PURPOSE To evaluate the tolerance of baby skin-care products with at least 95% naturally derived ingredients on infants and toddlers. MATERIALS AND METHODS Healthy, full-term infants and toddlers aged 1-36 months were enrolled. In study 1, a lightly fragranced natural baby hair and body wash (n=30), a lightly fragranced natural baby shampoo (n=30), or a lightly fragranced natural baby lotion ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to quantify and characterize the role of bath seats in infant mortality from bathtub drowning. METHOD Risk analysis of bathtub drowning deaths for infants aged 6-10 months was performed using data available from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), birth and mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) for US resid...

On 1st September, 1931, at 8 p.m. I was called in to attend on an Indian lady who was in protracted labour pain. The patient was about 37 years of age and a multipara, this being her tenth baby. Her last child was still-born and was delivered with the aid of instruments. She had apparently been in labour for 3 days and the membranes had ruptured early that morning. I found her in a very exhaust...

Non-accidental bath drowning is an infrequently reported form of child abuse. Details of 44 children who suffered from drowning or near drowning in the bath were analysed from a two year (1988-9) UK study to investigate factors that might point to abuse. Cases of near drowning were notified through the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit inquiry system and drowning cases from the Office of Pop...