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The admitted that they failed to report as they were following traditional customs (Photo: AFP)

Infant thought to have died at birth saved after it was buried alive...

After carefully scraping soil the police officers used their bare hands to shift it and pull out the baby girl.

7 Jun 2018 6:15 PM IST

The debate over public breastfeeding regularly resurfaces in the United States (Photo: AFP)

World Breastfeeding Week: Breast milk is baby's first vaccine

Early initiation has numerous immunological and nutritional benefits for newborns that have been found to reduce...

4 Aug 2018 6:19 PM IST

Obese pregnant women can do a lot to minimize the odds of having an unusually large baby and the birth complications that can follow. (Photo: Pixabay)

Seeing baby animals may reduce women's appetite for meat

A follow up study asked people to rate their appetite for meat when presented with an image of either a calf, cow or no...

4 Aug 2018 3:44 PM IST

The baby was diagnosed with pygopagus parasiticus, a birth condition observed in one in a million pregnancies (Photo: AFP)

Mother's trauma impacts newborn's weight

Researchers found significantly lower birth weights in male infants born to women who had been exposed to trauma at some...

19 Sept 2018 8:40 AM IST

Many studies have shown that babies with high levels of IgE in cord blood can go on to develop allergies later in childhood. (Photo: Pixabay)

Pollen exposure during pregnancy linked to baby asthma risk

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of exposure to high grass pollens during pregnancy and soon after...

18 Sept 2018 8:57 AM IST

Young boy not only helped his mother deliver baby but also saved the newborns life (Photo: Pixabay)

Young boy delivers baby brother and saves mum's life

Jayden Fontnet saves his mother and new brother by delivering the breech baby after mum went into labour six weeks...

22 Aug 2017 2:13 PM IST

The baby was sent to a local hospital (Photo: YouTube)

Mother wraps baby girl in plastic and sends her to orphanage

The courier man heard a baby crying and noticed the package moving after which he opened it to find a baby wrapped in...

15 Aug 2017 3:55 PM IST

Babies born through caesarean section are more prone to problems with metabolism and hormones as well as the endocrine system that can lead to diabetes and a host of other illnesses (Photo: Pixabay)

Mothers who opt for caesarean births put babies at risk of obesity and...

Babies born through caesarean section are prone to problems with metabolism, hormones and endocrine system leading to...

12 Aug 2017 12:33 PM IST

Therapeutic hypothermia slows down brain metabolism. It stops accumulation of damaging toxins.

Quick cures: A cool new way to save babies

Why cooling a newborn that has suffered from birth asphyxia is now a promising new method of treatment.

30 Nov 2016 2:10 AM IST

Miracle of birth

Miracle of birth

A lawyer by education and photographer by profession, Urshita Saini is one of the pioneers of birth photography in...

16 July 2017 5:55 AM IST

Hand-washing does not eliminate complete risk of bug transmission (Photo: Pixabay)

Hand-washing not effective protection against bug transmission in...

Research says even theoretically perfect compliance with hand hygiene won't completely eliminate risk.

1 July 2017 10:39 AM IST

The childs parents have visited every doctor without luck (Photo: YouTube)

Baby weighing 31 kg at risk as it gains 2 kg every month

The parents are trying to arrange Rs 2.5 lakh a month for a treatment to keep him alive.

11 May 2017 7:57 PM IST