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Is fever a symptom of teething in babies?

Health: Talking Health - 18 August 2010
Many people talk about how miserable their children are while teething. But is fever really a sign your baby's teeth are coming through?

Tags: infant-health, dental

When breastfeeding doesn't work

Health: Your Stories - 12 August 2010
Persisting with breastfeeding when you have problems can come at a high personal price, as Renee Scicluna found.

Tags: infant-health, breastfeeding

Breastfeeding: Who said it was easy?

Health: Your Stories - 06 May 2010
Like many women, Callista Cooper spent her pregnancy thinking about childbirth. But to her surprise she found her labour much less challenging than breastfeeding.

Tags: infant-health, womens-health, breastfeeding

My eager baby: Rosie's early arrival

Health: Your Stories - 24 June 2009
When Luise Straker's daughter Rosie was born 11 weeks early there were no 'giddy, joyous scenes', but her family's journey wasn't a tragedy.

Tags: infant-health, pregnancy-and-childbirth, womens-health

A bad year for whooping cough

Health: The Pulse - 20 January 2009
A spike in whooping cough cases across Australia in the last year put young babies especially at risk.

Tags: child-health-and-behaviour, infant-health, infectious-diseases-other, vaccines-and-immunity

Best medicines for fever in kids

Health Minutes - 29 December 2008
A study compared paracetamol with ibuprofen for fever in young children.

Tags: child-health-and-behaviour, infant-health, coughs-and-colds

Your daily bread, now with iodine

Health: The Pulse - 06 November 2008
Alarmed by the dangerously low levels of iodine in our population, our food regulators have decided iodine must be added to bread. But will it be enough?

Tags: child-health-and-behaviour, infant-health, diet-and-nutrition, thyroid-disorders

Will magnesium prevent cerebral palsy?

Health Minutes - 06 October 2008
Researchers say magnesium given to pregnant women may help prevent cerebral palsy - but it's no magic bullet.

Tags: alternative-medicine, infant-health, pregnancy-and-childbirth, womens-health

Smart baby DVDs

Health: Healthy Living - 10 June 2008
'Smart baby' style DVDs may not be such a smart choice.

Tags: infant-health, speech

Chronic cough in children

Health Minutes - 02 June 2008
Researchers at the University of Queensland looked whether chronic cough in children needs to be treated, and if so how?

Tags: child-health-and-behaviour, infant-health, coughs-and-colds

Circumcision: back on the table

Health: The Pulse - 31 January 2008
After decades of being out of fashion, male circumcision is becoming more popular, after reports of its long-term health benefits.

Tags: infant-health, medical-procedures, mens-health, pregnancy-and-childbirth

Thumbs down for cough mixture

Health: The Pulse - 25 October 2007
A panel of experts in the US has warned against giving over-the-counter cough and cold preparations to children under the age of six.

Tags: child-health-and-behaviour, infant-health, pharmaceuticals

Steroids good for pre-term babies

Health Minutes - 26 June 2007
New Zealand researchers confirm that a single dose of steroids before delivery will prevent respiratory distress in pre-term babies.

Tags: infant-health, medical-procedures, pharmaceuticals, pregnancy-and-childbirth

Breastfeeding: which method best?

Health: The Pulse - 12 April 2007
Contrary to current advice, new research suggests that routine timed feeds are better for babies' health than 'on demand' or 'baby-led' feeds.

Tags: infant-health, womens-health, breastfeeding

Explanation for febrile seizures?

Health Minutes - 20 February 2007
A study in animals has suggested an explanation for febrile seizures and a quick way of treating them - air enriched with carbon dioxide.

Tags: infant-health, epilepsy, environmental-health, brain-and-nervous-system

Better not clamp the umbilical cord

Health Minutes - 25 July 2006
Clamping the umbilical cord immediately after a baby is born may be depriving infants of lots of good things, especially iron.

Tags: infant-health, medical-procedures, pregnancy-and-childbirth, womens-health

Fat babies make fat adults

Health Minutes - 24 July 2006
UK research shows that fat babies and those who grow faster than average, tend to become fat children, fat adolescents and fat adults.

Tags: infant-health, obesity, genetics

Steroids good for pre-term babies

Health Minutes - 10 July 2006
New Zealand researchers confirm that a single dose of steroids before delivery will prevent respiratory distress in pre-term babies.

Tags: infant-health, medical-procedures, pharmaceuticals, pregnancy-and-childbirth

Tackling infant malnutrition in Africa

Health Minutes - 03 July 2006
Mothers in sub Saharan Africa have been feeding their infants a mixture of peanut butter and halva to successfully prevent malnutrition.

Tags: infant-health, epidemiology, diet-and-nutrition, healthcare-facilities

Fat babies make fat adults

Health Minutes - 03 November 2005
UK research shows that fat babies and those who grow faster than average, tend to become fat children, fat adolescents and fat adults.

Tags: infant-health, obesity

Premature infants and insulin resistance

Health Minutes - 23 November 2004
A New Zealand study has found that a child born prematurely has a higher chance of insulin resistance - which can be the first step on the road to adult onset diabetes.

Tags: infant-health, diabetes, pregnancy-and-childbirth

Taste in babies

Health Minutes - 16 September 2004
A fascinating study has investigated the critical times in babies' lives when their tastes are programmed. Perhaps you could train them to like vegetables before they turn into terrible two-year-olds!

Tags: infant-health, diet-and-nutrition

Babies, cereals and diabetes

Health Minutes - 15 October 2003
A study shows that babies who begin cereals before the age of four months or after the age of seven months are at inceased risk of developing Type 1 diabetes.

Tags: infant-health, diet-and-nutrition, diabetes

Babies and dental decay

Health Minutes - 25 September 2003
Researchers at the University of Queensland have found that babies as early as 48 hours of age can be infected with organisms that will later cause dental decay.

Tags: infant-health, dental

Wait for the second child

Health Minutes - 25 September 2003
New evidence shows after giving birth, falling pregnant within six months of the birth of a first child increases the risk of a premature birth or death of a second child.

Tags: infant-health, pregnancy-and-childbirth, womens-health

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