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India
Maharashtra: 10 infants die in hospital fire
Bhandara: At least 10 infants were suffocated to death when a major fire broke out in the Children’s Ward of the Bhandara District Civil Hospital, early on Saturday, officials said…
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Health
Smart jumpsuit to track development of infants
Washington: In a first, researchers have come up with a smart jumpsuit that is capable of measuring the spontaneous and voluntary movement of infants starting from the age of five…
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Health
Delhi launches ‘Mission NEEV’ for early treatment of infants
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday launched Neonatal Early Evaluation Vision (NEEV) covering close to 1.5 lakh newborns to tackle visible, functional and metabolic defects in them. Health Minister…
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India
77 infant deaths in Kota in a month: CM orders probe
Jaipur: Days after complaints of shortage of life-saving equipment at Kota’s JK Lon Hospital, which might have resulted in deaths of 77 children in the hospital in the last one…
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Womens Health
Breast milk help to prevent heart disease in premature infants
Washington: A recent study shows that breast milk, which is known to provide a complete form of nutrition for babies, could also play a significant role in preventing heart diseases…
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Womens Health
Breast milk could help prevent heart disease premature infants
Washington: Breast milk, known for providing a complete form of nutrition for babies could also play a significant role in preventing heart diseases in prematurely born infants, suggests a recent…
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Health
Infants spending too much time on screen: Study
New York: Researchers have found that the amount of time children are spending each day watching television or using a computer or mobile device is increasing at an alarming rate.…
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Health
Air pollution may cut heart rate response to stress in infants
New York: Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy is associated with reduced cardiac response to stress in their six-month-old infants, warns a new study. Decreased heart rate variability, as observed…
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News
Drugs for eye treatment may harm growing infants: Study
Washington: Researchers have found that a few drugs used for treating retinal diseases may mix with breast milk, further causing a safety issue for the growing infants. Ranibizumab and aflibercept…
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Health
Eczema in infants makes them susceptible to food allergies
Washington: A new study has shed light on the fact that infants who develop eczema, a condition that makes the skin dry and itchy, are more susceptible to food allergies,…
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Premature born infants have delayed microbiome development
Washington: While previous studies indicated that preterm birth affects an infant’s future brain health, a new study has highlighted that kids who are born prematurely and have depicted a growth…
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New high BP guidelines may increase gestational hypertension detection
Washington: New high blood pressure guidelines could increase detection of gestational hypertension, finds a new study. The clinical guidelines for hypertension were released by the American College of Cardiology (ACC)…
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Pakistan: 8 infants dead after AC failure in hospital
Islamabad: At least eight infants died due to the alleged failure of the air-conditioning (AC) system in a hospital in Pakistan, officials said. Sahiwal Deputy Commissioner Zaman Wattoo had written…
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Health
Infants less receptive to different sounds might be at risk of developing autism
Washington: If an infant is less or unable to differentiate between varying speech patterns, he/she is likely to be at a higher risk of developing autism, suggested a new study.…
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Womens Health
Early term infants less likely to breastfeed: Study
Washington: According to a recent study, ‘early term’ infants are less likely to be breastfed than full-term infants within the first hour and at one month after birth. The study…
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Womens Health
Is soft bedding dangerous for infants?
Washington: New parents take note! Soft bedding is one of the major causes of sleep-related deaths in infants, found a study. The research, which was published in the journal Pediatrics,…
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Health
Is vaccination safe for breastfeeding women?
Washington: A recent study has claimed that there is no harm in administering routine vaccinations to breastfeeding mothers. However, the study published in the journal Breastfeeding Medicine said that only…
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Pakistan
Millions malnourished in Pakistan despite abundance of food
KARACHI: A frantic mother cradling her seven-month-old baby rushes towards the special paediatric ward in a desolate Pakistan town, his eyes are blank and he is smaller than most newborns.…
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Health
Hearing two languages increases attention development in infants: Study
Washington:: According to a recent study, children who live in homes where two languages are spoken have shown better attention control than kids in a monolingual family. Infants who sense…
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Syria
Syrian babies haunted by malnutrition
Al-Hol: They survived the IS group’s crumbling “caliphate” by a thread, but skeletal babies streaming into this displacement camp in northeastern Syria now face a race against malnutrition. Truckloads of…
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Womens Health
How breastfeeding is linked to being a righty or lefty
New York: Are you a leftie or a righty? The duration for which a child is breastfed may determine handedness or the dominant hand, says a research. The study, from…
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