As chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Mount Sinai, Dr. Frederick Suchy oversees 100 full-time faculty and also conducts research on pediatric liver disease, focusing on the newborn period. He ...

A simple test can accurately identify which newborn babies are at risk for developing dangerous levels of jaundice. While neonatal jaundice, a yellowing of the skin caused by a buildup of a blood ...

Newborn jaundice is when a baby’s skin and eyes turn yellow from too much bilirubin. It usually resolves as their liver matures and they start feeding, but if it persists, there may be another cause.

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, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Susan Sheridan recalls frantically racing her days-old son to doctor after doctor because his skin was so yellow -- only to be assured that jaundice is a rite of infancy. But as ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A boy who’s disabled has been in intensive care for more than a month. His mother and doctor say his disability and recent trouble could have been prevented if a simple jaundice ...

Neonatal nurses and medical staff at the Royal Hospital for Children’s (RHC) neonatal unit have launched a pilot service to treat newborn babies with jaundice “in the comfort of their family home”.

Nagoya University researchers and their collaborators have found that minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery significantly ...

Dr. Bright Danyoh, Head of the Pediatric and Child Health sub-BMC of the Ho Teaching Hospital, has cautioned pediatric nurses and midwives not to downplay the severity of jaundice in newborns. He said ...