Signs of cerebral palsy in a newborn may include abnormal movements and stiff or floppy muscles. Doctors usually diagnose the condition when a child is older. Symptoms of cerebral palsy can first ...

Learning that your newborn has a heart murmur can be scary news. But heart murmurs in newborns are actually extremely common and often harmless. Read on to learn more about what to look out for if ...

Purpose: To (1) obtain guidance on the preferred content and format of quick reference newborn blood spot screening information from the Minnesota Department of Health; (2) determine primary care ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Another family is ...

Hair characteristics are inherited and both typical and atypical findings may be familial in nature. The clinician must be sensitive to the wide variation of normal scalp hair. In the delivery room, ...

A focused evaluation of scalp hair should be part of every newborn physical assessment. Although typically completed in the delivery room, it may be useful to re-evaluate the infant after the initial ...