Archive for February, 2009

Newborn babies bereft of milk, humanitarian situation worsens in Vanni - TamilNet

Posted on Friday, February 27th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Newborn babies bereft of milk, humanitarian situation worsens in Vanni
TamilNet, Sri Lanka
Due to acute malnutrition and continued blockade of food thousands of mothers of newborn babies have gone barren to feed babies in besieged Mullaiththeevu. The substitute of powdered milk is also not available, seriously affecting thousands of babies

Babies Learn Music While Sleeping - Science Daily (press release)

Posted on Friday, February 27th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Babies Learn Music While Sleeping
Science Daily (press release)
Although adult perception has been extensively researched, how, or even if, the brains of newborn babies perceive patterns in the world remained a mystery. That mystery has been at least partially solved by an EU-funded research project, EmCAP,

More HIV testing can save babies' lives: UN report - Canada.com

Posted on Friday, February 27th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
More HIV testing can save babies' lives: UN report
Canada.com, Canada
A newborn baby whose mother is HIV positive is checked by a nurse before being given antiretroviral drugs. The UN urges countries across the world to expand screening of newborn infants exposed to the virus that causes AIDS, saying it could save the

UA mother attempts to kill newborn - KTAR.com

Posted on Friday, February 27th, 2009 at 8:51 am
UA mother attempts to kill newborn
KTAR.com, AZ
Since 2001, Arizona has had a law allowing parents or others to drop off newborn babies at churches, fire stations, hospitals and other so-called “safe havens'' without facing charges of abandonment or neglect if the infant is unharmed.

Utah leads the nation in newborn screenings - ABC 4

Posted on Friday, February 27th, 2009 at 5:04 am
Utah leads the nation in newborn screenings
ABC 4, Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) - Fifty-five thousand babies are born in Utah every year, and the March of Dimes says our state is trying to improve the health of every single one. Utah is being recognized across the country right now as a leader in newborn

Sick babies frozen in new treatment in bid to beat brain damage - Scotsman

Posted on Friday, February 27th, 2009 at 3:37 am
Sick babies frozen in new treatment in bid to beat brain damage
Scotsman, United Kingdom
The revolutionary treatment involves plunging the newborns into a state of hypothermia – chilling their tiny bodies for up to 72 hours. w the traditional practice of keeping newborn babies warm. Research has shown that by chilling newborns from the

Village is helping to save newborn babies in Africa - Hamilton Advertiser news

Posted on Friday, February 27th, 2009 at 1:26 am
Village is helping to save newborn babies in Africa
Hamilton Advertiser news, UK
Over the Christmas and New Year period, £1156 was raised for the Kangaroo Appeal which supports the premature babies ward in Mulanje Hospital in Malawi. Donations were collected from the congregation at St Ninian’s, staff at Stonehouse Primary and

Doctors separate new-born baby girls joined at chest - Viet Nam News

Posted on Friday, February 27th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Doctors separate new-born baby girls joined at chest
Viet Nam News, Vietnam
HCM CITY — Doctors at HCM City’s Paediatrics Hospital 1 said Wednesday they have successfully separated a pair of newborn conjoined girl babies and they are now doing well. The 3.9kg babies, joined at the chest, were born two weeks earlier at a