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Babies are Romania's smallest victims of corruption; Doctor ...

Dr. Catalin Cirstoveanu runs a cardio unit with state-of-the-art equipment at a Bucharest children's hospital. But not a single child has been treated in the year-and-a-half since it opened. The reason? Medical staff he needs to [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2012 | Comments : 0

Babies still put at risk of sudden death: Study

New York: Parents in the United States changed how they put their infants to sleep after a campaign to prevent sudden infant death, but the decrease in babies dying has stabilized in recent years and some deaths remain preventable, accord [...]

Posted On : Mar, 27 2012 | Comments : 0

Diabetes 'increases birth defect risk'

“Diabetic mothers-to-be have high risk of giving birth to children with congenital abnormality,” The Guardian said today. The news is based on UK research that compared the rates of birth defects in women with and without d [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Premature Babies at Risk of Having Behavioral Problems

Premature delivered babies need extra care because they are more likely to suffer from physical or mental problems. Researchers have recently added one more effect of premature delivery upon the baby. From their newer research, a team [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Formula-fed babies at risk in emergencies

Recent natural disasters in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the United States have shown even in developed nations infants - especially those fed formula - are vulnerable. Now a new study has found detailed emergency preparedness inform [...]

Posted On : Nov, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

NHS Cuts Risk Vulnerable Babie

Premature babies’ are being put at risk, say a UK baby charity, as NHS staff cuts and inadequate training “significantly affect the care of premature and sick babies”. Bliss, a charity working on behalf of babies in s [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

NHS Cuts Risk Vulnerable Babies

UK – Premature babies’ are being put at risk, say a UK baby charity, as NHS staff cuts and inadequate training “significantly affect the care of premature and sick babies”. Bliss, a charity working on behalf of bab [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Putting baby in nursery 'could raise its risk of heart disea...

Sending babies and toddlers to day-care could do untold damage to the development of their brains and their future health, a leading psychologist has claimed. Aric Sigman, a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, has warned that spendin [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Family Welcomes Triplets Thanks to High-Risk Mother-Baby Car...

When Alison and Tyler Bergemann of New Milford learned they were having triplets, they wanted to “stay as local as possible” without sacrificing quality of hospital care. Having undergone in vitro fertilization to bec [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Babies in ICU put at risk

George Mukhari Hospital CEO Trevor Fisher yesterday confirmed that 15 babies had been placed in eight beds in the unit. The complete report into the deaths last year of six babies at Johannesburg's Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital& [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Women giving birth at night more at risk, says maternity chi...

Dr Tony Falconer, the new president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), claimed many inexperienced doctors working night shift on labour wards lacked necessary skills to ensure a safe child delivery. Dr Falco [...]

Posted On : Jan, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Secondhand Smoke May Put Kids at Risk for Diseases

Exposure to secondhand smoke greatly increases a child's chances of developing several invasive bacterial diseases, according to a new review of published studies. The risk was found to be especially strong for children 6 years old a [...]

Posted On : Dec, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Study shows babies born in autumn face higher risk of allerg...

Children conceived in late winter or early spring are more at risk of suffering food allergies, say researchers. A ‘window’ of time between April and May when babies in the womb reach 11 weeks is linked to double the rate of [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Sex ed funds to go to at-risk kids

The Ohio Department of Health will use the $1.9 million in new federal sex education funding to train employees of state’s family services and youth services departments in pregnancy prevention, a spokeswoman said. The health [...]