Baby oil cure.MASSAGING low birthweight babies with sunflower sunflower, any plant of the genus Helianthus of the family Asteraceae (aster family), annual or perennial herbs native to the New World and common throughout the United States. seed oil could protect them from infections and save lives, it was claimed yesterday. The step was recommended as a simple way to help vulnerable premature babies in the developing world. Pre-term babies have an immature skin which is highly susceptible to infection. More than half of babies weighing less than 1,500 grams at birth die in developing countries. A study carried out in Bangladesh showed that simply rubbing a baby with sunflower oil could prevent infection. The study was led by Dr Gary Darmstadt, from Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. in Baltimore, USA |
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