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Long-Term Benefits of Morphine Treatment in Infants Confirmed in Rodent Study
sea-maid submitted, created time 2 weeks 3 days (www.filterproof.com)
A recent study conducted by researchers at Georgia State University is the first of its kind to demonstrate that administration of preemptive morphine prior to a painful procedure in infancy blocks the long-term negative consequences of pain in adult rodents. These studies have serious implications for the way anesthetics and analgesics are administered to neonates prior to surgery. 
Aggressive Phototherapy No Bonus for the Tiniest Babies
piggy submitted, created time 3 weeks 1 day (www.medpagetoday.com)
HOUSTON, Oct. 29 -- For infants weighing 1,000 g or less, aggressive phototherapy was no better at reducing death rates or neurodevelopmental impairment than conservative treatment, a randomized trial found.
Aggressive treatment was effective in reducing neurodevelopmental impairment alone, but a subgroup analysis suggested that this benefit may have been offset by a tendency toward an increase in mortality among infants weighing only 501 g to 750 g at birth, said Jon E. Tyson, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Texas, and colleagues
Baby's Little Smiles: Building a Relationship with Mom
jerry submitted, created time 1 month 4 weeks (www.sciam.com)
How smiles—and pouts—are helping researchers probe the essence of the complex mother-infant bond.
Blocking enzyme could help in rare blood cancer
jerry submitted, created time 2 months 3 days (www.reuters.com)
An enzyme that fights some kinds of cancers may foster the growth of a rare type of leukemia that affects babies, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday in a finding that may lead to new drugs for the hard-to-treat disease. There is also talk of applications in Alzheimer's and diabetes.
The enzyme is called glycogen synthase kinase, or GSK3, and blocking it might be an effective way to treat this type of leukemia--for which chemotherapy is characteristically ineffective. Existing drugs used for bipolar disease seem to do a shaky but effective job.
Maternal flu shots protect newborns: U.S. study
jerry submitted, created time 2 months 4 days (www.reuters.com)
Flu shots given to pregnant women a month or more before delivery will prevent most cases of influenza during the first six months of their babies' lives, researchers said.
C-sections might affect a new mother's ability to bond
Darkfrog submitted, created time 2 months 1 week (well.blogs.nytimes.com)
This is interesting. It's a New York Times writeup of a study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry showing that women who deliver their children vaginally as opposed to by C-section are more responsive to the sound of infants crying a short time after the birth takes place.
There are some flaws in this study. First off, it only involved a small number of women, which increases the likelihood of statistical errors. Second, it does not show how whether this is a case of delayed attachment or stunted attachment. C-section moms might well catch up as time passes
Secret of Newborn's First Words Revealed
kavin submitted, created time 2 months 3 weeks (www.sciencedaily.com)
A new study could explain why "daddy" and "mommy" are often a baby's first words – the human brain may be hard-wired to recognize certain repetition patterns. Using the latest optical brain imaging techniques, University of British Columbia post-doctoral fellow Judit Gervain and a team of researchers from Italy and Chile documented brain activities of twenty-two newborns (two to three days old) when exposed to recordings of made-up words
Lack of time on tummy shown to hinder achievement
sea-maid submitted, created time 3 months 2 weeks (www.eurekalert.org)
The American Physical Therapy Association is urging parents and caregivers to ensure that babies get enough "tummy time" throughout the day while they are awake and supervised, in light of a recent survey of therapists who say they've noticed an increase in motor delays in infants who spend too much time on their backs while awake.
New insight into SIDS--can seratonin alone cause death?
sea-maid submitted, created time 4 months 2 weeks (www.nature.com)
Mouse model suggests serotonin might play a role in crib death. This research team created mice with unusually high levels of seratonin receptor 1a (Htr1a), a receptor that binds to seratonin, decreasing the free levels of the neurotransmitter. (In other words, a mouse with high levels of receptor 1a will seem like a mouse with low levels of seratonin, even though its ability to produce seratonin is unimpaired.) They found that the mice periodically went into "crisis" states during which their heart rates and body temperatures plummeted
Rotavirus and rotavirus vaccines
sea-maid submitted, created time 4 months 3 weeks (www.latimes.com)
So far so good for the new rotavirus vaccine. It has delayed the onset of the most recent season by three months, and the number of cases was the lowest since tracking of the infection began.
The rotavirus causes severe vomiting and diarrhea in infants and small children.
Case-control study of self-reported genitourinary infections and risk of gastroschisis
sea-maid submitted, created time 5 months 4 days (www.bmj.com)
This rare abnormality, commonest among babies of teenage mothers, is increasing: this US study (findings from the national birth defects prevention study, 1997-2003) found a significant association with self-reported infections in early pregnancy. The accompanying editorial agrees that genitourinary infection in early pregnancy can be added to the existing list of risk factors.
Effect of 50 000 IU vitamin A given with BCG vaccine on mortality in infants in Guinea-Bissau
sea-maid submitted, created time 5 months 4 days (www.bmj.com)
Vitamin A supplementation reduces mortality in older children, but a global recommendation of high dose supplementation for all newborn infants may not contribute to better survival, say the authors of this randomised controlled trial. The accompanying editorial says that benefit depends on the setting, baseline infant mortality, and vitamin A deficiency.
CDC: Hospitals Not Promoting Breast-Feeding
jerry submitted, created time 5 months 1 week (www.time.com)
Most U.S. hospitals don't do very well when it comes to promoting breast-feeding, according to the first national report to look at the issue. The average hospital scored 63 out of 100, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
Fetal scalp sampling in labor--better for diagnosing hypoxia?
sea-maid submitted, created time 5 months 2 weeks (www.bmj.com)
Is scalp pH analysis more effective at diagnosing hypoxia in the fetus during labor than scalp lactate analysis? According to this randomised controlled multicenter trial of the two methods, acidemia at birth, operative interventions, low Apgar scores at five minutes, and admissions to neonatal intensive care units did not differ significantly. James P Neilson, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology, asks in an accompanying editorial if less invasive alternatives exist.
the unleashed innate responses
sea-maid submitted, created time 5 months 3 weeks (www.pnas.org)
From this study, we know that neonates might suffer from the unleashed innate responses caused by an insufficient number of T cells, which leads to increased morbidity and mortality.
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