09Sep
The Alabama Department of Public Health is offering a Satellite Conference and Webcast program that will provide an overview of infant mortality issues that have faced Alabama for many years. The program, titled “Infant Mortality: Issues and Initiatives in Alabama,” is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept.15, from 2 to 4 p.m. (Central). September is Infant Mortality Month, and this program has been designed for discussion about state initiatives that address infant mortality, community programs, high-risk populations and pregnancy, and outreach activities to the college community…
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Tags: Health, Infant, Pregnant
07Sep
Both moms and dads are at an increased risk for depression during the first year of their infant’s life, finds a new study of parents in the U.K.
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Tags: Depression, Infant
06Sep
Young children and infants who do not get enough nighttime sleep have a significantly higher risk of becoming obese later on in life – napping does not reduce the obesity risk significantly, reports a study published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA/Archives journal. Over the last 20 years obesity rates in the USA and many other countries has increased dramatically…
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Tags: children, Health, HIV, Infant, Obesity
01Sep
A recent JAMA news release stated that preterm and low birth weight infants need highly specialized care in Level Three hospitals to minimize neonatal (first four weeks after death) and predischarge deaths. Previous studies make the following statement: For more than 30 years, guidelines for perinatal [pertaining to the period immediately before and after birth] regionalization have recommended that very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants be born at highly specialized hospitals, most commonly designated as level III hospitals…
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Tags: Health, Hospital, Infant
01Sep
An examination of data conducted by Dag Moster, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Bergen, Norway found that infants entering the world at term or later are associated with an increased risk of cerebral palsy (CP). This JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) published study first appeared on September 1, 2010. CP is the most common cause of physical disability children. Non-progressive disorders of movement and posture are the key symptoms of this prevalent ailment…
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Tags: Cerebral Palsy, children, Health, Infant
15Aug
An inquiry into whether infant formula milk might be linked to breast growth in babies found no link, Chinese authorities announced today. The investigation was ordered after some parents in Hubei complained their babies were growing breasts and one 1-year-old girl in Beijing had premature puberty after drinking formula milk made by Synutra International…
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Tags: Health, Infant
14Aug
After claims came in that a brand of infant formula caused breast growth in some babies, Chinese authorities said they are testing a wide range of dairy products, as well as breast milk. It is alleged that formula milk from Synutra International is tainted with hormones and causes premature puberty in Hubei province. Synutra International adamantly denies its products are tainted. The company’s share price has dropped 35%. This is not the first time food safety problems concerning infant formula or milk powder have been reported in China…
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Tags: Health, Infant
04Aug
California’s epidemic of pertussis (whooping cough) shows no signs of slowing, Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), warned today. As of July 27, the number of illnesses from the disease this year had climbed to 2,174, a six-fold increase from the 349 illnesses reported for the same period last year. In addition, a San Diego County infant has become the seventh to die from pertussis this year. “The pertussis epidemic is a sobering and tragic reminder that diseases long thought controlled can return with a vengeance,” Horton said…
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Tags: Health, Infant
27Jul
From 2007 to 2009, Mozambique saw a rapid expansion of the National Early Infant Diagnosis program for diagnosis of HIV/AIDS in newborn children to include over 235 health centers across the country. However, transportation of samples and results between remote districts and two central laboratories often takes many weeks. To accelerate the return of results, Sequoia Technology devised an innovative system, in conjunction with The Clinton Foundation, to allow laboratories to send and print test results directly in any health centre with GPRS network coverage…
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Tags: AIDS, children, Health, HIV, Infant
26Jul
Yayi International Inc.,, the first mover and a leading producer and distributor of premium goat milk formula products for infants, toddlers, young children, and adults in the People’s Republic of China, today announced that the Company expects to report strong sequential growth in the first quarter of its new fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.
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Tags: children, Infant
22Jul
As support for funds for mental ailments mounts, a coalition of mental health experts are lobbying for greater support for mental health services for children. The coalition comprises The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists; the Australian Psychological Society; NIFTeY (National Investment for the Early Years); the Australian Infant, Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Association; the Australian Association of Infant Mental Health, and the Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief Network.
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Tags: Australia, children, Health, Infant
21Jul
Improving the lives of infants and children with developmental disabilities will be the focus of Washington University’s new Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (WUIDDRC). The center, established with a five-year, nearly $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will focus on research to prevent and treat developmental disabilities in children. Special emphasis will be placed on clinical and translational research as well as on reaching out to families and the community with resources and services…
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Tags: children, Health, Infant, Research
20Jul
A baby’s first year is a time of incredible growth. But how do you know if your infant’s growth is considered normal? Learn about the factors that influence infant development and what growth charts really mean.
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Tags: Flu, Infant
06Jul
Car seats are supposed to protect infants from injury during a vehicular accident, but they can also increase the risk for injury when used inappropriately outside of the car, such as in the home or in a shopping cart.
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Tags: Infant
30Jun
Events occurring during the development of an infant’s brain can leave behind fingerprints. And researchers at the University of Illinois are interested in learning how these fingerprints can predict future behavioral problems such as cognitive deficits, anxiety disorders, depression, and even autism. New U of I research shows that the baby pig may provide some answers. Researchers discovered that neonatal piglets are capable of being trained in traditional learning and memory tests. As a result, these piglets can provide critical information that could directly benefit human health…
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Tags: Autism, Depression, Health, Infant, Research
28Jun
The risk of fever-related seizures in infants nearly doubles with the 4-in-1 measles-mumps-rubella-chickenpox vaccine (MMRV) compared to separate injections with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and the chickenpox vaccine, according to a new study.
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Tags: children, Infant
10Jun
A team of researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), along with colleagues from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and the Universite Auvergne, France, have discovered an important role for a small, naturally occurring protein called interleukin-10 (IL-10) in removing bacteria from the blood of infected mice and reversing damage to the brain. This bacterium, Escherichia coli K1, is the most common cause of meningitis in premature infants and the second most common cause of the disease in newborns…
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Tags: Bacteria, children, Health, Hospital, Infant, Research, Treatment
03Jun
The Food Standards Agency is reminding parents not to feed honey to babies who are under a year old. This follows a confirmed case of the rare but serious illness, infant botulism. There have been only 11 confirmed cases of infant botulism in the past 30 years, but three of these have occurred in the past year and all have had possible links to honey. The most recent case involved a 15-week-old baby. While it is not absolutely clear that eating honey caused the illness in these cases, honey had definitely been eaten by the infants…
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Tags: Health, Infant
27May
Infants feel less pain from a vaccination when they drink a sugary solution before getting a shot, a study shows.
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Tags: Infant
18May
It was already known that immune responses to some infant vaccine could be different according to the type of infant feeding. It has now been suggested that breastfed infants are less likely to have a fever after receiving a routine immunization than non-breastfed infants. The study, “Breastfeeding and Risk for Fever after Immunization,” published in the June print issue of Pediatrics (published online May 17), measured and recorded the temperatures of 450 infants on the evening of a routine vaccination and for the following three days…
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Tags: Health, Infant
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