OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to provide an economic assessment of the incremental costs associated with obtaining the World Health Organization and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund designation as a Infant-Friendly hospital. We hypothesized that baby-friendly hospitals will have higher costs than similar non-baby-friendly hospitals. METHODS Data from the 2...

John Hilton Walker, who has died aged 93, was professor of general practice, family and community medicine in Newcastle. Like many his era he stung by the remarks Churchill’s doctor, Lord Moran, said that practice where those fell off consultant ladder landed. He determined to improve its image, starting at beginning medical education. In early 1960s a survey schools UK had shown there very lit...

dandy-walker syndrome is a congenital brain malformation involving the cerebellum and the fourth ventricle. the key features of this syndrome are mental retardation, cerebellar ataxia, and symptoms related to hydrocephaly. the psychiatric aspects of this syndrome have been insufficiently appreciated. described here is a 17- year- old girl with an acute manic episode emerged in the course of dan...

Baby massage is a that done closer to fine strokes or tactile stimulation on the surface of skin. Data from preliminary survey conducted in Tunjung Village, Udanawu District, Kabupaen, Blitar stated out 10 infants aged 0-6 months, 6 them (60%) did not experience weight gain. And 3 who gain said their children had never been baby massage. This type research pre-experimental study with two-group ...