Treat Infants

A Coimbatore-based veterinary surgeon has filed a petition in the Madras High Court, seeking custody of an infant monkey he cared for over ten months after treating it for severe injuries caused by a stray dog.

A total of 65 patients were being treated at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Maharashtra government's facility in Nanded against the sanctioned strength of 24 beds when 11 infants died at the NICU between Sep 30 and October 1, doctor said.

A baby in the womb with the rare vein of Galen malformation disease was saved in a first-of-its-kind brain surgery.

A baby has been born following a uterus transplant for the first time ever in France, the hospital treating mother and infant said Wednesday.

Tira Kamat, a five-month-old Mumbai infant, has been suffering since birth from spinal muscular atrophy -- a rare genetic condition that leads to the loss of muscles (skeletal muscles) needed for movement. Her middle-class parents couldn't afford a Rs 22-crore injection required for her medical treatment.

A baby girl was found stuffed inside three gunny bags on the side of a road in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, just 85 kilometres from Delhi. The infant, left to die in the cold apparently by her parents, is in hospital and recovering.

Congenital Diabetes: Neonatal diabetes mellitus (also termed congenital diabetes, or diabetes of infancy) is highly likely to be due to an underlying monogenic defect when it occurs under 6 months of age.

A barber's wife threw her six-month-old son into a well and jumped into it herself after a hospital told her it would cost her Rs 5,000 daily to treat the boy for dengue, police said.

The PGIMER (Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) battles against the outbreak of E-Coli infection in its Neonatal ICU. 1 infants are getting treatment for this infection at the moment, hospital sources reveal.

The benefits of carom seeds for pregnant women are many. This super spice is capable of treating ailments for both mom and baby.

An Odia paediatrician in the US has found a new probiotic to treat sepsis in newborn babies. According to scientists, sepsis is a medical complication that affects an infant when their body overreacts to an infection. Medical reports suggest that more than 60,000 babies die of blood infection every year.

A one-year-old infant suffering from a congenitally malformed kidney was given a new lease of life after a complex surgery at a hospital in New Delhi.

Researchers have developed two antibodies to potentially treat or prevent pertussis, the highly contagious respiratory tract infection that affects millions of infants and results in an estimated 200,000 child deaths every year.

A probiotic formula given to infants who are allergic to cow's milk changes the composition of their gut bacteria to help them develop tolerance to the food, according to a new study.

Infants treated with the LGG probiotic formula who developed tolerance to cow's milk had higher levels of bacteria that produce butyrate than those who were fed the probiotic formula but did not develop tolerance.

A Coimbatore-based veterinary surgeon has filed a petition in the Madras High Court, seeking custody of an infant monkey he cared for over ten months after treating it for severe injuries caused by a stray dog.

A total of 65 patients were being treated at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Maharashtra government's facility in Nanded against the sanctioned strength of 24 beds when 11 infants died at the NICU between Sep 30 and October 1, doctor said.

A baby in the womb with the rare vein of Galen malformation disease was saved in a first-of-its-kind brain surgery.

A baby has been born following a uterus transplant for the first time ever in France, the hospital treating mother and infant said Wednesday.

Tira Kamat, a five-month-old Mumbai infant, has been suffering since birth from spinal muscular atrophy -- a rare genetic condition that leads to the loss of muscles (skeletal muscles) needed for movement. Her middle-class parents couldn't afford a Rs 22-crore injection required for her medical treatment.

A baby girl was found stuffed inside three gunny bags on the side of a road in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, just 85 kilometres from Delhi. The infant, left to die in the cold apparently by her parents, is in hospital and recovering.

Congenital Diabetes: Neonatal diabetes mellitus (also termed congenital diabetes, or diabetes of infancy) is highly likely to be due to an underlying monogenic defect when it occurs under 6 months of age.

A barber's wife threw her six-month-old son into a well and jumped into it herself after a hospital told her it would cost her Rs 5,000 daily to treat the boy for dengue, police said.

The PGIMER (Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) battles against the outbreak of E-Coli infection in its Neonatal ICU. 1 infants are getting treatment for this infection at the moment, hospital sources reveal.

The benefits of carom seeds for pregnant women are many. This super spice is capable of treating ailments for both mom and baby.

An Odia paediatrician in the US has found a new probiotic to treat sepsis in newborn babies. According to scientists, sepsis is a medical complication that affects an infant when their body overreacts to an infection. Medical reports suggest that more than 60,000 babies die of blood infection every year.

A one-year-old infant suffering from a congenitally malformed kidney was given a new lease of life after a complex surgery at a hospital in New Delhi.

Researchers have developed two antibodies to potentially treat or prevent pertussis, the highly contagious respiratory tract infection that affects millions of infants and results in an estimated 200,000 child deaths every year.

A probiotic formula given to infants who are allergic to cow's milk changes the composition of their gut bacteria to help them develop tolerance to the food, according to a new study.

Infants treated with the LGG probiotic formula who developed tolerance to cow's milk had higher levels of bacteria that produce butyrate than those who were fed the probiotic formula but did not develop tolerance.