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Unhappy mothers talk more to their baby boys, study finds
Mothers who are dissatisfied with their male partners spend more time talking to their infants — but only if the
Continue reading »Moderate to heavy drinking during pregnancy alters genes in newborns, mothers: Tests for prenatal exposure to alcohol and related health issues
Mothers who drink moderate to high levels of alcohol during pregnancy may be changing their babies’ DNA, according to a
Continue reading »Parents shouldn’t worry if their infant doesn’t sleep through the night by a year old: Study of close to 400 infants found no association between interrupted sleep and later developmental problems
New parents often expect their baby to start sleeping through the night by around six months of age. Indeed, they
Continue reading »Scoliosis linked to essential mineral: Children with severely curved spines may be unable to use manganese
Nobody knows why some children’s backs start to curve to one side just as they hit puberty. Most children diagnosed
Continue reading »Celebrity culture likely contributed to destigmatizing out-of-wedlock childbirth
In 1992, former Vice President Dan Quayle criticized the sitcom character Murphy Brown’s decision to have a child out of
Continue reading »Long-term cooking with coal, wood, or charcoal associated with cardiovascular death
Long-term use of coal, wood, or charcoal for cooking is associated with an increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease,
Continue reading »Making weight: Ensuring that micro preemies gain pounds and inches
A quality-improvement project to standardize feeding practices for micro preemies — preterm infants born months before their due date —
Continue reading »Birth study empowers pregnant women: Factors promoting and inhibiting natural birth
Research led by QUT Associate Professor Yvette Miller, from the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, asked almost 6000 women
Continue reading »Moderate alcohol consumption may boost male fertility
The question of whether alcohol intake affects male reproductive function is controversial. In a new Andrologystudy, moderate alcohol intake was
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