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A vaccine that works in newborns? Promising compound may help protect babies during vulnerable window

The underdeveloped immune systems of newborns don't respond to most vaccines, leaving them at high risk for infections like rotavirus, pertussis (whooping cough) and pneumococcus. Researchers at Bosto...

Fewer than 2/3 of Canadian newborns exclusively breastfed

Exclusive breastfeeding is not the norm for most term newborns who leave Canadian hospitals, according to a large population-based study in Ontario.

Mindfulness training may improve health and well-being of pregnant women and their newborns, study suggests

First-time mothers who pay attention to their emotional and physical changes during their pregnancy may feel better and have healthier newborns than new mothers who don't, according to new research.

ICUS for newborns in nine states see sharp drop in bloodstream infections

Central line associated bloodstream infections in newborns were reduced by 58 percent in less than a year in hospital neonatal intensive care units participating in a new patient safety program.

Designer Resource Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Announces their Support for “ A Safe Haven for Newborns”

Designer Resource Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida announces their support for “ A Safe Haven for Newborns”. Miami, FL (PRWEB) May 21, 2012 Designer Resource Center proudly announces their latest...

Detecting Streptococcal Infection In Newborns Using Improved Diagnostic Test

A more accurate, faster diagnostic test for Group B Streptococcal infection in babies has been reported in the Journal of Medical Microbiology. The new test could allow better treatment and management...

Two-day test can spot gene diseases in newborns (Update)

Too often, newborns die of genetic diseases before doctors even know what is to blame. Now scientists have found a way to decode those babies' DNA in just days instead of weeks, moving gene-mapping cl...

Many mothers of newborns in NICUs lack privacy to breastfeed

Many mothers of newborns in neonatal intensive care units have difficulty finding private, quiet places in the hospital to express milk, according to a new study from the Frances Payne Bolton School o...

SERUM THYROID HORMONES LEVELS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED IN SEPTIC NEONATES WITH POOR OUTCOME.

The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the effects of thyroid hormone levels on the sepsis criteria and mortality in septic newborns. This study was performed at the Firat University Hos...

The high risk newborns.

Abstract Term "high risk newborns" identifies a group of newborns who very likely will develop a severe acute disease or an adverse outcome. Every day Neonatologists are faced with high risk newborns...

Non-infectious conditions and gestational age influence C-reactive protein values in newborns during the first 3 days of life.

Abstract Background: Our aim was to analyze C-reactive protein (CRP) values in term and preterm infants and correlate non-infection-associated increases with various neonatal disorders. Methods: Retro...

Reference intervals for thyrotropin and thyroid hormones and ultrasonographic thyroid volume during the neonatal period.

Objective. To determine thyrotropin (TSH) and thyroid hormones reference ranges in healthy term newborns during the neonatal period and to assess the ranges of thyroid volume in newborns using ultra...

Is the difference in neonatal blood glucose concentration of caesarian and vaginally delivered term infants requiring separated reference intervals?

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Mode of delivery has been reported to affect the cord blood glucose level of newborns. Vaginally delivered (VD) newborns were found to have relatively increased concentration of...