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Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre launches campaign for 'Maternal and Child H
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Through this programme, the centre aims to improve the health of newborns, mothers, and families in Abu Dhabi by enhancing community health and providing a comprehensive and sustainable healthcare system. The centre also seeks to develop supportive programmes and policies and adopt evidence-
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Newly identified lipid in breast milk may lower cerebral palsy in infants:
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
While it is recognised that white matter loss in the brain would result in neurological deficits, there is currently no medication available to help these newborns prevent this outcome.
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Study reveals link between human breast milk micronutrient and brain devel
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers at Tufts University's Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Centre on Ageing (HNRCA) suggested that micronutrients in human breast milk have considerable positive effects on newborns' growing brains.
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Study finds how micronutrient in human breast milk linked to newborns’ bra
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A recent study by researchers at Tufts University's Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) suggests that a micronutrient in human breast milk benefits newborns' developing brains significantly. This finding sheds more light on the relationship between nutrition and
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Study explains why infants contract so many common respiratory ailments
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Researchers from Columbia University have discovered a unique cluster of immune cells that are only seen in newborns that enable them to deal with novel pathogens and explain why infants contract so many common respiratory ailments.
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Parents who talk to infants more boost their brain development: Research
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A team led by a neurodevelopment researcher from the University of Texas at Dallas has uncovered some of the most compelling evidence to date showing parents who talk to their newborns more boost their brain development.
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Researchers suggest antibiotic regimen for newborns
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Gentamicin is a commonly used antibiotic in the treatment of severely unwell newborns. It is water soluble and is mostly excreted from the body through the urine. As a result, total body weight, which includes the weight of the body's water content, is utilised to calculate gentamicin dose.
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New approach to combat effects of birth asphyxia
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Birth asphyxia is one of the major complications in newborns, leading to the death of babies, however, the use of caffeine is currently considered as a therapeutic strategy against the long-term deleterious consequences of birth asphyxia.
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Study finds how babies and puppies help mothers to speak more
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In addition to being newborns, babies and pups have at least two features in common that help human mothers communicate more clearly when they talk. This discovery is the product of research by an international team1 that includes Alejandrina Cristia, a CNRS Researcher at the Laboratoire de
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Researchers give insight into children with helmet therapy for a flattened
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Helmet therapy is a highly successful treatment for newborns with position-related head flattening (deformational plagiocephaly [DP]). Infants with Medicaid insurance, on the other hand, are less likely to receive helmet therapy and are more likely to have delayed treatment.
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Premature, low birthweight babies suffer fewer fractures than others: Stud
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Pre-term and low birthweight newborns have fewer fractures in childhood than full-term and normal-weight neonates, according to a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital.
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Delhi: 20 newborns rescued after fire breaks out at hospital in Vaishali C
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Twenty newborns were rescued by the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) after a fire broke out in the room of a newborn hospital in Vaishali Colony, New Delhi, the police said on Friday.
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