The electromagnetic fields produced by hospital incubators can interfere with newborn babies’ heart rates, potentially creating problems for infants born prematurely who may spend extended periods in incubators, reveals a study in the latest issue of Archives of Disease in Childhood. The small-scale study assessed the variability in the heart rate of 43 newborn babies, […]
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Antibiotic Misuse A Serious Concern Say Experts
A new study shows that more than half the patients in the United States are taking bacteria-destroying antibiotics for colds, flu and bronchitis, all caused by viruses. This is very worrying says Dr. Jim Wilde, pediatric emergency medicine and infectious disease physician at the Medical College of Georgia. “For uncomplicated colds, zero are necessary; bronchitis, […]