Reliance on the visual signs of jaundice could put newborn babies, particularly those born prematurely and those with black and brown skin, at risk of serious harm, the healthcare safety watchdog has ...

Neonatal jaundice, characterised by the yellowing of a newborn’s skin and eyes, is primarily the result of hyperbilirubinaemia – an excess of bilirubin in the blood. Although most cases resolve ...

According to Dr. Bajrang Agarwal, director of neonatal-perinatal medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, “Neonatal jaundice is a common and usually harmless condition ...

After a delivery, your newborn may face unexpected health issues, including jaundice. This yellowing of the skin and eyes occurs when bilirubin, a substance produced during red blood cell breakdown, ...

A protein that inhibits the enzyme that breaks down bilirubin in newborns has now been identified by researchers. Methods that block this inhibitor, and thus restore the enzyme’s activity, could ...

Newborn babies who are diagnosed with and treated for jaundice are no more likely than other babies to suffer long-term developmental problems, according to a study published in the New England ...

Bilirubin-induced neurologic dysfunction can occur in term and late-preterm healthy babies, however, can be effectively prevented through rapid reduction of the increased bilirubin load by intensive ...

Neonatal jaundice is a condition in which there is an abnormal elevation in serum bilirubin levels in a newborn infant. Bilirubin is a yellow pigment, created during the breakdown of senescent red ...

Dear Doctors: When my nephew was born last year, he had something the doctors called neonatal jaundice. It went away after a few weeks, and he seemed fine. Then the same thing happened when I had my ...

image: Association between pesticide usage during pregnancy and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia requiring treatment: The Japan Environment and Children's study. view more The data of 61,751 pregnant women ...

THE degree and duration of hyperbilirubinemia during neonatal life result from many influences unique to the newborn period that serve either to increase the rate of formation of bilirubin or to ...