Background: Despite the reduction of infant mortality in the world, complication of preterm birth is a major cause of infant mortality. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of abdominal massage and non-nutritive sucking on physiological parameters of preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units in Emam Reza Hospital in Kermanshah, Iran. Materials and Methods: In this randomized co...

Outstanding infant formula milks are very similar in their chemical composition and nutritional value to human milk. Many research works tend also towards the improvement of the bifidogenic properties of infant formula milk. It can be done by introducting substances which stimulate the growth of Bifidobacteriuni blficlutit in the infant intestinal tract. Among those substances hydrolysed casein...

Several studies have demonstrated that young infants who present with unexplained fractures a higher frequency of joint hypermobility, either in themselves or their parents, compared to the general population. The hypermobility is often associated autosomal dominant hypermobile form Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (h-EDS) which mother far more likely affected parent. Most these metabolic bone disease as...

INFANT MORTALITY FROM VIRAL INFECTION REMAINS A MAJOR GLOBAL HEALTH CONCERN: viruses causing acute infections in immunologically mature hosts often follow a more severe course in early life, with prolonged or persistent viral replication. Similarly, the WE strain of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV-WE) causes acute self-limiting infection in adult mice but follows a protracted course in...

This pictorial presentation of childhood aims to provide a visual depiction the social value children in rural Punjabi socio-cultural context. I took these photographsin village south Punjab, Pakistan while doing an ethnographic inquiry about infant healthcare belief practices and child Punjab.

Health and nutrition modulate postnatal growth. The availability of amino acids and energy, and insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) regulates early growth through the mTOR pathway. Amino acids and glucose also stimulate the secretion of IGF-I and insulin. Postnatal growth induces lasting, programming effects on later body size and adiposity in animals and in human observational stu...

Apart from the breast milk, infant formula and baby weaning food have a special role in infant diet. Infants and young children are very susceptible to amount of trace elements. Copper and zinc are two elements that add in infant food. Lead and cadmium are heavy metals that enter to food chain unavoidably. DPASV is a benefit and applicable method for measurement of trace elements in food produc...

Serum albumin concentration was measured in 195 infants of 25 to 42 weeks' gestation during the neonatal period. Concentrations were significantly lower in preterm infants, rising from a mean of 19 g/l at 26 weeks to 31 g/l at term. There was a 15% increase in albumin concentrations in the first three weeks of life. Oedema in the early and late neonatal period was common in preterm infants but ...

In this paper, I evaluate the impact of Mexico's conditional cash transfer program, Progresa, on infant mortality. While studies on other aspects of Progresa make use of a randomized treatment and control evaluation database performed in 506 communities, this database lacks sufficient sample size to measure the effect on infant mortality. Instead, I use vital statistics data to determine munici...