promote-healthylife.info – Infants born with jaundice are at much greater risk of developing autism, a study published Monday showed. The study published in the US journal Pediatrics found full-term infants born in Denmark between 1994 and 2004 who had jaundice were 67 percent more likely to develop autism. Neonatal jaundice is usually caused by...
Child Health
Babies Become Anxious if Ignored
promote-healthylife.info – They may have barely mastered sitting up by themselves. But six-month-old babies become stressed out when they don’t get the attention they feel they deserve. Levels of the stress hormone cortisol soar when they are ignored by their mother, and even a day later they are worried about the same thing happening...
Misdiagnosed with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
promote-healthylife.info – Almost one million children in the United States are potentially misdiagnosed with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) because they were the youngest and least mature in their kindergarten classes, a US study released Tuesday found. The Michigan State University study found that prescriptions for the misdiagnoses could represent spending of 320 to 500...
How Parents Can Get Infants to Sleep, Once and For All
promote-healthylife.info – For parents having trouble getting their infants to sleep, a new study suggests being emotionally available to baby’s needs is key to a good night sleep. The study suggests it’s not so important how much time parents spend with children or what they do at bedtime, but rather the quality of that...