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In what shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, electric-assist baby strollers are now a thing. And if you’re wishing that your old-school manual stroller had a motor … well, the Easy-Way kit is designed to give it one.Continue ReadingCategory: Good Th… Continue reading Aftermarket motor kit puts the power to the pram
For babies born with a certain heart defect, implantation of a “shunt” is essential to their survival. A new type of shunt can be expanded using light, potentially eliminating the need for more heart surgeries that are currently needed to swap in large… Continue reading Light-activated implant could spare babies from multiple heart surgeries
For low-birth-weight (LBW) babies, skin-to-skin contact with their mother can literally be a lifesaver. A new high-tech necklace ensures that they get enough of that snuggling, while also providing essential data on their vital signs.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading ECG necklace ensures underweight babies get life-saving skin contact
Love it or hate it, but the way humans modify their speech when they communicate with their young offspring, commonly known as “baby talk,” has now been recorded among bottlenose dolphin mothers, too.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Aarh… Continue reading Dolphins also use baby talk to bond with young
While many studies show that natural human breast milk is the best food for babies, storing the stuff in a frozen state has its drawbacks. That’s where a new laser-enabled system comes in, which allows the milk to be powdered without any loss in nutrie… Continue reading “Game-changing” BBy tech keeps essential nutrients in powdered breast milk
Even though vegan diets consistently emerge as a healthy way to eat, there are certain nutrients that are difficult to get without consuming animal products. Research has now found that two of them are produced by nursing vegan mothers, regardless.Cont… Continue reading Vegan breast milk rich in key nutrients, says study
Surgeons have successfully performed a first-of-its-kind procedure in utero to treat a potentially fatal genetic defect in the brain. Usually treated after birth, the new procedure could give newborns a better chance of a normal life.
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Life-saving intensive-care incubators play a critical role in a newborn’s start to life, but researchers have found that they may also be exposing babies to louder, resonating sounds that increase the risk of damaging their sensitive hearing.Continue R… Continue reading Scientists sound the alarm on incubator risk to babies’ ears
Providing an infant with correct nutrition reduces morbidity and mortality rates, reduces chronic disease risk and promotes mental and physical development. But, according to a recent international study, many of the health and nutrition claims made on… Continue reading Don’t believe the label: No science behind bulk of baby formula claims
There’s a new addition to the Adafruit family, and it’s not a microcontroller board as you’d expect – however, we will still find plenty to learn from. On the Adafruit …read more Continue reading High-Contrast Images For Hacker Family Harmonics