Time to rethink how we care for preterm babies
A La Trobe University academic says that children born prematurely and with very low birth weights need speech-language pathologists to play a greater role in their treatment within neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
Dr Bernice...
Premature babies at higher risk of psychiatric disorders
A study by the Institute has found infants born very prematurely- before 32 weeks gestation- have higher rates of psychiatric disorders by school age compared with their term born peers.
The study also showed a...
Smoking bans linked with reductions in preterm birth
Smoking bans are associated with a “consistent pattern of reduction in the risk of preterm delivery."
The study supports the notion that smoking bans have public health benefits from early life.
It is well established that...
Attention deficits found in babies who later develop autism
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine are able to detect deficits in social attention in infants as young as six months of age who later develop Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Published in the current...
Human hearts generate new cells after birth
Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have found, for the first time that young humans (infants, children and adolescents) are capable of generating new heart muscle cells. These findings refute the long-held belief that the...
Possibilty to prevent, reverse disabilities affecting children born prematurely
Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital are challenging the way pediatric neurologists think about brain injury in the pre-term infant. In a study, the OHSU Doernbecher researchers report for the...
Brain structure of infants key to language skills at 1 year
Using a brain-imaging technique that examines the entire infant brain, researchers have found that the anatomy of certain brain areas – the hippocampus and cerebellum – can predict children’s language abilities at 1 year...
Teens susceptible to Hepatitis B Infection despite vaccination as infants
New research reveals that a significant number of adolescents lose their protection from hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, despite having received a complete vaccination series as infants. Results in an issue of Hepatology, a...
Modern parenting may hinder brain development
“Life outcomes for American youth are worsening, especially in comparison to 50 years ago,” says Darcia Narvaez, Notre Dame professor of psychology who specializes in moral development in children and how early life experiences...
Let crying babes lie
Today, new parents often find themselves confronting a common dilemma: Should they let their babies “cry it out” when they wake up at night? Or should they rush to comfort their crying little one?
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