babies
Doctors should offer women birth control right after babies arrive
Health & Fitness
August 6, 2016
Doctors should offer women birth control right after babies arrive
Women should have the chance to get long-acting birth control like intrauterine devices (IUDs) before they leave the hospital with…
How best to talk to babies to help nurture developing brains
Health & Fitness
July 9, 2016
How best to talk to babies to help nurture developing brains
A commentary, published in Jama Paediatrics, highlights the importance of talking to babies right from birth.
Young babies perceive touch differently
Life & Style
October 29, 2015
Young babies perceive touch differently
New research suggests that up to the age of four months, babies experience touch without knowing where that touch is…
Many babies exposed to unnecessary pain in research
Health & Fitness
October 10, 2015
Many babies exposed to unnecessary pain in research
Babies often suffer unnecessary pain in clinical studies, potentially breaching international standards for ethical research, according to a new review…
Study: Detergents linked to genital defects in babies
Health & Fitness
June 6, 2015
Study: Detergents linked to genital defects in babies
Pregnant women regularly exposed to a range of detergents, solvents and pesticides have a substantially greater risk of giving birth…
Hospital efforts to save very premature babies vary widely in US
Health & Fitness
May 7, 2015
Hospital efforts to save very premature babies vary widely in US
They weigh as little as a pound yet force some of the toughest choices in all of medicine. Extremely premature…
Britain to offer all infants meningitis B vaccine
Cinema/TV
March 30, 2015
Britain to offer all infants meningitis B vaccine
Britain says it will become the first country to offer all babies a vaccine for potentially fatal meningitis B after…
Eastern Chinese province first to ease one-child policy
World
January 17, 2014
Eastern Chinese province first to ease one-child policy
China's wealthy eastern province of Zhejiang became the first to implement a new landmark relaxation of the country's strict one-child…
Leap year babies
Life & Style
February 29, 2012
Leap year babies
In British tradition, it is the one day women can propose to men for marriage. According to Greek superstition, couples…
Rise in cesarean births could be putting mothers and babies at risk
Life & Style
January 9, 2012
Rise in cesarean births could be putting mothers and babies at risk
Although the exact rate cannot be confirmed, the number of cesarean section deliveries (also known as "c-sections") in Egypt has…