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Risk of SIDS is significantly increased by combined prenatal smoking and drinking   Babies are 12 times more likely to suffer from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) if their mother continued to both drink and smoke after the first trimester of pregnancy, compared with babies born to mothers who did not.

Measles comeback attributed to anti-vaccination campaigns   Measles, a viral infection that is highly contagious is making a comeback over the past few years in several developed as well as developing nations. This is mainly due to the decline in vaccination rates that protect the community and the unimmunized.         Minimally invasive technique to directly measure cardiac output in newborns   The amount of blood that the heart pumps in one minute (cardiac output) can be directly measured safely in newborns by monitoring changes in blood velocity after injecting saline, indicates a paper published online Dec. 17, 2019 in the Journal of Pediatrics and Neonatal Medicine.

Study underscores the importance of long-term follow-up for Zika-exposed infants   Colombian infants exposed to Zika virus in the womb showed neurodevelopmental delays as toddlers, despite having "normal" brain imaging and head circumference at birth, a finding that underscores the importance of long-term neurodevelopmental follow-up for Zika-exposed infants, according to a study published online Jan. 6, 2020, in JAMA Pediatrics.       Supportive family environments reduce both school-age and workplace bullying   Having a supportive family environment makes school-age LGB children in the UK significantly less likely to be victims of bullying, according to new research by Anglia Ruskin University.       First-ever genomic analysis of puberty yields insights into critical areas of human health   In the first-ever genome-scale analysis of the puberty process in humans, researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah outline distinct and critical changes to stem cells in males during adolescence.       Children with food allergies are seen sooner when treated by community pediatricians   Children with food allergies are seen 10 months sooner and have fewer allergic reactions when treated by a pediatrician in their own community, a new study shows.

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