At 37 weeks of pregnancy when the big day is drawing near, when a mother is likely to experience hormone-related anxiety about her baby and a father may have read one too many articles about birth injuries, expecting parents should ask their doctor or midwife about CALM. CALM is a web-based software used to predict [...]
Improving the health of our nation’s children under the age of five in just four categories would likely reduce our future health care expenditures by $65 billion a new study shows.
Researchers report that tobacco exposure, unintentional injury, obesity and mental health are the four greatest problems facing our nation’s youngest. If we can check these [...]
MIT engineers have developed special robots designed to improve arm and leg coordination of children with cerebral palsy.
The robots reduce physical impairment by stimulating neurological development. By guiding a user’s limb when they initiate movement, the robots “teach” the children to move differently. That new movement done repeatedly then stimulates neurological development as the child’s [...]
The Florida Child Injury Lawyer Blog just ran across a fascinating blog post about delaying umbilical cord cutting after birth.
Many people who write about birthing techniques, birth injuries or anything related with childbirth are very opinionated and biased. However, this blog author takes a very even handed approach and evaluates both sides of the argument.
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