London: Unborn babies 'practise' facial expressions of pain in the womb, according to a new study. Researchers from Durham and Lancaster Universities suggest that foetuses' ability to show a 'pain' facial expression is a developmental process which could potentially give doctors another index of the health of a foetus.
The study extends the findings of previous work demonstrating that the facial expressions of healthy foetuses develop and become more complex during pregnancy resulting in foetuses being able to show recognisable facial expressions.
The 4D scans of 15 healthy foetuses showed that they develop from making very simple one-dimensional expressions at 24 weeks, such as moving their lips in order to form a 'smile', to complex multi-dimensional expressions which can be recognised as 'pain' expressions, by the time the mother is 36 weeks into her pregnancy.
The researchers suggest this is an adaptive process which enables the unborn baby to prepare themselves for life after birth when they have to communicate, for example if they feel hungry or uncomfortable, by making grimaces or crying. The researchers used the video footage of 4D scans, observing repeatedly the facial expressions of eight female and seven male foetuses from the second to third trimester (24 to 36 weeks) of pregnancy....
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07:55 PM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: More than 4,00,000 babies across South Asia die right after their birth, reveals a new study. The report also indicates that chronic malnourishment which leads to mental or physical impairment is particularly severe in the region. The report's birth day risk index shows that of the one million babies who die each year on the day they are born, almost 40 per cent of these are in India,...
11:36 AM, May 07, 2013
London: Robert Edwards, the scientist known as the father of IVF for pioneering the development of "test tube babies" for couples unable to conceive naturally, died on Wednesday aged 87. The Briton, who won the Nobel medicine prize for his achievement in 2010, started developing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in 1955 - work that culminated in 1978 in the birth of Louise Brown, the first so-called test tube baby. More than...
06:01 AM, Apr 11, 2013
A medical assistant told a jury on Tuesday that she snipped the spines of at least 10 babies during unorthodox abortions at a West Philadelphia clinic, at the direction of the clinic's owner. ...
04:22 AM, Mar 20, 2013
A baby girl born with HIV was cured in Mississippi, US after doctors administered three anti-viral drugs, raising hopes of an early stage cure in new born babies. ...
03:08 PM, Mar 04, 2013
A woman has emerged as the Britain's worst serial killer after over 2.5 million criminal records between 1770 and 1934 were placed online by the National Archives and revealed that she murdered 400 babies. Amelia Dyer was dubbed the 'Angel Maker', a prolific serial killer responsible for the horrific crimes that sent shockwaves through 19th century Britain, the Daily Mail reported Saturday. ...
11:10 PM, Feb 23, 2013
The title of the video on YouTube says, "One of the most wonderful videos you'll watch!" and you can't help but agree. ...
02:32 PM, Jan 09, 2013
It is 12 December 2012 - and the unique date of 12.12.12 is being chased by, believe it or not, would-be mothers across cities in India. Numerologists say babies born on this date will be 'lucky'. No wonder then, there are many C-Section deliveries lined up for the day. ...
08:10 AM, Dec 12, 2012
Infant formula causes cellular death that may contribute to necrotizing enterocolitis, a severe intestinal condition that is often fatal and occurs most commonly in premature infants, says a new study. ...
12:05 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Deepa Dasmunsi, the bete noire of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and another union minister from West Bengal on Saturday visited Malda Medical College and Hospital where 37 infants died in six days since Saturday. ...
06:33 PM, Dec 01, 2012
Six more infant deaths have been reported from the Medical College Hospital in Malda in West Bengal in the past 24 hours. This takes the toll to 19 deaths since Saturday. Hospital authorities maintain that the infants were brought in a critical condition from the adjoining North and South Dinajpur districts and all of them were suffering from malnutrition. ...
08:16 AM, Nov 27, 2012
London: Pregnant women beware! Cellphone radiation exposure during pregnancy impacts foetal brain development and may cause hyperactivity, researchers say. Yale School of Medicine researcher, Dr Hugh Taylor co-authored the latest study to probe the impact of cellphone exposure on pregnancies. "We had pregnant mice in cages and we just simply put a cellphone on top of the cage. In half the mice, the cellphone was active and in half of...
03:02 PM, Nov 12, 2012
London: Long life ahead! A third of new generation babies are expected to survive to celebrate their 100th birthday, thanks to improvement in living standards and medicine, a new study claims. Dubbed the "new centenarians" because they have a one in three chance of reaching the age of 100, today's babies will work until the age of 70, be saddled with student debt until 52 and get married eight years...
12:35 PM, Nov 12, 2012
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09:13 AM, Sep 10, 2012
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12:53 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Chennai: For the first time in the city, a fertility centre has launched embryoscopy, a technology that chooses the best embryo for implantation by increasing the current success rates of infertility treatments. This comes as a boon for childless couple who have been trying hard for a baby through IVF (Invitrio Fertilization) methods, observed Dr C Geetha Haripriya, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and chairperson of Prashanth Hospital at a press meet...
03:16 PM, Aug 31, 2012
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05:38 PM, Aug 05, 2012
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday asked the state's Medical & Education Minister to quickly upgrade facilities at Srinagar's only children's hospital GB Pant. Omar said that the hospital's budget would be raised and more ventilators would be provided to the hospital. This after CNN-IBN reported how lack of medical care has led to the death of as many as 62 infants in 3 months. The...
01:31 PM, May 16, 2012
Srinagar: Over 62 newborns have died in the past three months at Srinagar's only paediatric hospital GB Pant. The hospital is facing an acute shortage of trained staff and medical equipment. The sole paediatric hospital in Srinagar has literally become a death trap. In the past six weeks alone, 30 infants have died due to doctors' negligence and inadequate health equipment to tackle the crisis. The doctors say they are...
08:30 AM, May 16, 2012
