The sudden, unexpected and medically unexplained death of an infant during sleep, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), is not yet fully understood. A European research group has now presented a new ...

Babies at risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) could be identified through a biochemical marker, a new study published in The Lancet’s eBioMedicine finds. SIDS is the unexplained death of a ...

New research from Tufts University School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences suggests that the timing of the death of certain inhibitory neurons in the brain shortly after ...

(HealthDay)—Factors associated with higher and lower risk of posterior fossa malformations, hemangioma, arterial anomalies, cardiac defects, eye anomalies (PHACE) syndrome have been identified in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A common cause of shaken baby incidents is continuous crying. Cavan Images via Getty Images In the early 1990s when I was a young ...

Twin girls, J.D. and K.D., were born at full term to apparently healthy parents. There was no consanguinity, and an older sibling was in good health. A mild, afebrile diarrheal illness had complicated ...

Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS), often called infantile spasms, is the most common form of epilepsy seen during infancy. Prompt diagnosis and referral to a neurologist are essential. But ...

Rare genetic mutations associated with impairment of the breathing muscles are more common in children who have died from sudden infant death syndrome (also known as 'cot death') than in healthy ...

Researchers may have identified a biological mechanism behind sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). A better understanding of the condition’s causes could help scientists to develop a test that ...

We refer to a floppy infant as an infant with generalized hypotonia presenting at birth or in early life. There is a broad spectrum of underlying conditions, which can either be acquired or of genetic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Facial infantile hemangiomas at multiple sites may put infants at risk for posterior fossa malformations, ...