Extremely premature children at high risk of learning difficulties by age 11
Children born extremely prematurely are at high risk of developing learning difficulties by the time they reach the age of 11.
View ArticleSpecialist nurses boost parental willingness to consent to post-mortem...
Parents are mostly willing to consent to post mortem research on their children, providing they are approached by specialist nurses, experienced in bereavement and family counselling, suggests a small...
View ArticleMusic played to premature babies may lessen pain and improve feeding habits
Music played to premature babies may help to reduce their pain and encourage better oral feeding, suggests research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
View ArticleUnderstanding the implications of prenatal testing for Down syndrome
With new prenatal tests for Down syndrome on the horizon promising to be safer, more accurate, and available to women earlier in pregnancy, the medical community must come together and engage in...
View ArticleDeath from childhood stroke
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stroke is an important cause of childhood morbidity and is in the top ten causes of childhood death. For the first time, new research has looked at trends in death from childhood...
View ArticleInformal childcare curbs chances of infants being breastfed
Babies who are looked after by relatives, friends, and neighbours while their mothers are at work, are less likely to be breastfed, suggests research published online in the Archives of Disease in...
View ArticleInternational formula milk marketing code mired in 3 decades of dispute
An international marketing code for formula milk, intended to foster global cooperation among governments, industry, and aid agencies, has instead been mired in three decades of often bitter dispute,...
View ArticleUnlawful killing of newborns soon after birth 5 times higher than thought
Although rare, the true incidence of neonaticides - the unlawful killing of a baby within the first 24 hours of its life - is more than five times as common as official estimates suggest, suggests...
View ArticleComplementary medicines can be dangerous for children
Complementary medicines (CAM) can be dangerous for children and can even prove fatal, if substituted for conventional medicine, indicates an audit of kids' CAM treatment published online in the...
View ArticleDangers of lead pollution have not gone away -- particularly for children
(PhysOrg.com) -- The campaign for car drivers to make the switch from leaded to unleaded petrol has been hailed as a major environmental success story in recent years. But despite the dramatic change...
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