Newborns to be tested for hiv - All newborn babies in the US are likely to be tested for HIV even though the test itself is not accurate, researchers have discovered. ...

Doctor Error: It’s rife, especially among the newborns - It’s an urban myth – and one that happens to be true – that the death rate plummets when doctors go on strike. Patients in hospital are especially vu...

Breastfeeding: It helps soothe the baby, doctors confirm 150,000 years of anecdotal evidence - Less than 20 years ago doctors genuinely believed that newborn babies didn’t feel pain. As a result, babies were even operated on without any analges...

Double exam for newborns wastes medical resources - The standard practice in maternity units of examining a newborn baby twice is a waste of resources and should be stopped. One examination is sufficien...

More newborns die in america - Deaths of newborns in the US has been 10 per cent higher than Norway and other Scandinavian countries for 1986 and 1987, the most recent data availabl...

Breastfeeding for the brainier - Further proof that breast is best comes from researchers who have discovered that breastfed babies enjoy a slight advantage in their neurological deve...

Caesarean: It triples the death rate in newborns - Babies born by Caesarean section are three times more likely to die soon afterwards than those born naturally, a new study has discovered.

Mercury exposure in diet can delay child development - Exposure to mercury in the diet of pregnant women can delay children's neurological development. ...