Health & Safety

By Jyoti Pal

The million dollar question then is why a mother would not feed the little one, despite having knowledge of the associated benefits?

The mother’s milk is nutritious and it enhances the immunity of the infants. It is more economical than the milk available in the open market. For the mothers, it comes with the added advantage of reducing the chances of breast cancer.

By Jyoti Pal

Furthermore, such twins report frequent admissions to the neo-natal intensive care ward and are twice more likely to die just before or just after birth, researchers at the Universities of Western Australia and Oxford assert.

Details of the study
Hospital admissions for all twins (both conceived naturally and through ART) born in Western Australia between 1994 and 2000 were assessed for the purpose.

By neelampisces

Now researchers at the Northwestern University have found that diluted bleach baths could provide powerful relief from the problem.

Their findings show that adding a small amount of household bleach to a child's bathwater can significantly reduce the itching and rashes caused by eczema, which affects 17 percent of school-age children.

By neelampisces

FDA warns adults not to let children touch testosterone gel
The federal officials warned yesterday that both boys and girls can experience troubling side effects if they come into contact with topical testosterone gels accidentally.

The national health agency warned adults not to cradle, hug or provide bareback piggyback rides to babies and kids after applying the Testosterone cream to the arms, shoulders or abdomen, as prescribed.

By Jyoti Pal

Promote breastfeeding
The growth charts currently in use are based on the 1990 formula-fed baby data. As formula fed babies tend to gain weight faster than their breast fed counterparts, such babies weigh about a kg (2.2lbs) more by the age of one.

The weight difference and slow growth in breastfeeding babies prompts mothers to replace breastfeed with formula feed. The tendency of gaining weight faster and earlier in life is linked to a higher risk of obesity later, experts caution.

By neelampisces

The study findings also demonstrated that hypertensive kids are also more likely to have a higher body mass index (BMI), an indicator of body fat. And, if kids are both hypertensive and obese, they are also more likely to develop anxiety and depression, suggested the findings.

By Smrity Sharma

As mothers spend more time with children, especially when they are young, too much focus has been put on the mental health of mothers and hence the role of fathers has been "under emphasised", the report warned.

Past studies have linked parental alcoholism with an increased risk of conduct disorders, delinquency, substance abuse, and emotional disorders, depression and poor self-esteem in kids, particularly in sons.

By Jyoti Pal

616 asthmatic children between ages 6 and 14 were enrolled for the study. Using blood monitoring methods, the levels of Vitamin D were measured in children with asthma.

While 21 children reportedly measured “deficient” in circulating levels of Vitamin D, 152 had blood vitamin D levels considered "insufficient", researchers highlighted.

By Alice Noman

Teething can start as early as 3 months or, in some cases, as late as 12 months. By their 3rd birthday, an average child will have twenty milk teeth.

“Oral health care is as important as general health care. It’s very important that parents pay attention to their children's oral health
and begin taking care of their children's teeth early, during infancy,” says Dr Meenakshi Kher, a paediatric dentist at Happy Tooth Clinic.