Study: Women suffering from anorexia nervosa likely to give birth to underweight babies

Jul 12, 2022

Washington [US], July 12 : According to a new study, pregnant women with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa run five times the risk to...

Study finds increased risk of preterm birth and underweight newborns associated with racial discrimination

Aug 07, 2022

Washington [US], August 7 : Having an underweight and preterm infant is linked to having encountered racial discrimination based on ethnicity, skin colour, or...

'Save Babies' - an initiative to minimise newborn mortality

Nov 17, 2021

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 17 (ANI/PNN): Prematurity is one of the most prevalent causes of neonatal mortality worldwide. Since these babies are born before...

Study shows maternal voice reduces pain in premature babies

Aug 30, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], August 30 : A new study has shown that the mother's voice at the time of painful medical intervention for her prematurely...

Study links ultraprocessed foods to premature deaths

Nov 07, 2022

Researchers found that increased consumption of these foods was linked to more than 10% of all-cause premature, preventable deaths in Brazil in 2019.

Northeast gets first human milk bank, 15th in India

Dec 23, 2020

Guwahati (Assam) [India], December 24 : Aiming at providing breast milk for premature, low birth-weight, and sick newborns, besides other needy babies, the first...