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An app called BiliCam uses a smartphone's camera and flash in conjunction with a color calibration card to diagnose jaundice in infants. A common condition in infants--especially those born ...

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 ...

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Newborn jaundice is quite common, especially in those first few days after birth. If you’ve ever noticed a baby looking a bit yellow, that’s probably .

Sometimes newborn babies may develop a yellow coloring of the skin, eyes, tongue and palms. This is called jaundice. Newborn jaundice occurs when a baby has high levels of bilirubin in the blood.

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 ...

A smartphone application designed to identify jaundice in newborns was found to have a similar success rate as the most commonly used conventional screening method. Researchers found that Neonatal ...

Lots of things can go wrong with newborns. Fortunately, lots of healthcare providers make sure things don’t go wrong. For Benjamin Azahares (my newest family member), the slightly yellow skin at birth ...

Jaundice is one of the most common medical issues in newborns, affecting nearly 80 percent of full-term infants in their first days of life. The condition occurs when excess bilirubin, a yellow ...

NAINR. 2004;4(4):201-210. The presenting signs of ABE are subtle and nonspecific. They need to be elicited by direct questioning of parents and close clinical observation of the hyperbilirubinemic ...