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BLISS's booklets for parents of premature babies
By Laura Lee Davies on 07/09/2006 01:44:04
The charity supporting the care and wellbeing of premature and sick babies, BLISS, has published three new booklets to help parents understand their role in their child's new life.
The charity BLISS has produced a new series of publications to help parents of premature and sick babies.Although the medical side to caring for ‘premmies’ and sick babies is getting better all the time, often the encouragement of parental interaction is not wholly addressed, lea...
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Cot death group back dummies
By Laura Lee Davies on 22/06/2007 12:34:57
The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths have backed the latest research which claims a dummy during sleep can reduce the risk of cot death.
.It is suggested that sleeping with a dummy can drastically reduce the chances of a baby suffering 'cot death'.However, advice also says that breastfed babies should not be given a dummy for the first four weeks of life, and that babies should not be made to take a
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Cystic Fibrosis check now for all newborns
By Maria Muennich on 01/12/2007 13:06:58
Early detection should help to provide more effective health care for those babies affected by the inherited disease
Good news for soon-to-be new parents, blood spot screening for CysticFibrosis (CF) is now available to all newborn babies in the UK as part of the heel-prick test.The most common life-threatening inherited disease in the UK, Cystic Fibrosis (CF
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Watch out for newborn hip problems
By Susie Boone on 16/03/2010 23:52:10
Babies with common hip disorders are not being diagnosed and treated early enough, warns charity
in the UK.The charity has called for both health professionals and parents to be more vigilant in the first few weeks of a baby’s life. If the disorder is detected early, problems can be treated easily.Under Department of Health guidelines all babies
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New guidelines to check for baby jaundice
By Kimberley Smith on 20/05/2010 13:55:38
Blood tests for all newborn babies with suspected jaundice recommended by NICE
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has announced guidelines to change the way newborns are checked for jaundice. A very common condition that is harmless in most cases, jaundice is developed by around 80% of premature
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Day-old baby saved by heart surgery
By Jayne Braithwaite on 25/07/2011 14:24:12
Baby undergoes a 36-hour heart operation as soon as he’s born
instruments to unblock the aortic valve in little Rudy Maxwell-Jones’ heart, to give him a chance of survival.The complex operation took 36 hours, but five weeks later Rudy is able to breathe without the help of machines.“His life was hanging in the balance
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Parents of small babies need more cot death advice, says charity
By Lara Brunt on 17/08/2011 11:23:57
Low birth weight babies are still particularly vulnerable to sudden infant death syndrome
to figures released by the Office of National Statistics."Babies who are born underweight are an extremely vulnerable group, particularly during the first month of life, so it's vital that their parents are given advice on how to reduce their risk," said FSID
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Parents taught to reduce preemie babies’ pain
By Kimberley Smith on 25/08/2011 12:02:46
Teaching parents of premature babies to understand and manage their infants’ pain helps them become more confident carers
for their premature newborns helped parents feel more confident in responding to signals from their tiny babies.Of the 169 parents who took part, half received a basic information leaflet, while the other half received the booklet plus two training sessions with a
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Children and tetanus
By Laura Lee Davies on 11/10/2006 01:46:43
Why is important to get small children immunised against tetanus?
up protection early in life is important.How can you protect your child from tetanus?The only way to protect against tetanus is by immunisation. Each person needs five jabs of tetanus to be fully protected, though a serious injury that a doctor
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Raised temperature: when to call the doctor
By Laura Lee Davies on 26/06/2008 10:38:01
When does a raised temperature become a fever that you should be concerned about?
In the first year of life, you will find that your baby's temperature can suddenly rise, but that doesn't always mean 'danger'.Your baby's body is getting used to so many things and sometimes this raised temperature is just part of their system
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