News tagged with young infants
Parents of new babies should be considered for a whooping cough booster, say experts
Nov 28, 2008 |
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A booster vaccination for parents of new babies and other household members may be the most effective way of preventing the fatal form of whooping cough in young infants, say a group of paediatric intensive care doctors on ...
Minor shift in vaccine schedule has potential to reduce infant illness, death
Nov 03, 2008 |
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A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University suggests that protecting infants from a common, highly contagious and even deadly disease may be as easy as administering a ...
New test could help catch serious infections in babies
Oct 06, 2008 |
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A simple blood test may help detect serious bacterial infections (SBIs) like urinary tract infections and blood stream infections in young infants who come to the emergency department (ED) with fevers that have no clear cause.
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The neural basis of 'number sense' in young infants
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Feb 05, 2008 |
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Behavioral experiments indicate that infants aged 4 ˝ months or older possess an early “number sense” that allows them to detect changes in the number of objects. However, the neural basis of this ability was previously unknown.
Study shows 3-month-olds are sensitive to emotional cues referring to objects in the world
Jun 11, 2008 |
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Scientists have discovered that three-month-old infants are sensitive to emotional signals that refer to objects in the world. It was once thought that young infants could only process social signals that were directed at ...
Study assesses TV viewing and verbal interactions among low-income parents and infants
May 05, 2008 |
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Mothers in low-income families seldom speak to their infants while the children are watching television or videos, which most do on a daily basis, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Me ...
Infants able to identify humans as source of speech, monkeys as source of monkey calls
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Infants as young as five months old are able to correctly identify humans as the source of speech and monkeys as the source of monkey calls, psychology researchers have found. Their finding, which appears in the latest issue ...
Wait times for surgical repair of hernias among infants and young children
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Longer wait times for surgical repair of inguinal hernias in infants and young children under the age of 2 were associated with more emergency department visits and a greater risk of incarcerated hernia, found a study published ...
Evidence that priming affiliation increases helping behavior in infants as young as 18 months
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Sep 02, 2009 |
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Most of us are willing to help a neighbor in need, but there's no question that we pay a price for our altruism. Not necessarily in money, but in valuable time and energy, and with no promise of payback. So, why do we engage ...
You can't always get what you want: Young infants understand goals, even if unsuccessful
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 28, 2009 |
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We all have goals and desires, but unfortunately, they are not always achieved. For example, a fouled basketball player tries for a free throw shot, but misses. It may be obvious that he wanted to make the shot, but the outcome ...
British infants to get meningitis vaccine
Aug 28, 2006 |
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British health officials are beginning an immunization program designed to prevent infants and young children from contacting meningitis and septicemia.
Walking tall to protect the species
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Dec 12, 2007 |
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The transition from apes to humans may have been partially triggered by the need to stand on two legs, in order to safely carry heavier babies. This theory of species evolution presented by Lia Amaral from the University ...
Scientists study infant perception
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Mar 19, 2007 |
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U.S. medical scientists have determined infants are able to detect at least some three-dimensional images.
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