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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 are medications…
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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, hay fever…
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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 slower than…
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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) and the…
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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 a letter…
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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. The findings…
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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 also found…
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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, reviewed more…
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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 smallpox vaccine…
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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. He is…
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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 more than…
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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 gaunt women…
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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 the University…
