A study published in late March, 2013 in the American Academy of Pediatrics journal Pediatrics found that a majority of babies in the United States may be getting introduced to solid foods much too early, often leading to a variety of chronic illnesses. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveyed 1,334 new […]
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A new study shows that babies as young as 19 months can guess what other people are thinking! Scientists previously believed that the ability understand what others think developed at a later age. Researchers from UCLA studied a group of around 90 children from three different communities, in rural China, the Fiji islands, and Ecuador.
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Despite the startling technical advances that the field of medicine has made in the last few decades, women are taking longer to give birth now than they did 50 years ago.
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Lower back pain is the second most common reason why people visit doctors. In the United States, as many as 80 percent of adults will experience lower back pain at some point in their lives, with lower back pain being the leading cause of disability in Americans under 45 years old.
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Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is the name for a range of developmental disturbances leading to difficulties with social interaction, communication, and repetitive, restricted patterns of behavior. In the United States, there are 10 times as many diagnoses of autism as there were 40 years ago, with one in 88 American children now being diagnosed with
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Naming a child is one of the most fun things about having a baby, but it becomes daunting when you think about how important that little series of letters is going to be in your child’s life, not to mention in your own. You have to really make sure the name your choose is to
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New parents who do not have much experience around newborns are often surprised by to find that their babies are not the charming, camera-ready cuties they had been expecting. Of course, newborns are very lovable and most new parents are enamored from the moment they lay eyes on their little sons or daughters, but it
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Researchers have known for 30 years that babies start learning from hearing their mothers talk while still inside the womb … previous studies have shown that fetuses seem to recognize musical melodies. But a new study co-authored by researchers in the United States and Sweden shows that babies start learning basic units of language —
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Some important changes start taking place in a baby immediately after he or she comes through the birth canal and into the world. These changes will allow the newborn to survive outside the womb and adapt to their new environment. The beginning of air breathed through the lungs marks a monumental first step. Inside the
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Most new parents quickly get into the diaper-changing routine, and while they might not love it, they rarely think twice about it. It becomes just another part of the daily routine. Yet for any parent of a one-year-old, the prospect of not having to deal with diapers anymore is an intriguing one. Diapers are
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