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Educational materials for new mothers may prevent shaken baby syndrome, CMAJ study shows
Educational materials on how to deal with crying newborns lead to increased knowledge about infant crying and behaviours that are important to preventing shaken baby syndrome. view more (2009-03-02)
Severe retinal hemorrhaging is linked to severe motor vehicle crashes
The severity of retinal hemorrhaging for young children in motor vehicle crashes is closely correlated to the severity of the crash, according to a new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. view more (2008-06-24)
Pittsburgh researchers discover that certain chemicals in the blood may indicate brain injury
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh have found that increased levels of certain proteins in the blood or spinal fluid may signal brain injury in infants with vomiting, fussiness and several other common symptoms. view more (2006-02-16)
Leading experts investigate Shaken Baby Syndrome
Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), also known as childhood neurotrauma or inflicted traumatic brain injury, is the leading cause of death from childhood maltreatment. view more (2008-04-10)
UNC, Duke lead first statewide shaken baby prevention research project in US
Child abuse prevention experts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Injury Prevention Research Center and School of Medicine and Duke University Medical Center will undertake a $7 million statewide shaken baby prevention project. view more (2008-01-17)
Some evidence that breast feeding protects against cot death (SIDS)
Breastfeeding might protect against cot death, suggests research in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. view more (2002-05-20)
Link between assisted reproduction techniques and genetic disruption
Evidence that assisted reproduction techniques may carry a risk of genetic 'imprinting disorders' in the resulting babies, emerges in a study published in the Journal of Medical Genetics. To assess the likely risk of genetic disruption, geneticists from the University of Birmingham and the West Midlands Genetics Service assessed the birth... view more... (2003-01-14)
Best antenatal screening: study results
A study of about 50,000 pregnant women has shown that the integrated test for Down's syndrome offers a "significantly higher" level of safety than the screening available to most women in the UK. The study, which will be reported in the June Journal of Medical Screening, was carried out by Professor Nicholas Wald and colleagues at the... view more... (2003-06-02)
Scientists Discover Cause Of Leukaemia That Halted Treatment Trial For 'Baby-in-a-Bubble' Syndrome
Medical Research Council (MRC) scientists have helped establish the cause of the leukaemia which developed in two young patients taking part in a pioneering gene therapy trial to treat the fatal 'baby-in-a-bubble' syndrome, severe combined immunodeficiency (X-SCID). The trial at the Necker-Enfants Malades clinic in Paris was stopped last year due... view more... (2003-10-16)
Parents recognise benefits of postmortems
Parents who have lost a baby view the postmortem examination as a useful and necessary tool in helping to discover the reasons why their baby died, finds a study in this week’s BMJ. view more (2002-04-03)
Dutch Study Highlights Crying As Risk Factor For Child Abuse (pp 1295, 1340)
Doctors and other health-care professionals should be more aware of the association between infant crying and potentially abusive parental behaviour, conclude authors of a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET. view more (2004-10-06)
Possible link between baby swimming and breathing problems in children
Children with mothers who have allergies or asthma have an increased risk of wheezing in the chest if they take part in baby swimming before 6 months of age. This is shown in a new study using data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Study (MoBa) at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH). view more (2008-04-16)
Study casts doubt over value of popular PMS treatment
Treatment of premenstrual syndrome with the hormone progesterone or progestogens (a group of drugs similar to progesterone) is unlikely to be effective, despite the continued popularity of these treatments in the United Kingdom and the United States, concludes a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers at Keele University reviewed 14 trials of... view more... (2001-10-03)
Ultrasound Detection of Down Syndrome
New Method Shown to be Effective for Detecting Down Syndrome at Mid-Trimester Scan Looking at the nasal bones of fetuses at the mid-trimester scan could improve the detection of Down Syndrome during pregnancy, according to results to be published in the January 2003 issue of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, the official journal of the... view more... (2002-12-12)
Babies and their favourite colours
How do babies see colour and which ones do they prefer? The Surrey Baby Lab, part of UniS' Department of Psychology, was set up to investigate exactly this. With over 250 babies having visited so far, some very fascinating findings have been produced. Interestingly, it has been shown that infants, at just four-months old, can already categorise a... view more... (2005-03-08)
University of Hertfordshire to become more Baby Friendly
As the University of Hertfordshire moves towards becoming more 'baby friendly', it will host a display to encourage mothers to breastfeed, during National Breastfeeding Week (8-14th May). view more (2005-05-06)
Mayo Clinic researchers recommend embryo transfer delay for at-risk women
Mayo Clinic researchers have determined a method to achieve the best results for the mother's health and birth of a live baby for women who undergo in vitro fertilization who demonstrate risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. view more (2006-10-25)
Parents-and-babies to be filmed in co-sleeping study
The study sets out to examine the natural interaction between parents and babies asleep together, which some researchers have suggested could help to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) or cot-death. The results could help to clarify advice to new parents. view more (1998-09-04)
Breast milk should be drunk at the same time of day that it is expressed
The levels of the components in breast milk change every 24 hours in response to the needs of the baby. A new study published in the journal Nutritional Neuroscience shows, for example, how this milk could help newborn babies to sleep. view more (2009-10-01)
Restricted fetal growth increases risk of irritable bowel syndrome
Babies weighing less than the standard weight seem to be at significantly greater risk of developing irritable bowel syndrome or IBS, suggests research published ahead of print in the journal Gut. view more (2006-09-28)
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