Air best to resuscitate newborns
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Air rather than oxygen should be used to resuscitate newborn babies and may even save lives, research suggests.
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Helium can be mighty dangerous on its own, but when combined with oxygen it seems to help lung patients breathe more easily. In Bodyhack.
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NEW YORK  - Research suggests that healthy   newborn infants do not have what doctors call "nasoaxillary   reflex" -- a protective reflex that helps keep their nasal   passages open.
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(HealthDay News) -- While bath time can be fun and relaxing for your newborn, you should be more concerned with keeping her safe in the tub. Here are a few suggestions, courtesy of the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University:   Newborns don't need a bath every day. Every other day is fine, as long as your baby is properly cleaned up after feedings and diaper changes. Your newborn will need a sponge bath at first -- don't submerge her in water until the umbilical cord has fallen off. Use a bath thermometer to be sure the water is about 90 degrees Fahrenheit. ...
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A HOSPITAL in the Netherlands has revealed it has been mercy-killing terminally ill newborns. The Groningen Academic Hospital recently proposed guidelines for the mercy killings of the terminally ill newborns
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BOSTON  - Following an asthma flare-up,  children who are given inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) with a  nebulizer are less likely to be re-hospitalized or need to go  the ER than are their peers using steroids delivered by a  non-nebulizer device, a new study shows.
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SATURDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) -- Planning ahead before pregnancy helps new moms give their babies the best possible start in life, experts say.
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NEW YORK  - A slight delay in cutting the  umbilical cord of a preterm infant may reduce the need for  blood transfusions and prevent brain hemorrhage, according to a  new report in.
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NEW YORK  - Polyethylene wrapping can help  prevent heat loss by very premature infants when they're born,  a Canadian group of researchers report.
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New ventilation units blast curtains of purified air between patients and nurses in Washington Hospital Center's emergency room. Outside, yellow tarpaulins and water taps can decontaminate people on the sidewalk.
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The master gene that controls the first breath a newborn baby takes has been identified by researchers at Cincinnati Children&#39;s Hospital Medical Center.
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NEW YORK  - A slight delay in cutting the umbilical cord of a preterm infant may reduce the need for blood transfusions and prevent brain hemorrhage, according to a new report in.
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New research suggests that more people survive major heart attacks with fewer problems if doctors use a mini-vacuum to clear out an artery blockage instead of pushing it aside to restore blood flow.
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SUNDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- Before becoming pregnant with her second child in 1984, pediatric nurse Barbara Harper had heard of a gentler way to deliver a child, something called &quot;waterbirth.&quot; But her doctor dismissed the notion as absurd.
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Many heart surgeons traditionally insist on fresh, whole blood donated within the last 48 hours for their tiniest patients. They feel that this âpureâ blood gives babies a better chance of surviving heart
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NEW YORK  - For children who need to go to  the ER because of a severe asthma attack, giving them an  intravenous infusion of magnesium sulphate along with  conventional medications provides an additional benefit, Hong  Kong doctors report.
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NEW YORK  - Pregnant women who live in  areas with high levels of air pollution may give birth to  slightly smaller babies, according to U.S. government  researchers.