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Do you know your lung age?

June 29, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

If you were 30 years of age and a smoker and you were told that you had the lungs of a 67-year-old, would you consider quitting smoking? A recent study published in the ... (read more)

Dry-drowning Death Highlights Little Known Danger

June 19, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | 2 questions or comments

A ten-year-old boy went swimming at a nearby pool with his mother and drowned more than an hour later. It is a shocking and heart-breaking story that has brought a little-known phenomenon referred to as “dry drowning” to light. It is an occurrence, albeit ... (read more)

More C-Sections = More Preterm Deliveries?

June 11, 2008 by Heidi Green | No questions or comments

Can you believe it? In 2005, nearly 1 in 3 births were delivered by primary or repeat cesarean section. One in three. That’s a whopping 1.2 million births, and it makes c-sections the most common surgical procedure for U.S. women. How ... (read more)

Study Gives Clues for Preventing Early NEC

June 3, 2008 by Heidi Green | No questions or comments

Although necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common gastrointestinal medical emergency occurring in premature babies, forty years of research has failed to decipher its origin or decrease its rates. Now, a new study by a Utah-based research team may shed some light on ... (read more)

FDA Approves New Rotavirus Vaccine—But Do You Want It?

April 7, 2008 by Mary Jessica Hammes | 7 questions or comments

My friend Allison had a rough week not long ago, to put it mildly. First, she and her 19-month old son, Asher, flew across country (to attend a funeral, no less). Traveling alone with a toddler would be trying enough, but then, the ... (read more)

Premies Face Lifelong Challenges

April 7, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | No questions or comments

Premature babies lucky enough to survive are left with lifelong health problems that could even affect their own children, a new study shows. While the average pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, with babies born between 37 to 42 weeks considered full-term, the number of ... (read more)

“Opt In” For Safety

March 30, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | 1 question or comment

I know I am not the only mother who feels like the most evil being in the world when I help the nurses hold my baby still for the vaccinations that come with her well baby checkup appointments.“I’m sorry, sweetie,” I say, as I ... (read more)

Hot off the press!

March 17, 2008 by Amy Spangler | 4 questions or comments

November 2005, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a policy statement on The Changing Concept of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Among the AAP recommendations was one calling for “a ... (read more)

Professional Support Essential to Breastfeeding Success

March 16, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

If you could give parents of breastfed babies only one piece of information, what would it be? Positioning? Latch? Jaundice? A growing body of evidence suggests breastfeeding difficulties are associated with weight loss, jaundice, and dehydration. Results from a recent ... (read more)

Two Studies Suggest Ways to Lower Type-1 Diabetes Risk

March 15, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

The consensus view is that there is no substitute for a healthy diet and regular exercise, but a growing body of evidence suggests that vitamin D supplements may protect against a wide range of auto-immune diseases including type-1 diabetes. A ... (read more)

Antenatal Corticosteroids: How Much Is Enough?

February 6, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

As an adjunct to the recent post on baby gooroo® on the effect of antenatal corticosteroids on the timing of lactogenesis II, recent data suggest that multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroid therapy may also interfere with fetal growth. ... (read more)

Got Milk?

February 1, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

If you are among the 500,000 mothers who give birth prematurely each year, your answer to the question, "Got milk?" may be, "Not yet." A group of Australian researchers recently investigated the effect of preterm birth and antenatal corticosteroids ... (read more)

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