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Neonatal hypoglycemia is not associated with increased risk of neurosensory impairment at age 4.5 years

Neonatal Hypoglycemia Not Tied to Neurosensory Impairment

But increased risk of poor executive function and visual motor function at age 4.5 years
For infants with gastroesophageal reflux disease

Variation in Management for Infants With GERD

Variation in overall utilization of anti-reflux surgery, and in surgical and diagnostic approach
A mobile health intervention can improve adherence to infant safe sleep practices

Mobile Health Intervention Ups Infant Safe Sleep Practices

Nursing quality improvement campaign not linked to improved adherence to safe sleep practices
Animal research may have yielded a potential treatment for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in children; the new report was published online July 18 in Molecular Psychiatry.

Animal Study Reveals Potential of Fetal Alcohol Damage Reversal

Two common medications show promise in lab rats, researchers report
Infants exposed to the Zika virus in utero should have their eyes examined for possible virus-related abnormalities

Infants With Potential Zika Exposure Should Have Eye Exam

All infants with potential exposure to the virus need screening eye examination, researchers say
Parents of children at increased genetic risk for type 1 diabetes and with positive islet autoantibody testing have increased anxiety

Increased Parental Anxiety With Increased Diabetes Risk

Anxiety up for parents of children at increased genetic risk with positive islet autoantibody testing
Probiotic supplements do not appear to lower infants' risk of infection in day care

No Evidence Probiotics Protect Infants Against Infections

No differences in cold symptoms, diarrhea, fever, or vomiting for infants taking probiotics, placebo
The mortality rate for black infants in the United States has risen in recent years

Differences in U.S. Infant Mortality Rates for Blacks, Whites

After years of progress, a recent rise in mortality rates for black infants, researchers say
Rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome have risen dramatically in recent years -- and so has the cost of treating it

Economic Burden of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Up Sharply

Yearly costs for treating opioid-addicted infants now tops $300 million, researchers say
For children with nutritional iron-deficiency anemia

FeSO4 May Be Best Iron Choice in Pediatric Iron-Deficiency Anemia

Greater increase in mean hemoglobin at 12 weeks versus iron polysaccharide complex