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European babies have been developing hypertrichosis as a side effect of their parents taking anti-baldness medications. According to the Spanish daily El Pais, the Pharmacovigilance Centre of Navarre (CFN) in Spain found that 11 infants had recently had the unusual condition, also known as werewolf syndrome, which is connected to a caregiver’s usage of minoxidil. … Read more
These changes, which are part of the government’s efforts to provide stronger caregiving support for parents, will bring the total paid leave to 30 weeks or about 7.5 months, up from the current 20 weeks. “Currently, paid childcare leave is too little, especially when you have two or three children,” said Ms Toh, adding that … Read more
ALL MUMS OF SINGAPOREAN BABIES QUALIFY The new scheme comprises 10 weeks of paid parental leave shared between both parents. This will be paid by the government, up to the prevailing cap of S$2,500 (US$1,900) a week, said the National Population and Talent Division (NPTD) on Sunday. Parents of Singaporean babies will be eligible for … Read more
The United Arab Emirates’ Health and Prevention Ministry announced new regulations on abortion last week, clarifying the cases in which a woman is allowed to terminate her pregnancy. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org The new regulation allows women to request an abortion during the first 120 days of pregnancy. … Read more
Singapore’s total fertility rate has fallen to a historic low of 0.97. Citizens aren’t having enough children to sustain population numbers and all the money spent to encourage procreation doesn’t seem to work. Steven Chia and Crispina Robert talk about what’s causing the decline with Dr Norman Li, psychology professor at the Singapore Management University, … Read more
According to the American Psychology Association, ’emotion regulation’ is an individual’s ability to modulate an emotion or a set of emotions. Babies and young children often display unregulated behavior or ‘melt-downs’ because they have not yet learnt to identify and name difficult emotions, let alone express them in a healthy way. Attention to cognitive and … Read more
“Aren’t you glad we’re going to the hotel now?” I asked my husband. He nodded. “We’ll use this opportunity to learn from the nurses.” We rode an elevator to the fifth floor and waited in a dark lobby. I felt as if I were at a zoo: on the other side of a glass wall, … Read more
One in 10 parents have never tried the ready-made food they serve their baby, research has found. A poll of 1,000 adults, with children aged 0 to 5, found 17 percent rarely taste-test their youngster’s purees, and nine percent will only do so if it’s a recipe that is new to their baby. The main … Read more
Bifidobacterium breve, or B breve for short, is a bacterial species that’s found in the human intestine. It’s especially relevant in early life, being one of the most abundant bacteria in the newborn gut. B breve is a species of the genus Bifidobacterium and is considered key in the development of a healthy gut. It … Read more
As It Happens6:24Great apes get a kick out of ‘playfully teasing’ each other, study finds What do you call it when a chimpanzee offers his buddy a delicious piece of fruit only to pull his hand away at the last second? Or when a bonobo repeatedly pokes, prods and pulls on the hair of an … Read more
