This study investigated whether concern about infant obesity has reached parents and the public. Two messages about the health of overweight babies were tested against a no-message control with Asian (n = 195) and American (n = 233) students and adults. The first message dismissed health concern about infant obesity arguing fat babies would slim down as they started to walk. The second message ...

The clinical features of 14 neonates with congenital myotonic dystrophy were retrospectively reviewed. These babies represent all the new cases of congenital myotonic dystrophy seen in this department since 1982. Twelve babies were referred because of either difficulties in diagnosis or difficulties in the management of their respiratory problems. Of the 14 babies, 13 had birth asphyxia, 11 wer...

Each year 15 million babies are born preterm and their survival chances vary dramatically around the world [1] . For the 1.2 million babies born in high income countries, increasing complexity of neonatal intensive care over the last quarter of the 20th century has changed the chances of survival at lower gestational ages. Middle-income and emerging economies have around 3.8 million preterm bab...

There is little published literature from the third World countries that described the factors influencing survival of babies with esophageal atresia. We analysed 25 consecutive neonates treated for esophageal atresia. The overall survival rate was 36%. All 4 babies in Waterslon Group A, 37.5% in Group B, and 15.4% in Group C • survived. All 9 preterm babies died. Only 2 of the 16 babies who ha...

In a study of 52,266 live singleton deliveries in a total population male babies were delivered at earlier gestations than female. This difference was not due to induction or elective caesarean section. Female babies were more likely to present and be delivered by the breech. When the presentation was cephalic, male babies were much more likely to be delivered by forceps or caesarean section an...

In an open study 120 consecutively admitted premature babies of 32 weeks' gestation or less, were randomised to receive weekly intramuscular injections of human normal immunoglobulin (50 mg/kg). There was no significant difference between the number of babies in the treated and untreated groups who had at least one episode of infection, but the total number of infective episodes was substantial...

Epidemiological studies indicate that smoking is responsible for a 150 to 250 gram reduction in birth rate and that smoking mothers are about twice as likely to have low-birth-weight babies (under 250 grams). Birth-weight is a is a measure of the baby’s maturity. Another measure of maturity is gestational age at birth (i.e. the time spent in the womb). Typically, smaller babies and babies born ...

【Abstract】Recent research has shown that low‐income households have a higher probability of babies being born underweight, which is an indicator of poor health. The causes and effects of the weights of newborn babies need to be analyzed in Japan, where the proportion of low‐weight babies is extremely high relative to the other OECD countries. In this paper, we use panel data by prefecture to an...

We reported previously the finding by paper chromatography of reducing sugars in the urines of 24 out of 50 normal full-term babies (Haworth and McCredie, 1956). We suggested that the galactose which we found in the urines of 13 of the 50 babies might be related to the functional inefficiency of the liver that is so commonly a feature of the newborn. If this were so it might be expected that pr...

to hospital in the first 4 weeks of life. Severe neutropenia was seen in 3 babies who died with overwhelming septicaemia, but a significant and early rise in the absolute polymorphonuclear neutrophil count was detected in 9 of the remaining 11 cases of septicaemia. A similar neutrophil response was seen within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms in 5 babies with meningitis, 10 babies with urinary...