Newborn screening refers to the process of taking a blood sample from a newborn baby and testing the sample to identify specific illnesses or conditionsThe illnesses that are tested for in newborn screening are genetic, metabolic, or endocrine…

Our senses include 5 external senses: touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight.Twoadditional internal senses include proprioception,which gives us body awareness and a sense of the movements and positions of our body, and vestibulation…

Our mission is to support parents through the first 1,000 days to have the best possible experience of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.We provide evidence-based information on our website, which is accessed over six million times a year…

The HPV vaccine prevents cervical cancer, as well as other cancers including cancer of the oropharynx (back of the throat), anal cancer, penile cancer in men, and vaginal and vulvar cancer in women. In addition to cancer prevention, the HPV vaccine also prevents infec- tion with HPV types that cause genital warts in both women and men…

Reduce the amount and frequency of foods and drinks that contain sugars.

Caring for your baby’s teeth is one of many important responsibilities as you become a parent. The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD), the organisation dedicated to improving the oral health of children in the UK, has assembled the basic advice and information you might need about oral health in one concise leaflet. We hope that we can help you get your child off to the best possible start and achieve healthy teeth for life…

ﻫﻮ ﻣﺮض ﺟﻴﻨﻲ وراﺛﻲ ﻳﺘﻢ اﻧﺘﻘﺎﻟﻪ ﻣﻦ أﺣﺪ اﻟﻮاﻟﺪﻳﻦ أو ﻛﻼﻫﻤﺎ إﻟﻰ اﻷﻃﻔﺎل، وﻳﺴﺒﺐ ﻟﻠﻤﺼﺎب ﺑﻪ ﻧﻘﺼﺎً ﻓﻲ ﻛﻤﻴﺔ إﻧﺰﻳﻢ ﺳﺪاﺳﻲ ﻓﻮﺳﻔﺎت اﻟﺠﻠﻮﻛﻮز اﻟﻨﺎزع ﻟﻠﻬﻴﺪروﺟﻴﻦ ﻓﻲ اﻟﺪم )G6PD(، وﻫﻮ إﻧﺰﻳﻢ ﻳﻮﺟﺪ ﻓﻲ اﻟﺠﺴﻢ وﻇﻴﻔﺘﻪ ﺣﻤﺎﻳﺔ ﺧﻼﻳﺎ اﻟﺪم اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء ﻣﻦ اﻟﺘﻠﻒ اﻟﺴﺮﻳﻊ، واﻟﺘﻜﺴﺮ ﻓﻲ ﻇﺮوف ﻣﻌﻴﻨﺔ ﻣﺜﻞ ﺗﻨﺎول ﺑﻌﺾ اﻷﻃﻌﻤﺔ أو اﻷدوﻳﺔ أو ﻋﻨﺪ اﻹﺻﺎﺑﺔ ﺑﺎﻻﻟﺘﻬﺎﺑﺎت. ﻫﺬا اﻟﺘﻠﻒ اﻟﺴﺮﻳﻊ ﻟﻜﺮﻳﺎت اﻟﺪم اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء ﻳﺆدي إﻟﻰ ﻓﻘﺮ دم ﺣﺎد وﻣﻔﺎﺟﺊ. وﺑﺴﺒﺐ ﻧﻘﺺ اﻹﻧﺰﻳﻢ ﻓﻲ اﻟﺠﺴﻢ واﻟﺬي ﻳﺴﺎﻋﺪ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﺘﻤﺜﻴﻞ اﻟﻐﺬاﺋﻲ، ﻓﻌﻨﺪ ﺗﻨﺎول اﻟﻤﺼﺎب ﺑﻬﺬا اﻟﻤﺮض ﻟﻸﻃﻌﻤﺔ اﻟﺘﻲ ﻳﺠﺐ ﺗﺠﻨﺒﻬﺎ ﻛﺎﻟﺒﻘﻮﻟﻴﺎت اﻟﺘﻲ ﺗﺘﻜﻮن ﻣﻦ ﻧﺼﻔﻴﻦ، ﻓﻘﺪ ﻳﺤﺪث ﺗﻜﺴﺮ ﻓﻲ ﻛﺮﻳﺎت اﻟﺪم اﻟﺤﻤﺮاء، وﻇﻬﻮر ﺑﻌﺾ اﻷﻋﺮاض ﻛﺸﺤﻮب اﻟﻮﺟﻪ،

Favism is a genetic disease transmitted from one or both parents to children and causes the patient to be deficient in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase enzyme in the blood. The abbreviation G6PD, is an enzyme in the body that protects red blood cells from rapid damage, break down in certain conditions such as eating certain foods or medications or when infected. This immediate damage to red blood cells leads to severe and sudden anemia.

Cervical Cancer Just the tip of the iceberg. 11,000 Cervical cancer is the only type of cancer caused by HPV that has a recommended screening test to detect it at an early stage…

These guidelines are for healthy full-term babies and may vary for premature or sick babies. Check with your health care provider. Guidelines are for home use only and not for hospital use…

Milestones matter! How your baby plays, learns, speaks, acts, and moves offers important clues about his or her development. Check the milestones your baby has reached by 2 months. Take this with you and talk with your baby’s doctor at every well-child visit about the milestones your baby has reached and what to expect next…

In many tropical countries, mosquitoes can spread diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, West Nile, malaria, yellow fever and Zika. Here are five simple rules you should follow to reduce your risk of infections spread by mosquitoes…

Lower-extremity alignment goes through a predictable progression over the first seven years of life: from varus (bow-legs) between birth and approximately 18 months, to neutral alignment between approximately 18 and 24 months, to valgus (knock-knees), and, finally, back towards neutral. Adult lower extremity alignment is slight valgus…

This position paper replaces the WHO position paper on Rabies vaccines published in 2010. It presents new evidence in the field of rabies and the use of rabies vaccines, focussing on programmatic feasibility, simplification of vaccination schedules and improved cost-effectiveness.

Public Health England campaign Change4Life has comprehensive advice on healthy eating. The companion site Start4Life is aimed at babies and has preventative advice on good weaning practices. Parents can sign up for text messages and emails on general evidence-based parenting topics. www.nhs.uk/Change4Life, www.nhs.uk/ start4life..

Rabies is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind. There is still no treatment available once a patient develops the symptoms of rabies. There has been confusion among the general public because of historical fears and the painful injections of anti-rabies vaccination (nerve tissue vaccine administered over the abdomen) given in the past. These FAQs are an attempt to provide accepted and evidence-based answers to common questions about the disease…

This position paper replaces the WHO position paper on Rabies vaccines published in 2010. It presents new evidence in the field of rabies and the use of rabies vaccines, focussing on programmatic feasibility, simplification of vaccination schedules and improved cost-effectiveness.

Rabies is a zoonotic disease caused by Lyssavirus transmitted to human beings by bites from rabid animals. It is almost always fatal but can be prevented by timely initiation of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), viz., local treatment of wounds, administration of rabies immunoglobulins (RIGs)/rabies monoclonal antibodies (RMAbs), and anti-rabies vaccines…

BCG vaccine contains a weakened form of the bacteria (germ) that causes TB. Because it is weakened it doesn’t actually cause TB, but it helps your baby develop protection (immunity) against TB in case he or she ever comes into contact with it. The BCG vaccination is particularly effective in protecting babies and young children against the more rare severe forms of TB such as TB meningitis (swelling of the lining of the brain)…

Purpose: To provide an overview of normal and abnormal temper tantrum behavior as well as give recommendations nurse practitioners (NPs) can use in counseling families. Data sources: Articles were identified from the following databases: CINAHL, Health Source: Nursing/Academic edition, Medline, Social Work Abstracts, So- cial Science Abstracts, Psych INFO, Psychology and Behavioral Science Collec- tion. Textbook references were also identified using Stat!Ref…

A mother presented her 1-month old term infant with a slowly progressive subcutaneous 1.2 by 1.2 cm swelling on the left upper arm. On the same site, 0.1 mL Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine had been provided intradermally on the day of birth. Manufactured by Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand (Lot No. FB00817), 1 mL contains about 2 million viable bacteria of the live attenuated Mycobac- terium bovis Tokyo 172 strain…