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Smoking pregnant women make the baby's brain smaller
Women who smoke during pregnancy produce babies who are moody and more susceptible to depression than other children, the scientists said.
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Antibiotics increase the risk of eczema
A new study in the UK found that children taking antibiotics in their first year of life had a 40% increased risk of eczema, according to the Daily Mail on June 20.
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First round, weight and IQ in children
Children who gained weight and increased their first round in the first month of life were associated with higher IQs than school age, according to research by Australia…
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Infant weight is related to autism
A recent study by British scientists said babies born with abnormal weight, more or less than the standard are at risk of dysfunction in the body and are susceptible to…
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Technology for early detection of brain injury in children
Scientists in the United States have developed a technology to help detect early brain injury in babies, helping to reduce the death rate due to brain injury in children.
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Caesarean babies are allergic
Children who have a caesarean section are five times more likely to develop an allergy than their babies, according to Daily Mail. That is the result of a team of scient…
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Discover new factors that determine the weight of babies
Four new areas have just been discovered on human genes that directly affect infant weight, providing evidence of health-related adult birth weight.
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The premature baby lives on the wrong doctor
Maddalena Douse is one of the most premature babies ever rescued in England. All thanks to the surgical scissors.
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Warning of abnormal deaths in babies
December 29, 2009 is probably the day that Dearea, a mother from Baltimore (USA), will never forget. Early that morning, after gently taking his 1-month-old son Charlie…
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Unknown use of breast milk
Children are breastfed when they are less angry and aggressive when they grow up, according to research by scientists at the University of Turku (Finland).
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New method to detect heart disease in newborns
According to a report published in the Lancet magazine, an examination of 20,000 babies in Western Midland, England found more than 500 cases of heart defects each year.
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Saliva tests find the risk of deafness in newborns
A simple DNA test with infant saliva may reveal whether a baby is infected with the virus can cause deafness in some cases.
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Boys have hearts outside their bodies
Koh Guan Siang, father of 3 daughters, was very happy to hear that he was going to have a son. However, that joy did not last for long.
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Strange illness turns a girl into a boy
A South African couple welcomes their first son to be born, but a month later comes to the fire when he discovers that the baby is actually a little girl.
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Babies with jaundice are at high risk of autism
According to research by scientists, children with jaundice at birth will have a higher risk of developing autism than normal.