Breast-feeding may not cut allergy risk
Pregnant women and new mothers receive many messages regarding the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding for babies in the first year of life.
Nov 07, 2015, 10:15 AM ISTSinging is more effective than talking for soothing crying babies
Researchers deliberately chose a language and music that would be unfamiliar to the babies.
Oct 29, 2015, 10:16 AM ISTRadio frequency identification in govt hospitals to tag babies
Adequate caution notices had been put up for antenatal, natal and post natal mothers, telling them not to leave their children under the care of strangers.
Oct 27, 2015, 22:06 PM ISTThe sooner babies get cochlear implants, the better
Infants with profound hearing loss, who received cochlear implants to improve their hearing, soon babbled as often as their hearing peers, allowing them to catch up developmentally.
Oct 23, 2015, 09:26 AM ISTBlocking light can brighten preemies' survival chances
The survival rate of preemies -- premature babies -- born between 26 to 31 weeks of gestation can be improved by blocking light from reaching the intravenously-fed infused nutritious mixture they depend on for survival, says a new study.
Sep 28, 2015, 20:31 PM IST