Baby Health

• Lack of breastfeeding costs global economy nearly $1B every day: researchers

  A new website developed by researchers in Canada and Asia showed that the world could have saved $341 billion each year if mothers breastfeed their children for longer, helping prevent early deaths and various diseases.

  Canada

  Jul 12, 2019
  
• Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy linked to small, preterm babies in southwestern Ontario: study

  Researchers suggest expecting mothers avoid exposure to poor quality air.

  Health

  Apr 3, 2019
  
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• Study finds breast milk sugar may help stop food allergies in babies

  A Manitoba study has found that sugars in breast milk may help prevent food allergies from developing in children.

  Health

  Jul 3, 2018
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• This woman’s baby died in his crib, and now she has a warning for other parents

  A Washington mom is heartbroken following the death of her seven-month-old son, and she's hoping other parents don't make the same mistake she did.

  Health

  Jul 7, 2017
• Reducing the risk of SIDS: Should babies sleep in cardboard boxes like in Finland?

  Ever since Finland implemented its baby box program in the 1930s, the rate of SIDS has dropped. Coincidence, or is Finland on to something?

  Health

  Mar 24, 2017
• Data on births, deaths key to saving lives of poor kids and moms: experts

  For one million babies born every year on this planet, it's as if they were never here. That's how many newborns die on the day of their birth.

  Canada

  May 27, 2014