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Bed sharing with parents raises risk of a baby dying from SIDS fivefold
An infant has a fivefold increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) when they share their bed with their parents, according to an analysis. The authors of this analysis estimate that around 88 percent of all SIDS deaths while bed sharing would not have occurred if it had been avoided. The results show that even when neither parent smoked, and the baby was less than 3 months old, ...
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Jay-Z dispels baby rumours
Beyonce's husband Jay-Z has dismissed rumours that the former Destiny's Child member is pregnant. Program Director Ebro Darden of New York's Hot 97, also known as Old Man Ebro, said that he emailed Jay-Z to offer best wishes on Beyonce's getting pregnant a second time, but the rapper responded back by saying that "It's not true. The news is worse than blogs," ABC News reported Rumours about ...
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Smoking during pregnancy up obesity and diabetes risk in baby girls
Women who smoke during pregnancy increase the risk of both obesity and gestational diabetes, in their daughters, a recent study has found. The study is by Dr Kristina Mattsson, Lund University, Sweden, and colleagues including Dr Matthew Longnecker from the National Institute on Environmental Health Sciences at the U.S.National Institutes of Health, North Carolina, USA. While the relation of ...
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Rochelle Humes delivers girl
The Saturdays singer Rochelle Humes has become a first-time mother after giving birth to a baby daughter. The 24-year-old welcomed a baby daughter, her first child with fellow British pop star Marvin Humes of boyband JLS, reports contactmusiccom. Proud dad Marvin took to Twitter to share the happy news. "This morning we welcomed our baby girl Alaia-Mai Humes. Mum is doing great and baby is ...
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‘Shame on you… you’re going round in circles baby’ – Pullicino tells Mizzi
decision not to take the Danish company to the London Arbitration of The International Chamber of Commerce. "It's shameful that you gave up so easily, when not even 100 days have passed since you've been in government," a livid Fenech told Mizzi. But as the energy minister attempted to explain that if Malta had taken BWSC to court it would have ended up in favour of the ...
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Sweet Home Alabama
Director Andy Tennant's last film was 1999's Anna and the King, the florid tale of a refined 19th-century British woman who finds herself in the ancient Oriental kingdom of Siam, which is moving slowly into modernity. His latest, the romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama, has essentially the same narrative crux, but in this case it's a refined 21st-century New Yorker who finds herself ... ...
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Bed-Sharing With Parents Puts Babies At 5 Times The Risk For SIDS
Co-sleeping with a newborn increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) fivefold, a new study in BMJ Open suggests. The likelihood applies even if parents are not smokers, drinkers, or drug users - other factors that raise the risk of SIDS, according to the study led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. A previous study conducted by a research team at the ...
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Footy Show Ugly Baby Remarks Offend Parents Infant Compared to Rugby Player
May 21, 2013 1:22 pm "The Footy Show," a sports entertainment channel based in Australia, is clearing the air about statements made during the program, which called a baby ...
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SJC upholds convictions in unborn baby’s 2003 shooting death on T
The state’s highest court today upheld the convictions of two reputed South End gang members found responsible for the February 2003 shooting of a pregnant MBTA commuter, whose unborn son was struck and ultimately killed by an errant shot fired aboard a crowded Orange Line train.Chimezie Akara and Andre Green, both serving life imprisonment plus 66 to 80 years without the possibility of ...
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Ex-Farmington day care provider charged in sleeping babys death
A former Farmington day care provider has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a 3-month-old boy in her home last July. Rebecca Lynn Graupmann, 46, was charged by warrant Monday, May 20, in Dakota County District Court. The charges include two counts of second-degree manslaughter, child endangerment, child neglect and interference with a death scene. The boy, Kaiden Robert Staebell, ...
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Bison Baby First Wisent Born in German Wild
After being released into the wild in Germany just last month, a herd of wisents has welcomed its first calf. The first European bison to be born free in Germany ...
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