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Health Tip: Protect Baby from Whooping Cough
Published 02/19/2018(HealthDay News) -- Vaccination is the best way to prevent whooping cough, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
Whooping cough (pertussis) is a very contagious disease that causes about half its victims aged 1 or younger to end up in the hospital, the agency says.
The CDC offers t...
Serena Williams Shares Childbirth Ordeal
Published 01/11/2018THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Though Serena Williams commands the tennis court with ease when she plays, life-threatening complications following the birth of her daughter sidelined her for six weeks.
Williams tells the story of her medical ordeal in the latest issue of Vogue, publi...
Too Many Babies Still Die Needlessly of SIDS, CDC Says
Published 01/09/2018TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Many parents still regularly risk their babies' lives as they put them to bed, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Analyzing data from the states, the CDC found that parents continue to practice unsafe habit...
Special Baby Formula Doesn't Seem to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes
Published 01/02/2018MONDAY, Jan. 2, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- A specially prepared baby formula does not protect children with a genetically high risk for type 1 diabetes, according to new research.
The study focused on babies born to families in which one person already had the disease.
Earlier research suggested th...
Brain networks that help babies learn to walk ID’d
Autism risk, walking linked via brain connections
byJim Dryden•December 7, 2017
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Babies Start Connecting Words Early On
Published 11/21/2017
MONDAY, Nov. 20, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Babies apparently have a better understanding of adults' language than you might think.
New research reveals that they can identify the meanings of some words and even recognize that some words are more connected to certain words than to others.
The fin...