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Fear, Anger or Pain: Why Do Babies Cry?
February 19, 2013 Researchers have studied adults' accuracy in the recognition of the emotion causing babies to cry. Eye movement and the dynamic of the cry play a key role in recognition. It is not easy to know why a ... > full story -
Baby Wash Does Not Damage Baby's Skin Barrier Function, Study Finds
February 18, 2013 New research has found washing newborn babies in a specific baby wash is just as safe as using water alone in terms of maintaining healthy ... > full story -
Caffeine Linked to Low Birth Weight Babies
February 18, 2013 Maternal nutrition is important to a developing embryo and to the health of the child later in life. Supplementing the diet with specific vitamins is known to increase health of the fetus for example ... > full story -
Shedding New Light on Infant Brain Development
February 18, 2013 A new study finds that the infant brain does not control its blood flow the same way as the adult brain, that the control of brain blood flow develops with age. These findings could change the way ... > full story -
Is There a Neanderthal in the House?
February 17, 2013 As we humans evolved over the millennia to walk on two legs, grow larger brains and shorter jaws, bear big babies and live longer, we’ve also experienced some negative consequences. But keeping ... > full story -
Smoking Bans Linked With 'Successive Reductions' in Preterm Birth
February 14, 2013 Smoking bans are associated with a "consistent pattern of reduction in the risk of preterm delivery," finds a new ... > full story -
Bilingual Babies Know Their Grammar by 7 Months
February 14, 2013 Babies as young as seven months can distinguish between, and begin to learn, two languages with vastly different grammatical structures, according to new ... > full story -
Probiotic-Derived Treatment Offers New Hope for Premature Babies
February 13, 2013 "Good" bacteria that live in our intestines have been linked with a variety of health benefits, from fighting disease to preventing obesity. In a new study medical researchers have discovered another ... > full story -
Food and Beverages Not Likely to Make Breast-Fed Babies Fussy
February 13, 2013 Many new moms fear that eating the wrong foods while breast-feeding will make their baby fussy. However, no sound scientific evidence exists to support claims that certain foods or beverages lead to ... > full story -
Birth Order Linked to Increased Risk of Diabetes, Metabolic Disorders
February 12, 2013 Long a source of sibling rivalry, birth order may raise the risk of first-born children developing diabetes or high blood pressure, according to a recent ... > full story
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