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At 59,995, India records highest number of births on New Year's Day, says UNICEF
• 4 years agoAs per UNICEF, an estimated 140 million children will be born in 2021 and their average life expectancy is expected to be 84 years
Low blood sugar at birth, genetics cause epilepsy in young Indian children: Study
Abigailb • 4 years agoIt is very important that families and new mothers are made aware of the impact of low blood sugar at birth and its negative neurological impact later in life.
Babies that are bottle-fed consume 1.6 million pieces of microplastic every day: study
• 5 years agoOver a 21-day test period, the team found that the bottles released between 1.3 and 16.2 million plastic microparticles per litre.
Over 275 million children in India suffer mild to severe effects of lead poisoning, as per new UNICEF report
Tech2 News Staff • 5 years agoLead has been found in food items like Chili powder, Garam Masala, etc and in a brand of instant noodles popular across India.
India recorded highest births on New Year's Day with 67,385 babies born, China holds second spot with 46,299 newborns
• 5 years agoChina, with 1.43 billion people in 2019, and India, with 1.37 billion, have long been the two most populous countries of the world
Delhi's air pollution: Expecting mothers fear for the lives of their unborn children in Delhi's 'gas chamber'
• 6 years agoBefore a baby is born, smog is as bad as smoking when it comes to miscarriages.
Benefits of drinking raw milk are not clear but the dangers are well defined
• 6 years agoA study concluded that drinking raw milk in the first year of life could reduce the risk of fevers and respiratory infections by about 30 percent.
9 Months Episode 16: A Guide to the delivery, by doctors — Part 2
Meghnap • 8 years agoIn this episode, author Meghna Pant talks to doctors about labour and delivery, and how the thought of delivery and labour pains gives all women nightmares.
9 Months Episode 17: Know what to do and expect in the first year of having a baby — Part 1
Meghnap • 7 years agoWatch Dr Velumani of Thyrocare talk about what care mothers should take of themselves.
9 Months Episode 18: Know what to do and expect in the first year of having a baby — Part 2
Meghnap • 7 years agoWhat to do and expect in the first year of having a baby, watch author Meghna Pant talk to Dr Rahul Verma about what kind of care babies require