Infant Health Articles

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  Pacifier

  A pacifier (American English), dummy (British English) or soother (Canadian English), is a rubber or plastic nipple given to an infant or other young child to suck ... > more
• Healthy Aging
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  Sudden infant death syndrome

  Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is any sudden and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant aged one month to one year. The term cot death is often used in the United Kingdom, and crib ... > more
• Birth Defects
  Alcoholism
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  Addiction
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  Brain Injury
   
  

  Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

  Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) describes a spectrum of permanent and often devastating birth-defect syndromes caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during ... > more
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  Multiple birth

  Twins, triplets and other multiple births occur with to varying degrees in most animal species. The most common form of human multiple birth is twins (two babies), but cases of triplets (three), ... > more
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  Umbilical cord

  In placental mammals, the umbilical cord is a tube that connects a developing embryo or fetus to its placenta. It contains one or two major vessels, buried within Wharton's jelly, for the exchange of ... > more
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  Child

  The Convention on the Rights of the Child defines a child as "every human being below the age of 18 years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier". Child ... > more
• Breastfeeding
  Infant's Health
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  Folic Acid
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  Breastfeeding

  Breastfeeding is the process of a woman feeding an infant or young child with milk produced from her breasts, usually directly from the nipples. Babies have a sucking urge that usually enables them ... > more
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Developmental Biology
  Hormone Disorders
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  Nervous System
   
  

  Placenta

  The placenta is an ephemeral (temporary) organ present only in female placental vertebrates during gestation (pregnancy). All mammals other than monotremes and (most) marsupials utilise placentas in ... > more
• Fertility
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  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Women's Health
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  Fertility

  Fertility is the ability of people or animals to produce healthy offspring in abundance, and of the earth to bear fruit. Human fertility depends on factors of nutrition, sexual behavior, culture, ... > more
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Birth Defects
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
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  Infant's Health
   
  

  Fetus

  A fetus (also foetus) is a developing mammal after the embryonic stage and before birth. The plural is fetuses or foetuses. In humans, a fetus develops from the end of the 8th week of pregnancy (when ... > more

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