiotics during pregnancy may increase risk of major birth defects in your newborn.
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Did you know newborns prefer people of their own language as good?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 14 (ANI): A study has recently found that by the age of one newborns prefer people of their native tongue as good.
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Opioid usage resulting in increased cases of neonatal abstinence syndrome
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June14 (ANI): A recent study reveals the number of newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome - often caused by mothers using opioids during pregnancy - is increasing in the United States, thereby increasing the burden in terms of hospital days and costs.
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Obesity during pregnancy doubles risk of fatty liver in teens
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 10 (ANI): Mothers-to-be, alert! Here's another reason for adapting a healthy lifestyle before and during pregnancy, as a study has warned that newborns, who had obese mothers at the start of pregnancy, were twice as likely to develop non-alcoholic fatty li
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Brain scans may predict autism in high-risk newborns
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 11 (ANI): A team of researchers has revealed that a specific magnetic resonance imaging procedure of six-month-olds may help in predicting which babies are at a high risk of developing autism disorder by age two.
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Introduce egg, peanut early to newborns to prevent asthma
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 9 (ANI): Canadian researchers have found that parents who do not feed their newborns with cows milk products, eggs and peanuts during the first year of life, may lead to an increase in risk of wheeze, asthma and eczema in later stages of childhood.
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Why are newborns at greater Herpes simplex virus disease risk?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 30 (ANI): Interferon is a crucial component of the human immune system's response to infection by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), but how important a role it plays in determining the severity of disease and explaining why newborns are so much more suscept
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Take vitamin D supplements to cut autism traits in your newborn
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 18 (ANI): For mommies-to-be, taking vitamin D supplements during first trimester of pregnancy may prevent autism traits in their newborns, suggests a study conducted on mice.
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Experts shed myths of 'Harlequin Ichthyosis'- a rare skin disord
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 30 (ANI): Bursting the myth of a rare genetic disease, which causes thickening of the skin, experts say that by rigorously following all the precautions and treatment, the newborns can lead a normal life.
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NEC develops a prototype fingerprint sensing device for newborns and infan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Oct.18 (ANI): NEC Corporation recently announced the development of the world's first fingerprint sensing device prototype capable of capturing fingerprint images of newborns and infants.
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WHO urges South-East Asian countries to accelerate efforts to end maternal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] , Sept. 6 (ANI): The World Health Organization today emphasized on need of enhancing and expanding quality life-saving interventions to all mothers, newborns and children across South-East Asia Region to end maternal, newborn and child deaths.
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