SINGAPORE: Parents may soon be able to scan for signs of jaundice in their newborns from the comfort of home via an app developed specifically for the skin tones of Asian babies. Neonatal jaundice ...
A seasoned mother of six, Nurliza Abdul Aziz, 39, has experienced the highs and lows of motherhood. But there’s one thing she never quite gets used to – the sound of her newborns’ cries when their ...
The tragedy of its occurrence is compounded by the fact that, if newborn jaundice and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia are detected early, kernicterus is completely preventable. All newborn infants are ...
about a new app for parents to check jaundice in Asian newborns. Daniel Martin speaks with Dr Alvin Ng, Consultant Respiratory Physician and Intensivist at Parkway East Hospital, about kicking ...
Most of them, however, only take a single point of reference such as the forehead to determine if the newborn has jaundice. "In fact, a newborn with jaundice can have varying degree of yellowness ...
Developed by Singapore General Hospital (SGH), SingHealth Polyclinics (SHP), and national HealthTech agency Synapxe, it lets parent screen their newborn babies for neonatal jaundice (NNJ).