Tag: babies
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Study: Grandparent caregivers aren’t up on latest safety standards for babies and children
Grandparents might be more quick to say yes to grandkids but they might also be a little behind the times on the the new safety guidelines that could better protect...
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Use of pacifiers could lead to very sick babies, study finds
Oklahoma State University researchers report that they have found a wide range of disease-causing bacteria, fungus and mold on pacifiers that young children had been using. In research presented at...
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Norton Healthcare implements a mobile application that allows doctors to monitor patients, especially expectant mothers
Norton Healthcare is the first health-care provider in Kentucky to implement a patient monitoring system that allows obstetricians to monitor expectant mothers while they’re in labor via the physician’s...
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Kentucky doctor honored for her work in bolstering health and preventing deaths of babies born a few weeks early
A Kentucky neonatalogist was honored this week for giving the state “a role in catalyzing a national movement around healthier babies.” Ruth Ann Shepherd, M.D., division director for maternal and...
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Infant mortality, pre-term birth, teenage pregnancy, children living in smokers’ homes all drop even as as child poverty goes up
Nationwide, the rates of infants who die, babies who are born prematurely, teens who are having babies, and the percentage of young children who live in a home where someone...
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Mothers should try to go to full term in their pregnancies, but many are unaware of the risks of early delivery, UK study finds
Illustration by Michelle Kumata via KRT Babies who are born before the full term of 40 weeks may have health problems later in life, since important brain development takes place...