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Results suggest that steroids are not effective in the treatment of chest infections in non-asthmatic adult patients (Photo: Pixabay)

Prevention of childhood asthma in boys may soon be possible. says...

Study shows family risk for asthma may not be a result of genetics alone, but may also involve microbes found in baby's...

28 Nov 2017 8:19 AM IST

$The new trend sees mothers who have cesarean births \seeding\ their babies via cotton swabs with their vaginal microbes. (Photo: Pixabay)$ Life

Babies recognise words even before learning to speak them

True word learning requires making connections between speech and world around us and learning how different words...

21 Nov 2017 8:04 AM IST

Additional research is needed to clarify the potential roles of these microbial exposures in asthma development. (Photo: Pixabay)

Exposure to pet allergens in infancy may cut asthma risk

Additional research is needed to clarify the potential roles of these microbial exposures in asthma development.

20 Sept 2017 3:02 PM IST

The results indicate that infants are learning such abstract rules through seeing from a very early age. (Photo: Pixabay)

Infants can learn abstract rules visually: study

The researchers showed 40 infants patterned sequences of different kinds of dogs.

23 Feb 2018 2:51 PM IST

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New study finds infants at risk of cot death due to unsafe sleeping...

The risk is high for infants supervised by a childcare worker.

4 April 2018 11:43 AM IST

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Don't exceed screen time beyond 1 hour for children under 5: WHO

For infants, less than one year, screen time is not recommended at all.

27 April 2019 10:14 AM IST

To reduce the risk of peanut allergy, 8 grams of peanut protein (1 heaped teaspoon of peanut butter) should be eaten at least twice a week, researchers suggested. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Peanut consumption in early childhood can reduce allergy risk

Early introduction of peanuts in babies to reduce allergy risk, study suggests.

23 July 2019 9:47 AM IST

The drugs were excreted into the breast milk within the first couple days following injection. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Eye treatment drug can contaminate breast milk, harm growing infants

Drugs for eye treatment may harm growing infants: Study.

14 Sept 2019 10:48 AM IST

When boys were depicted in the abuse, it was more likely to be severe. (Photo: Pixabay)

More boys suffer online sex abuse than thought: study

The report added that the younger the child, whether a boy or a girl, the "abuse was more likely to be severe".

7 March 2018 12:10 PM IST

Honey: A saviour in case your kid swallows button batteries

Honey or Carafate (a cherry-flavoured duodenal ulcer prescription), can help reduce the esophageal damage.

13 Jun 2018 3:46 PM IST

No vaccine is currently on the market, though several are being developed. (Photo: AP)

Here's what scientists know today about Zika and its effect on...

Zika began spreading in Brazil in April 2015 and the country saw more than 260,000 probable cases in 2016, according to...

6 Jun 2018 10:25 AM IST

An inside view of a ward of BRD Hospital in Gorakhpur on Friday. (Photo: AP)

Disruption' in oxygen supply kills 3 kids in Raipur hospital

It was found that the oxygen plant operator in the hospital, Rabi Chandra, was in inebriated condition and failed to...

22 Aug 2017 5:24 AM IST