Parents of newborns have enough to worry about, and they can most likely add newborn skin ailments to that list. Nearly 20 percent of newborns contract eczema, and roughly 60 percent of newborns — ...

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It is unclear if high- versus low-dose phototherapy reduces the occurrence of newborn brain injuries, cerebral palsy, or death before leaving the hospital. High- versus low-dose phototherapy may ...

Sometimes newborn babies may develop a yellow colouring of the skin, eyes, tongue and palms. This is called jaundice. Newborn jaundice occurs when a baby has high levels of bilirubin in the blood.

Medical and engineering researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle have developed a smartphone app, called BiliCam, that they claim can diagnose jaundice in newborns via a smartphone's ...

Yellowing of the skin, known as jaundice, is a common condition with newborns, which usually resolves as the baby’s liver develops. However, with adults, yellow skin can be a symptom of several ...

The transcutaneous sensors on the baby will sometimes have false readings for infants with darker skin, so infants of Black, Indian, Southeast Asian, mixed, Mexican and sometimes South American ...

A consultant pediatrician has debunked the belief that putting breast milk in the eyes of babies with jaundice would cure it. Dr Funmi Adesokan, Consultant Pediatrician, Osun State University Teaching ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Susan Sheridan recalls frantically racing her days-old son to doctor after doctor because his skin was so yellow -- only to be assured that jaundice is a rite of infancy. But as ...

Newborn babies diagnosed with jaundice in Scotland can now receive vital treatment from the comfort of their own homes, thanks to an innovative "Hospital at Home" service launched by the nation's ...