News tagged with baby powder


SKorean firms recall asbestos-tainted baby powder

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Three South Korean manufacturers said Thursday they are recalling baby powder products after health authorities announced that they contain cancer-causing asbestos.





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Use of baby personal care products associated with higher levels of phthalates

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 04, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Babies recently treated with infant personal care products such as lotion, shampoo, and powder, were more likely to have manmade chemicals called phthalates in their urine than other babies, according to University of Washington ...


Indonesian woman gives birth to 8.7 kilo boy

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An Indonesian woman has given birth to an 8.7-kilogramme (19.2-pound) baby boy, the heaviest newborn ever recorded in the country, a doctor said Wednesday.


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Perfectly proportioned: Working to improve dry compaction and sintering

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The manufacture of parts by compaction and sintering involves filling a die with metal powder. Research scientists have simulated this process for the first time to achieve an evenly distributed ...


Miracle Aussie baby beats rare condition in world first

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3

A "miracle" Australian baby has become the first person cured of a rare and deadly brain-melting condition after doctors gambled on an experimental drug tested only on mice, they said Thursday.


One tonne 'Baby' goes mobile

One tonne 'Baby' goes mobile

Technology / Software

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It took a one-tonne computer the size of a room to run a simple mathematics program in 1948 - but now computer scientists have made it available on your mobile.


University lab demonstrates 3-D printing in glass

University lab demonstrates 3-D printing in glass

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

A team of engineers and artists working at the University of Washington's Solheim Rapid Manufacturing Laboratory has developed a way to create glass objects using a conventional 3-D printer. The technique ...


Duke Studies New Approach in Fetal Transplants for Metabolic Disorders

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers say a new development in cord blood transplants for inherited metabolic disorders may be curative for some babies who are treated while still in the womb.


When a Twin is not a Twin

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A woman in Fort Worth, Arkansas is carrying two babies that may not be twins, and which may have been conceived two and a half weeks apart. The two babies may be the result of superfetation, a rare phenomenon ...


Scientists explain mystery of observed turbulent density fluctuations in interplanetary space

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville have developed a three-dimensional simulation model to understand behavior of interplanetary charged particles in space.


Postpartum Baby Blues Impact Majority of New Moms

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tracy Perkins Rodriguez, 36, thought her life was finally on the upswing. When her husband returned from his third tour of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, the couple purchased their dream home and promptly became pregnant with ...



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