When I got the call, I was busy arranging for the transport of a sick teenager from the community hospital where I work to an intensive care unit at a nearby children’s hospital. A maternity ward ...

Your experienced health visitor contacts you about a six-month-old boy she has just visited. She noticed asymmetric hip skin creases and told the mother the child will need referral for further ...

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“ During winter, baby skin tends to dry out much faster because it is extremely thin and sensitive, and the cold air holds ...

Baby massage has been practised in South Asia for centuries. Now scientists are discovering its life-saving potential. On a cool October evening, Renu Saxena brought her newborn daughter home from ...

I’m thinking about buying a new moisturiser. It’s an exquisitely formulated hydrating milk from Dior, featuring mallow extract harvested from the brand’s very own garden in Anjou, that promises to ...

In the 1950s, the American psychologist Harry Harlow provided a stark demonstration of the importance of a mother’s touch. He famously – and controversially – showed that rhesus monkeys would rather ...