Infants

Premature birth rate declines in U.S.

2010-05-11 16:14:00

For the first time in three decades, the rate of premature births in the United States has declined for two years in a row, a finding that suggests the country is finally beginning to make some progress in the battle against prematurity. The declines...

Chimpanzees mourn their dead like humans do, research finds

2010-04-27 00:00:00

Some chimpanzees seem to grieve similarly to humans in the face of a fellow chimp's death, two new studies have found, appearing to comfort the dying, experience trauma after death and have trouble letting go. The research, published Monday in the...

Baby swimming appears to show later benefits

2010-05-03 00:00:00

Teaching babies to swim might assuage their fear of water and provide good exercise, but it could have other benefits as well. Researchers from Norway and Britain found that children who had taken baby swimming classes did better on tests involving...

Whooping cough still with us, still dangerous

2010-05-31 00:00:00

Two days after her second son, Dylan, was born in 2005, Mariah Bianchi let out yet another deep-chested cough, this time in the hospital, where she was recovering from the delivery. She had been coughing for two weeks; she had coughed so badly that her...

Facts about whooping cough

2010-09-23 00:00:00

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a bacterial disease that infects the respiratory system. It is most dangerous to infants, particularly those who are too young to be vaccinated. Symptoms: Children and adults suffer from severe coughing,...

California says whooping cough is at epidemic levels

2010-06-24 00:00:00

Whooping cough is now at epidemic levels in California and the state could record the highest number of illnesses and death due to the disease in 50 years, the state's top health official said Wednesday. Reported cases of whooping cough, also known as...

Shopping: New Stella McCartney Kids collection to debut

2010-10-31 00:00:00

There are few things as cute as wiggly little kids decked out in high fashion. And Stella McCartney certainly upped the juvenile style bar through her recent Gap collaboration for babies and kids — a collection that served up Beatles-esque...

Pajamas, nightgowns and lingerie make cozy Christmas gifts

2010-12-12 00:00:00

Somehow the holiday season brings out the urge to get cozy. Maybe that's why nightwear is a perennial favorite gift this time of year. Or maybe it's because it lends itself to stress-free shopping. After all, how many times can you give your brother-in-...

Weighing the risk and rewards of vaginal birth after a C-section

2010-04-26 00:00:00

In my first pregnancy 21/2 years ago, I was induced at 39 weeks, labored for 29 hours, and ended up with an emergency C-section when I failed to make any progress toward actually giving birth. Since then, I have paid close attention to the vaginal-birth-...

To be a well-adjusted adult, it helps to be a well-loved baby

2010-07-26 16:06:00

Feeling stressed-out? Anxious? Overly sensitive to things other people say? You can blame your mother. (As if you weren't doing that already.) A growing body of scientific evidence points to the long-lasting effects of maternal nurturing while children...

Grieving Kettleman City mothers tackle a toxic waste dump

2010-04-01 00:00:00

On a rainy afternoon in a cramped trailer, the five homemakers listened as state officials with clipboards asked personal questions: Did they or their husbands smoke, drink or take illicit drugs? Had they been exposed to pesticides or other toxic...

Treating even mild cases of diabetes in pregnancy helps both mom, baby

2009-10-01 00:00:00

To improve the health of both mother and baby, even women with mild gestational diabetes should receive treatment, researchers say -- helping resolve a long-standing dilemma in obstetrics. Rates of gestational diabetes have been increasing as more U.S....

The discovery of the remains of two babies wrapped in newspapers from the 1930s in the basement of an L.A. apartment started an intriguing mystery. Above, LAPD Dets. Jose Robledo, left, and Hector Madrigal outside of the Westlake apartment building where the mummified babies were found.

2010-11-15 00:00:00

The mummified remains of an infant, with blue stones covering its eyes, is displayed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Texas August 17, 2010. A Bronze-age woman, accompanied by a 2,800 year old mummified infant, is on loan to the U.S. for a three-stop tour.

2010-09-15 11:20:50

Wow factor: This cozy but impressively-organized store, whose acronym is ABC, is packed from floor to ceiling with secondhand clothes for children, sorted by gender, size and type of clothing ? so you never have to dig.

2010-06-15 00:00:00