Archive for January, 2009

Wrapping Your Baby Shower Gift

A baby shower is an event that usually occurs a few weeks before the expectant mother to be gives birth. (…)

Internet Program Helps Prevent Depression In Teens

An Internet program helps to reduce depressive symptoms and prevent episodes of clinical depression in adolescent patients at risk, reports a study in the February issue of the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics.

New Multi-Center Study Finds Masimo SET Pulse Oximetry Screening Significantly Improves Detection Of Congenital Heart Disease In Newborns

Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI), the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry and Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced that a new multi-center study of 39,821 newborns was published in the January 2009 issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

Baby & child weekender: Get the right bike helmet fit

Baby & child weekender: Get the right bike helmet fit

I see them on little kids at our local playground all the time—bicycle helmets that look like big bubbles, perched high on the crowns of the children’s heads. They look a little silly, but worse, they’re not fitted properly. Getting the right helmet fit is essential in case of an accident.

The front of the helmet should be level and no more than one or two finger widths above the brow. (See the video at right for more information.) The helmet should fit snugly, with the head partially compressing the soft foam pads inside, even before the straps are tightened. The straps should form a "V" under each ear, and the buckle should be centered under the chin, not to the side or along the jaw. The straps should be snug enough that the helmet is pulled down when the mouth is opened.

See our full bike helmet report, and check our bike helmet Ratings to learn which models held up in our tests.

—Artemis DiBenedetto

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Ideal Baby Gift For A Girl

Baby girls usually have a lot of things available for them as a baby gift. These gifts for baby girls range from clothes, toys, educational shows and many others. (…)

Taking Care Of Your Baby’s Skin

Whether it is your first baby or your third, many parents are frequently concerned about how to properly take care of your baby's newborn skin. (…)

Octuplets Continue To Do Well!

Kaiser Permanente’s Bellflower Medical Center announced today that mom and the octuplets continue to do well. Six of the babies are now breathing unassisted, that is breathing room air, one more than yesterday. Two continue to receive assisted oxygen through a tube in their nose. Of the eight babies, five currently are being tube-fed donated breast milk. All babies continue to receive an intravenous nutritional combination.

BJOG Release: Drinking Too Much Water Is Bad During Childbirth

New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology reveals the potential dangers of high water intake during childbirth. Hyponatraemia (too little sodium in the blood, plasma sodium

Link Between Too Much TV And Future Fast-Food Intake

High-school kids who watch too much TV are likely to have bad eating habits five years in the future. Research published in BioMed Central’s open access International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity followed almost 2000 high- and middle-school children and found that TV viewing times predict a poor diet in the future.

Childhood Immunisation Via SMS In Southwark PCT, England

GP surgeries in Southwark Primary Care Trust (PCT) have been using iPLATO’s text messaging solution to invite patients for their MMR jab and to alert parents of the recent measles outbreaks in local schools within the Borough. Southwark PCT decided to partner with mobile health promotion specialists iPLATO in response to an increase in the number of measles cases reported in Southwark over the last few months.