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Nearly 1 in 4 babies born to unwed cohabitators
April 12, 2012 5:55 AM
ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials say nearly than 1 in 4 babies are born to unmarried couples who are living together, a significant jump from a decade ago. The government previously said more than 40 percent of births are to unwed mothers. But a report released Thursday offers new detail... more » -
Does Everyone Really Pierce Their Baby Girl's Ears?
March 20, 2012 12:20 AM
I have three boys so I have not yet been faced with the choice of whether to pierce my daughter's ears as a baby or not. I can only speculate on how I'll feel when/if that time comes. I can tell you that right now, I absolutely would not... more » -
Babies lip-read as part of learning to talk
January 16, 2012 4:21 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds. New research suggests they're lip-readers too. It happens during that magical stage when a baby's babbling gradually changes from gibberish into syllables and eventually into that first "mama" or "dada." Florida scientists discovered that starting around... more » -
Babies on obesity path? New sign may offer answer
November 7, 2011 6:39 PM
CHICAGO (AP) - By the time your baby is two years old, you may be able to tell if he or she is likely to become obese later on. Researchers say babies that have passed two key milestones on doctors' growth charts by the age of two face double... more » -
Celebration of preemies
July 30, 2011 8:23 PM
"Thank you, thank you. Just so many times thank you. We wouldn't be anywhere near where we are right now. It was just good for us," says mother of one-year-old quadruplets, Jennifer Last, of her and her husband's experience at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Memorial Hospital for... more » -
Preemies have some fun
July 30, 2011 2:21 PM
Close to 800 people gathered in Boulder Park this morning to celebrate the many premature babies born at Memorial Hospital for Children , the doctors, nurses and staff who took care of them. This is the 30th anniversary for this annual tradition and the healthy kids were having a... more » -
Wisconsin mom has two babies born on Christmas
December 28, 2010 9:11 AM
WATERLOO, Wis. (AP) - A family in Waterloo, Wis. had a lot to celebrate on Christmas. And, they will from now on. A 21-year-old mother gave birth to a son on Christmas. That's her second baby. Her first child, a girl, was born on Christmas two years earlier. Not... more » -
Baby's due date may foreshadow allergies
October 21, 2010 10:50 AM
Babies born in November or December face a higher risk for food allergies. Experts say that could be because their first three months of development took place in the spring -- when pollen levels are at an annual high. Researchers in Finland studied 6,000 children, and found those whose first... more » -
4 deaths prompt Graco stroller recall
October 20, 2010 8:33 AM
Baby gear maker Graco is recalling about 2 million strollers after receiving reports of four infant strangulations in the strollers. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which announced the recall Wednesday, said the infant strangulations occurred between 2003 and 2005. The strollers being recalled are older versions of the... more » -
Octomom doctor faces hearing
October 18, 2010 1:54 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The California Medical Board is accusing a fertility doctor of implanting octuplets mother Nadya Suleman with 12 embryos in at least one of her pregnancies. The number of embryos alleged Monday at a licensing hearing in Los Angeles is twice the amount Suleman claimed Dr.... more » -
Medical groups urge flu shots for pregnant women
September 15, 2010 8:26 AM
Leading medical societies say even though there's no swine flu pandemic, pregnant women still need flu shots. Thousands of health providers will get that message in letters this week. The letter urges doctors to explain the importance of vaccination to pregnant woman and help them find a shot. It's... more » -
Baby tigers on display at the Denver Zoo
August 31, 2010 5:06 PM
Denver Zoo's four endangered, Amur tiger cubs took a breath of fresh air Monday as they explored their outdoor habitat for the first time. The cubs - females Zaria and Akasha and males Nikolai and Thimbu - were each given a clean bill of health in their last exams... more » -
Sheriff: Mom killed children before sinking car
August 17, 2010 10:30 AM
South Carolina authorities say a mother who claimed her children drowned when their car careened into a river has been charged with murder after confessing to suffocating the toddlers and then faking the accident. Sheriff Larry Williams said Tuesday that Shaquan Duley told police she was distraught after a... more » -
Sheriff wants murder charges in boys' deaths
August 17, 2010 8:39 AM
A South Carolina sheriff says he hopes a judge will approve murder charges against a woman whose children were found dead in a car in a river. Orangeburg County Sheriff Larry Williams said investigators are ready to present their case to a judge in hopes of getting murder charges... more » -
Fox mauls sleeping babies in their home
June 7, 2010 8:16 AM
Twin nine-month-old girls were being treated at a London hospital on Monday after being mauled in their sleep by a fox. The animal apparently entered the house and climbed stairs before attacking Lola and Isabella Koupparis in their beds while their parents watched television, according to reports. The girls'... more » -
CPSC announces 2 big crib recalls
April 29, 2010 9:53 AM
The government is recalling thousands of Simplicity and Graco cribs, warning that babies could suffocate or strangle in them. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the Simplicity recall is linked to at least one death and involves thousands of cribs, possibly hundreds of thousands, though many had previously been... more » -
Minority births may soon top white births
March 10, 2010 10:41 AM
This could be the year that the number of babies born to minorities in America outnumbers babies born to whites. That's because immigration has boosted the number of Hispanic women in their prime childbearing years. Hispanic women have an average 2.99 children to 1.87 among white women. In 2008,... more » -
China's tainted milk caused kidney damage
February 23, 2010 2:41 PM
More than one in 10 Chinese children sickened by contaminated milk showed signs of kidney damage six months afterward, researchers have found, raising concerns about the long-term effects of the country's massive food safety scandal. At least six children died and nearly 300,000 children fell ill two years ago... more » -
New clue into cause of SIDS
February 2, 2010 7:13 PM
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is the leading cause of death for babies under a year old with most SIDS deaths occurring between the ages of 2 and 4 months. The deaths come without warning, and for a long time without any known cause. Parents these days are told to... more » -
IVF pioneer calls procedure a waste of time, money
November 16, 2009 12:08 PM
It was a long and painful road for Dominique Debroux before her daughter, Gaya, came into this world. She tried for years to become pregnant and turned to In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF). "I got pregnant four times and I miscarried each one of those times. So, three failed IVF's..."... more » -
Sperm donor passed on deadly heart defect
October 21, 2009 11:13 AM
A sperm donor passed on a potentially deadly genetic heart condition to nine of his 24 children, including one who died at age 2 from heart failure, according to a medical journal report. Two children, both now teenagers, have developed symptoms and are at risk for sudden cardiac death,... more » -
Report: 13 million babies worldwide born premature
October 5, 2009 8:07 AM
A March of Dimes official calls it the "13 million baby question." Epidemiologist Christopher Howson is talking about how to tackle the growing problem of premature births around the world. While the proportion of all babies born too early are highest in Africa, it's followed closely by North America, where... more »
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