To encourage use of skin-to-skin contact with all healthy term infants during the first two hours of life and throughout their mothers' postpartum hospitalization, an easy, rapid newborn assessment ...

Purpose: The implementation of the expanded newborn screening panel of 29 disorders recommended by the American College of Medical Genetics in Puerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands is still in ...

Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is associated with substantial infant mortality and morbidity. A previous cohort study suggested a possible association between maternal use of ...

Vol. 43, No. 5/6, Organization and Stability of Newborn Behavior: A Commentary on the Brazelton Neonatal Behavior Assessment Scale (1978), pp. 14-28 (15 pages) Research on the Brazelton Neonatal ...

Assessing late preterm and early term infants for risk of jaundice or feeding problems could reduce the number of babies readmitted within four weeks, a study published in the journal Pediatrics finds ...

Portuguese researchers have proven that hearing assessment in early-age infants can help predict milestones and early detection of neurodevelopmental disorder markers. Several studies suggest that the ...

Robyn said the vaccine helped her anxiety when her baby Milo was born in winter Newborn babies are 80% less likely to be hospitalised with a life-threatening virus if their mother has been vaccinated ...

Midwives and family physicians are essential to support mothers facing hypogalactia and maintain WHO-recommended exclusive ...