Parents of special-needs children face a unique set of challenges, decisions, questions, and emotions. Here are some tips to help you cope.
Parents of special-needs children face different challenges than parents of “normal” kids. Daily routines may not be simple and predictable. Special tools and tactics are often needed to perform even basic tasks, like feeding [...]
Children’s cancer campaigners want a section of the personal child health record – or ‘little red book’ – rewritten to alert new parents to the dangers of an unusual form of eye cancer.
Retinoblastoma, which affects the retina of children aged under five, can result in the eye being removed if there is any delay in [...]
Toddlers have disrupted sleep patterns if their parents are in an unhappy relationship, according to researchers.
Sleeping problems are thought to affect brain development and lead to other problems later in life.
The study, published in the journal Child Development, looked at 357 adopted children and their families in the US.
A UK expert said parents needed to [...]
(Reuters Health) – Women who are very obese may be able to safely lose some weight during pregnancy — and possibly reduce their risk of needing a cesarean section, a new study suggests.
The findings, reported in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, add to evidence that at least some obese women may be able to shed [...]
1. Begin a prenatal care regimen with a trained maternity care provider as soon as you discover you are pregnant: There’s a lot to be done at the beginning of a pregnancy. If you haven’t already begun taking prenatal vitamins with plenty of folic acid, your maternity care provider will likely give you a recommendation [...]
WASHINGTON: US researchers have recreated the process by which ovarian cancer forms in the lab, providing solid evidence that the tumours start in the fallopian tubes, not the ovaries, a study said on Monday.
The finding could provide clues on how to attack ovarian cancer, which often causes no early symptoms and by the time it [...]
PARIS: Retrieving about 15 eggs from a woman’s ovaries in a single cycle gives the best chance of having a baby through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), researchers reported on Wednesday.
Investigators led by Arri Coomarasamy of the University of Birmingham in central England looked at data from more than 400,000 IVF cycles in Britain between 1991 and [...]
WELLINGTON: An expectant mother’s diet during pregnancy can alter her baby’s DNA in the womb, increasing its risk of obesity, heart disease and diabetes in later life, an international study has found.
Researchers said the study provided the first scientific evidence linking pregnant women’s diet to childhood obesity, with major implications for public health.
“This a a [...]
Play is essential in the first three years of a child’s life. Learning through play in those early years can stimulate the child’s brain development.
Carrie Lupoli, founder of learning specialists Live and Learn Asia (www.liveandlearnasia.com/), said that there is a lot of new research about the power of play and how it relates to brain [...]
More than 2.6 million pregnancies a year end in stillbirth, a tragedy which mostly hits women in poor countries and accounts for more deaths than AIDS and malaria combined, researchers said on Wednesday.
A series of studies published in the journal Lancet by researchers from the World Health Organization and some 50 organizations in 18 countries [...]
