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Neonatal services ‘overstretched’ forcing long-distance transfers

Scotland’s deficiencies in neonatal services force more than 1,500 newborns a year to be transferred long distances.
The U.K. baby charity Bliss released a Scottish briefing last night during a reception at the Scottish Parliament, detailing the “inappropriate” transfer of more than 1,500 newborns each year.
The group called on parliament to better fund The Scottish Neonatal [...]

Risk factors for depression in pregnant women reviewed

The risk factors for depression in pregnant women have been thoroughly reviewed to help clinicians identify and treat women early.
Researchers out of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have reviewed over 1,300 peer-reviewed articles about depression in pregnancy with hopes of clearly identifying risk factors for antepartum depression. The researchers expect the identification of [...]

American Baby Offers Tips to Make Holiday Less Hectic

Kate Kelly, Managing Editor of American Baby Magazine, offers up some tips to CBS News listeners for making the holidays less hectic with babies and small children.
Having a new baby in the house can make this an especially difficult time of stress and anxiety.

Prioritize, prioritize! Don’t try to do everything.  Decide on one or [...]

Stress may impact male fertility

Stress hormones and a common chemical in plastics, when combined, may cause fertility problems for male babies while in the womb.
Researchers at Edinburgh University have found that high levels of stress hormones mixed with a common chemical found in plastics severely inhibited male fetal development in rats.
The study gave some pregnant rats the chemical compound [...]