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New Study: American Academy of Pediatrics Release New Media Usage Rules
Infants Who Eat Rice Cereal May Have Higher Arsenic Levels
Newsweek (4/25, Firger) reports that research indicated “infants who ate rice and rice-based products had significantly higher urinary inorganic arsenic concentrations than those who didn’t eat any foods that contain the grain.” The findings were published in JAMA Pediatrics. Investigators “analyzed data on 759 infants that were part of the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study that took place between 2011 and 2014.”
The Effects of Music Therapy on Vital Signs, Feeding, and Sleep in Premature Infants
Loewy J et al. – Recorded music risks overstimulation in NICUs. The live elements of music such as rhythm, breath, and parent–preferred lullabies may affect physiologic function (eg, heart and respiratory rates, O2 saturation levels, and activity levels) and developmental function (eg, sleep, feeding behavior, and weight gain) in premature infants. The informed, intentional therapeutic use of live sound and parent–preferred lullabies applied by a certified music therapist can influence cardiac and respiratory function. Entrained with a premature infant’s observed vital signs, sound and lullaby may improve feeding behaviors and sucking patterns and may increase prolonged periods of quiet–alert states. Parent–preferred lullabies, sung live, can enhance bonding, thus decreasing the stress parents associate with premature infant care.
VON to Offer Subscriptions and Statewide Implementation Packages for Universal Training Solution for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
As recently published in the journal Pediatrics, the results are in on Vermont Oxford Network's Universal Training Solution for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and the enduring value of this educational program is clear!
The parental consent dilemma: Saving extremely premature babies by signing forms
Tampa Bay Times, October 18, 2013, Kelley Benham, Times Staff Writer
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