Dummies reduce risk of cot death
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Parents are advised to give a dummy to newborn babies every time they sleep to reduce the risk of cot death.
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Cold and cough medicines given to infants and toddlers work no better than dummy pills and can be dangerous, pediatricians seeking to curb their use told government health advisers Thursday.
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Babies who never sleep on their stomachs don&#39;t learn behaviors that may lessen their risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St.
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Giving a woman an infusion of Epsom salts when she goes into premature labor can help protect her baby from cerebral palsy, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
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NAIROBI, Oct 8 (IPS) - First, the good news: while nearly one in five  children was dying before the age of five in the early 1960s,  this figure had dropped to less than one in 12 by 2002.
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Newborns should be screened for heart abnormalities to reduce the risk of cot death, researchers say.
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People with at least some education beyond high school have a lower cancer death risk than those with less education, according to a U.S. study published on Tuesday
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Health centers staffed by trained   midwives are the key to reducing maternal deaths in poor   countries where more than half a million women die each year   giving birth.
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New hi-tech Â£135,000 dummies that bleed, breathe, speak and even die are being used to train medical students.
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Support groups that discuss health issues during pregnancy and after childbirth can help to reduce infant and maternal deaths in poor countries, researchers said on Friday.
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Using insecticide-treated bednets can nearly halve deaths from malaria among children aged under five, according to a study in Kenya published in Saturday&#39;s Lancet.
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There is a risk babies left asleep in a car seat unchecked could stop breathing, say experts.
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The tiniest premature infants fed with breast milk in the hospital did better on tests of mental development later in life than did others fed only formula, a new study has found.
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The number of cot deaths in England and Wales fell by 15% between 2004 and 2005, provisional figures show.
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A report raises concerns about a study on cot deaths used as evidence in several high profile murder appeals.
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A recent study by researchers from the Bristol University was published in the journal Thorax. The report is likely to cause an alarm among pregnant women and mothers of newly born.
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The overwhelming majority of repeat cot deaths are from natural causes, a study says.