Children's Health: Newborns & Infants

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  • Caring For Your Young Son's Uncircumcised Penis

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    02/19/08, Healthwise

    Male babies who are not circumcised have a greater chance of urinary tract infections in the first year of life than babies who have been circumcised.1 Keeping your young son's penis clean may help prevent these infections and other

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  • Circumcision

    Article
    02/19/08, Healthwise

    Male circumcision is an elective surgery to remove the foreskin (prepuce), a fold of skin that covers and protects the rounded tip of the penis (glans). This surgery is most commonly done on newborns about 24 hours old. See a picture of t

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  • Cleft Lip - Symptoms

    Article
    02/04/08, Healthwise

    A cleft lip is obvious at birth. Beyond the distinctive physical appearance, a cleft lip usually does not cause other symptoms or feeding problems. Babies born with cleft lip often can breast-feed successfully. And bottle-feeding usu

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  • Cleft Lip - Exams and Tests

    Article
    02/04/08, Healthwise

    Diagnosis of cleft lip is based on a physical exam of your baby's mouth. Cleft lip usually is obvious at birth because of distinctive facial characteristics. A baby with cleft lip should be examined carefully for the presence of other

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  • Cleft Palate - Topic Overview

    Article
    02/04/08, Healthwise

    Cleft palate is a treatable birth defect in which the baby's roof of the mouth (palate) does not develop normally during pregnancy, leaving an opening (cleft) that may go through to the nasal cavity. Cleft palate may involve any part of t

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  • Cleft Palate - Treatment Overview

    Article
    02/04/08, Healthwise

    Surgery is the primary treatment for cleft palate. Sometimes multiple procedures are needed over several years to fully correct the defect. Additional treatments depend on the severity of cleft palate and whether other problems develop, s

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  • Premature Infant

    Article
    05/08/07, Healthwise

    This topic is for people who want to know what to expect when a baby is born early. For information about early labor, its causes, and its treatment, see the topic Preterm Labor.

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  • How can I make informed decisions about my extremely premature infant?

    Article
    05/08/07, Healthwise

    Infants born between 22 and 26 completed weeks of pregnancy are called "extremely premature." An infant's chances of survival greatly increase with each additional week of pregnancy.

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  • Growth and Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months

    Article
    04/03/08, Healthwise

    The first 12 months may be the most dynamic period of life. Dramatic changes are taking place in all areas of growth and development, which include:

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  • Colic

    Article
    06/19/07, Healthwise

    All babies cry, but sometimes a baby will cry for hours at a time, no matter what you do. This extreme type of crying in a baby between 3 weeks and 3 months of age is called colic. Although it is upsetting for parents and caregivers, coli

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