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Study links prenatal phthalate exposure to altered information processing in infants

April 6, 2021 altered, exposure, in, infants, information, links, phthalate, prenatal, processing, study, to

Exposure to phthalates, a class of chemicals widely used in packaging and consumer products, is known to interfere with normal

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Could reducing painful procedures help premature infants’ brains?

October 21, 2020 brain's, Could, help, infants, Painful, premature, Procedures, Reducing

Premature infants born earlier than 28 weeks gestation who experience fewer needle pokes while receiving life-saving care in the neonatal

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Autism study stresses importance of communicating with infants

August 29, 2019 Autism, communicating, importance, infants, of, stresses, study, with

A new language-skills study that included infants later diagnosed with autism suggests that all children can benefit from exposure to

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Overfed infants have DNA changes linked to aging, mouse study finds

August 26, 2019 aging, Changes, DNA, finds, Have, infants, Linked, mouse, Overfed, study, to

How much you eat as a baby may determine how you age: Overfed infants have DNA changes normally seen in

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Experiments suggest infants point because they want to touch something out of reach

July 11, 2019 Because, Experiments, infants, of, out, point, reach, Something, suggest, They, to, Touch, Want

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and EHESS, CNRS, Paris, reports evidence that infants

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Researcher advocates for hearing screenings for infants

May 8, 2019 advocates, for, hearing, infants, researcher, screenings

Parents can have their newborns’ hearing tested quickly and easily—in fact, the screening can happen moments after birth, as soon

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A promising new treatment for infants with Noonan syndrome

April 30, 2019 A, for, infants, New, Noonan, promising, syndrome:, treatment, with

Noonan Syndrome (NS) is a rare genetic syndrome typically evident at birth and often linked to early-onset severe heart disease.

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How an infant's tumor had fully formed teeth inside

April 21, 2019 an, formed, fully, Had, How, infants, inside, teeth, tumor

Doctors find teeth growing inside a brain tumor of a 4-month-old baby Medical Mysteries and Marvels: Doctors find fully formed

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Infants capable of complex babble may grow into stronger readers

October 10, 2018 babble, capable, complex, grow, infants, into, may, of, readers, stronger

Infants’ early speech production may predict their later literacy, according to a study published October 10, 2018 in the open-access

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Immune discovery should help develop improved vaccines for infants and newborns

July 10, 2018 and, develop, discovery, for, help, Immune, improved, infants, newborns, Should, Vaccines

Scientists have just identified a class of ‘danger signals’ that are highly efficient at triggering an immune response in infants

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