tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-185513 2007-05-23T09:22:14-04:00 TypePad 40.765714-73.985607healthybabybloghttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-34392762 2007-05-23T09:22:14-04:00 2007-05-23T09:22:14-04:00 Primary Editor When your child has a cold with a runny stuffed nose, it can be frustrating when they can not blow their own nose. Congestion interferes with sleep, feeding and makes for an overall cranky child, and parent too. Nosefrida is a plastic tube with a...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/WttpRVKj2qg" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2007/05/nosefridanasal_.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-34121752 2007-05-16T10:54:30-04:00 2007-05-16T10:54:30-04:00 Primary Editor Do you feel as if you're constantly wiping your baby's nose? You probably are! The common cold strikes most healthy babies at some point — often repeatedly. Most colds last a week or two, but some linger even longer. In the meantime, there's plenty...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/3vdshqtuEts" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2007/05/babies_and_the_.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-33841080 2007-05-09T00:35:16-04:00 2007-05-09T00:35:16-04:00 Primary Editor Dr. Winchester and colleagues linked the scores of the students in grades 3 through 10 who took the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (ISTEP) examination with the month in which each student had been conceived. The researchers found...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/nVTI_dtH9lo" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2007/05/summer_concepti.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-33753058 2007-05-07T08:31:02-04:00 2007-05-07T08:31:02-04:00 Primary Editor A study of more than 1.5 million children clearly showed that those conceived in the summer - when pesticide use is at its highest - are less clever than other youngsters. It is thought that spring babies may fare less well at school because they...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/I1Kgq25vHng" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2007/05/babies_born_in_.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-33653034 2007-05-04T09:17:48-04:00 2007-05-04T09:17:48-04:00 Primary Editor A device the size of an iPod could give women with high-risk pregnancies a way to monitor the health of the fetus. Discerning the heartbeat of a baby still in the womb is a bit like making out a murmur in a crowded room. However, researchers at the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/mPPUlcjC63c" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2007/05/listening_to_a_.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-33590114 2007-05-02T18:45:59-04:00 2007-05-02T18:45:59-04:00 Primary Editor U.S. infant mortality declined slightly in 2004 to the lowest level on record, but the rate for babies born to black mothers was more than double that of whites, federal health officials said on Wednesday. The infant mortality rate, tracking deaths...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/yFPL8k6hFLY" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2007/05/us_infant_morta.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-33589252 2007-05-02T18:16:19-04:00 2007-05-02T18:16:19-04:00 Primary Editor According to a new report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tooth decay has increased in preschool children while oral health continues to improve among older Americans. The report says that tooth decay in primary teeth...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/ETWRmAhWKiY" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2007/05/tooth_decay_in_.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-33588728 2007-05-02T18:00:35-04:00 2007-05-02T18:00:35-04:00 Primary Editor Cleanliness can be overdone, according to investigators here, at least when it comes to exposing the developing immune systems of infants to allergens. The researchers believe they have confirmed the so-called hygiene hypothesis -- that early...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/p2vaadhvMbs" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2007/05/for_infant_immu.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-33207054 2007-04-23T00:30:47-04:00 2007-04-23T00:30:47-04:00 Primary Editor The UK government is planning to stop funding a study to understand obesity in children. The study fits children with accelerometers to measure how much energy each child uses in a day by moving. The results are surprising. Those children who do...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/1oT_SJE2NuA" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2007/04/uk_study_sport_.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-33206752 2007-04-23T00:14:38-04:00 2007-04-23T00:14:38-04:00 Primary Editor A baby boy with unusually big muscles — caused by a gene mutation — is helping scientists to discover new muscular dystrophy drugs. Myostatin was discovered in mice in 1992 in Lee's Johns Hopkins lab. In 1996 he proved its importance by showing that...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/3nHz3u3g_3c" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2007/04/superbaby_is_he.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-14516369 2006-12-07T08:51:51-05:00 2006-12-07T08:51:51-05:00 Primary Editor Starting out life with a depressed or an abusive parent appears to make a number of issues challenging for children. Infants are dependent on caregivers for help with regulating behavior, physiological state, and emotions. With development, children...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/QqmceZ0742s" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/12/early_stress_in.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-14145618 2006-11-16T14:57:04-05:00 2006-11-16T14:57:04-05:00 Primary Editor They found that women who ate the most soy-based foods (such as tofu, miso, natto) during ages 5-11 reduced their risk of developing breast cancer by 58 percent, compared to women who ate the least amount. The corresponding reductions for adolescent...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/c3NbdIQZeVo" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/11/childhood_soy_i.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-14133915 2006-11-16T00:28:49-05:00 2006-11-16T00:28:49-05:00 Primary Editor Breastfeeding vs. bottle feeding may have little to do with better verbal skills during preschool years, according to a new study. A number of studies have linked breastfeeding with higher childhood IQ scores. These studies connected this finding to...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/SZmV_1czXBI" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/11/breastfeeding_a.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-14097526 2006-11-14T13:29:36-05:00 2006-11-14T13:29:36-05:00 Primary Editor Rachel Weisz has provoked a storm of controversy by saying it is acceptable for pregnant women to drink alcohol. The Oscar winner, who gave birth to her first child, Henry Chance, in May, said she thought it was "fine" for expectant mothers to have...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/fUpJo542Z14" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/11/controversy_ove.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-14092537 2006-11-14T09:18:13-05:00 2006-11-14T09:18:13-05:00 Primary Editor Eating more red meat may be associated with a higher risk for hormone receptor-positive breast cancers in premenopausal women, according to a report in the November 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/P4DMs-gVE0A" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/11/red_meat_intake.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-14085160 2006-11-13T21:20:15-05:00 2006-11-13T21:20:15-05:00 Primary Editor Women with the immune disease lupus who become pregnant face a much higher risk of serious complications and even death, U.S. researchers reported on Saturday. Their findings confirm evidence that had suggested pregnancy is dangerous for women with...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/MSH1fFtxHI4" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/11/lupus_raises_pr.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-14085125 2006-11-13T21:16:58-05:00 2006-11-13T21:16:58-05:00 Primary Editor A new crackdown on Medicaid fraud is forcing states to follow the letter of the law to a harsh and dismal place. Under orders from the Bush administration, they are erecting unnecessary paperwork obstacles that could deny medical care to poor...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/4yUpsOTcFuo" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/11/a_crackdown_on_.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-14085004 2006-11-13T21:05:31-05:00 2006-11-13T21:05:31-05:00 Primary Editor New science that shows voluntary C-sections are significantly more dangerous than vaginal deliveries has caused a stir among the obstetrics and childbirth community. A recent study of nearly 6 million U.S. newborns found the risk of death for those...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/wz6p0zw92_o" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/11/more_women_are_.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-13470127 2006-10-16T21:58:23-04:00 2006-10-16T21:58:23-04:00 Primary Editor A randomized controlled trial, in which patients were randomly assigned to receive either the treatment or a placebo, dispelled long-held beliefs. Such trials are the cornerstone of "evidence-based medicine," which has galvanized doctors perhaps...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/rC26S6JEVoI" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/10/patients_are_in.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-13444893 2006-10-16T02:48:40-04:00 2006-10-16T02:48:40-04:00 Primary Editor While breast feeding has many advantages for the child and mother, enhancement of the child's intelligence is unlikely to be among them. Results The mother's IQ was more highly predictive of breastfeeding status than were her race, education, age,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/H0Aq756TkOo" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/10/breast_feeding_.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-13444552 2006-10-16T01:55:26-04:00 2006-10-16T01:55:26-04:00 Primary Editor Eating too much oily fish during pregnancy may increase the risk of delivering the baby too early, scientists believe. The researchers told New Scientist magazine the harm is probably caused by high mercury levels in oily fish such as mackerel,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/uO8G1_EfVro" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/10/pregnant_women_.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-13192887 2006-10-04T20:04:04-04:00 2006-10-04T20:04:04-04:00 Primary Editor Flu shots are not just for grown-ups. Little ones are at high risk of complications from the flu. So the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has expanded its recommendations about which youngsters should get the annual flu shot. The CDC’s Dr....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/SKGo4GteyqE" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/10/flu_shots_for_b.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-13174081 2006-10-03T21:25:27-04:00 2006-10-03T21:25:27-04:00 Primary Editor “Child care clearly matters to children’s development, but family characteristics — and children’s experiences within their families — appear to matter more.” The study demonstrated that quality, quantity, and type of child care — defined as any...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/IjrUm5VQrh0" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/10/family_characte.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-13161210 2006-10-03T08:09:55-04:00 2006-10-03T08:09:55-04:00 Primary Editor Babies with a family history of diabetes who were introduced to cereals before or after the recommended age of four to six months had a higher risk of developing a precursor to the disease, researchers said on Tuesday. Two teams of researchers --...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/hRG9eN8zbCA" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/10/feeding_cereal_.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-13160801 2006-10-03T07:35:48-04:00 2006-10-03T07:35:48-04:00 Primary Editor The National Center for Health Statistics released final birth data for 2004 showing that more than 508,000 babies were born prematurely. The report also includes preterm birth rates by state. "These numbers underscore the need to address premature...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/6bZR3TKeI3g" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/10/onethird_of_inf.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-13155512 2006-10-02T22:03:10-04:00 2006-10-02T22:03:10-04:00 Primary Editor Exposure to medication during the first three months of pregnancy may increase the changes of a baby being born with cleft lip or cleft palate. FDA MedWatch<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/WfN7mmbycP4" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/10/lamictal_lamotr.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-13154739 2006-10-02T20:58:20-04:00 2006-10-02T20:58:20-04:00 Primary Editor America is a lot better on one measure of how our babies are doing – but not on another. We're doing better against infant mortality – not surviving the first year. The America's Children report says the infant mortality rate dropped from 7 percent...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/UDxNKBxVpUY" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/10/healthier_babie.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-13140702 2006-10-02T08:29:00-04:00 2006-10-02T08:29:00-04:00 Primary Editor Her little boy suffers from Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). He is one of 6,000 children born every year with physical and mental problems because their mothers drank while they were pregnant. Shocking research out today reveals that 61 per cent of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/yRrYpR5MnKE" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/10/binge_drinking_.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-13140522 2006-10-02T08:14:39-04:00 2006-10-02T08:14:39-04:00 Primary Editor Putting on a few extra pounds during pregnancy has been thought to be a normal and healthy part of the gestational process. But what happens when a woman gains too much weight, or too little? According to data published this month in Obstetrics &...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/healthybabyblog/~4/MxG98Bew0J8" height="1" width="1"/> http://healthy.babyblog.com/2006/10/weight_gain_dur.html