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  • February 2008

    • Baby Products Expose Infants to Chemicals

      Reuters  |  Feb 4, 08 4:29 PM CST

      Baby Products Expose Infants to Chemicals

      (Newser) - Common baby products may be exposing infants to dangerous chemicals called phthalates, a new study shows. The presence of the substances in infants' urine was linked with the use of baby lotions, powder, and shampoo. Experts don't know the long-term health consequences, but "there is a large body of animal studies to suggest developmental and reproductive toxicity" from phthalates, a doctor tells Reuters. More »

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      health  • babies  • health study  • infants  • phthalates

  • January 2008

    • Ditch Cold Meds for Tots: FDA

      Associated Press  |  Jan 17, 08 6:04 AM CST

      Ditch Cold Meds for Tots: FDA

      (Newser) - Although cold and cough medicine manufacturers pulled their baby and toddler lines off the shelves in October, the FDA is issuing an official advisory today to warn parents of the risk of giving any such remedies to children under 2. The government worries that uninformed parents are simply dosing their sniffly little ones with old medicines still in their home or products aimed at older kids, AP reports. More »

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      FDA  • babies  • overdose  • infants  • cold medicine  • cough medicine

    • Nicole Richie Gives Birth to Baby Girl

      People  |  Jan 12, 08 3:38 PM CST

      Nicole Richie Gives Birth to Baby Girl

      (Newser) - Wild child Nicole Richie gave birth to a child of her own yesterday, People reports, as she and Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden welcomed a baby girl into the world in a Los Angeles hospital. Just down the hall, Christina Aguilera, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and David Allen Grier’s wife were all having babies of their own in a day of celebrity births. More »

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      celebrity  • pregnancy  • Paris Hilton  • babies  • gossip  • Nicole Richie  • Christina Aguilera

  • December 2007

    • Laughing Tots Make TV Debut

      Slate  |  Dec 31, 07 5:34 PM CST

      Laughing Tots Make TV Debut

      (Newser) - Babies with belly-laughs are the darlings of YouTube—one video has been seen by more than 35 million viewers—and now AIG is deploying them to sell financial instruments. Slate finds the AIG giggling-baby campaign instructive of what works and what doesn't in adapting YouTube videos to TV. For one thing, the ad co-opts a whole genre, not a single beloved video—which risks backlash. More »

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      YouTube  • advertising  • AIG  • babies  • BMW

    • South Korea Bounces Reign of Baby Boys

      New York Times  |  Dec 23, 07 10:10 AM CST

      South Korea Bounces Reign of Baby Boys

      (Newser) - Shedding an age-old preference for sons, South Korea has in the last two decades become the first Asian country to reverse a large sex imbalance at birth. A radical shift in Koreans' attitude toward female babies—and toward working women—has brought down the rate of sex-selection abortion, the New York Times reports. More »

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      China  • India  • South Korea  • abortion  • babies  • gender discrimination  • birth rate

    • US Fertility Rate Bounces to Boom Levels

      USA Today  |  Dec 20, 07 4:41 AM CST

      US Fertility Rate Bounces to Boom Levels

      (Newser) - Americans are having more babies than at any time since 1971, USA Today reports. The fertility rate hit an average of 2.1 babies for every woman in 2006, the highest since just before the Baby Boom ended. The rise in fertility puts America apart from other developed countries, many of which are trying to cajole their people into having more babies to replace aging populations. More »

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      America  • babies  • fertility  • demographics  • population  • baby boom

    • Bigger Babies Become Happier Adults

      Reuters  |  Dec 4, 07 5:46 AM CST

      Bigger Babies Become Happier Adults

      (Newser) - A new study links the size of a baby at birth with its happiness later in life, Reuters reports. Researchers found that adults suffering depression or anxiety were more likely to have weighed less at birth, according to a study in the journal Biological Psychiatry. "As birth weight progressively decreases, it's more likely that an individual will suffer from mood disorders," said the lead researcher. More »

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      pregnancy  • medical research  • mental health  • babies

    • Anorexia Linked to Hormones in Womb

      BBC  |  Dec 4, 07 4:30 AM CST

      Anorexia Linked to Hormones in Womb

      (Newser) - Nobody's knows exactly why women are far more likely to develop anorexia than men, but hormones released in the womb could be the cause, according to a new study in the Archives of General Psychiatry. Researchers have found that men with a female twin are more at risk of developing the disease, leading scientists to theorize that hormones released for female development during pregnancy raise the risk of anorexia. More »

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      pregnancy  • medical research  • babies  • eating disorder  • anorexia

    • Foreign Adoptions Down 15%

      Associated Press  |  Dec 2, 07 5:11 AM CST

      Foreign Adoptions Down 15%

      (Newser) - US adoptions from abroad have sunk for the third straight year, mostly because China and Russia have tougher policies, AP reports. A drop in adoptions from Haiti and South Korea have also added to the 15% decline since 2004. But a spike in adoptions from Guatemala, Ethiopia, and Vietnam have partly balanced the scales, experts say. More »

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      China  • Russia  • South Korea  • Vietnam  • babies  • Haiti  • adoption  • Ethiopia  • Guatemala  • foreign adoptions

  • November 2007

    • Even Babies Know Friend From Foe

      Associated Press  |  Nov 21, 07 7:50 PM CST

      Even Babies Know Friend From Foe

      (Newser) - Babies know how to pick out friends from enemies even before they can talk, a new study suggests. The findings could mean that such social behavior is innate rather than learned from parents, said researchers at Yale University. In the study, babies 6 to 10 months old clearly preferred playing with toys shown to be helpful rather than hurtful, the AP reports. More »

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      babies  • Yale University  • nature vs. nurture

    • 3,700 Adoptions in Limbo

      Associated Press  |  Nov 20, 07 5:38 PM CST

      3,700 Adoptions in Limbo

      (Newser) - Thousands of Americans are caught in heartbreaking limbo as Guatemala debates new rules for its adoption system, the AP reports. US families await 3,700 kids, but Guatemala wants to regulate what many call a crime-ridden $100 million business that includes coercion and kidnapping. The US has asked for current adoptions to be okayed, but Guatemala claims that 1,000 cases already show problems. More »

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      children  • kidnapping  • babies  • adoption  • Guatemala  • coercion

    • Want to Make Girl Babies? Get Stressed!

      Economist  |  Nov 18, 07 6:20 AM CST

      Want to Make Girl Babies? Get Stressed!

      (Newser) - Scientists have wondered for years why mothers in rich and peaceful countries are more likely to have baby boys, and new research suggests the answer may be stress, reports the Economist . Danish researchers have also found that stressed-out moms in the West are more apt to have baby girls—just like women in war zones and disaster areas. More »

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      pregnancy  • babies  • stress  • mothers

  • October 2007

    • 1M Bumbo Baby Seats Recalled

      Bloomberg  |  Oct 25, 07 4:30 PM CDT

      1M Bumbo Baby Seats Recalled

      (Newser) - Bumbo International of South Africa has recalled nearly 1 million of its foam Baby Sitter seats because they pose a risk to children, Bloomberg reports. The company has reports of 28 children falling out of the seats, and three of them suffered fractured skulls.The seats have been sold at Toys 'R' Us, Target, KMart, Sears, and Wal-Mart. More »

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      babies  • product recalls

    • Let Them Eat Fish!

      Washington Post  |  Oct 4, 07 5:45 AM CDT

      Let Them Eat Fish!

      (Newser) - Contrary to federal FDA recommendations, pregnant women and nursing mothers should eat at least 12 ounces of seafood a week to help promote fetal brain development, according to the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition. The government has been warning moms-to-be and nursing mothers not to eat more than 12 ounces for fear of mercury poisoning, which can cause neurological problems. More »

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      pregnancy  • women's health  • fish  • babies  • breast feeding  • seafood  • nursing  • omega-3 fatty acids  • methyl mercury

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