Neonatal Medicine
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Enriched infant formula offers no academic benefit later: Study
Researchers analyzed academic results of adolescents who were given either fortified formula or standard formula as infants and found no benefit...
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Stress, depression during pregnancy can harm child
"Maternal depression leaves signals in the placenta at genes critical for fetal brain programming."
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You’ve been uneasy about the mother’s boyfriend: This may be why
Recently, a professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University discovered a specific set of neurons in the mouse brain that...
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Maternal SSRI use linked to more encephalopathy in newborns, risk still small
Overall risk remains extremely small, large retrospective study finds.
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COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy may protect baby, too
“The presence of these anti-spike antibodies in the cord blood should, at least in theory, offer these newborns some degree of protection,” a...
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COVID-19 linked to baby bust in high-income countries
Researchers found a significant COVID-19-related decline in crude birth rates in 7 of 22 high-income countries.
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‘Reassuring’ findings for second-generation antipsychotics during pregnancy
“For women with major mood and/or psychotic disorders, treatment with an atypical antipsychotic during pregnancy may be the most prudent clinical...
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Febrile infant guideline allows wiggle room on hospital admission, testing
Evidence-based guidelines use language to guide, but not direct, clinicians in balancing the risks of infections and invasive procedures.
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Does early delivery for FGR affect school outcomes?
Among children born severely small, iatrogenic delivery may be associated with increased odds of poorer educational outcomes, a study in JAMA...
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Pregnant women no longer detained by ICE
In a new policy issued by the Biden administration, pregnant, nursing, or postpartum undocumented immigrants will no longer be detained by ICE.
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Postpartum depression affects dads, too
Ultimately, all the men interviewed for the study sought formal help from a health care provider, but six went through several months of...