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Study: Mom's Voice Has Unique Effect on Baby's Brain

(Dec. 16) -- There's nothing like a mother's voice. New research from the University of Montreal shows that a newborn's brain responds differently to its mother's voice than to the voices of others. The mother's voice can spark activity in the parts of the brain responsible for learning language. When the child hears...

Police: Pa. Mom Killed Her Babies, Kept Bones in Closet

(Oct. 26) -- A Pennsylvania woman secretly gave birth to at least four babies, killed the newborns to hide an extramarital affair and hid their remains in a closet, authorities say. Michele Kalina, 44, was charged with criminal homicide Monday after DNA tests showed that she was the mother of the four infants whose bodies...

Town in Shock After French Mom Admits Baby Killings

(July 29) -- A 47-year-old woman has admitted to fatally smothering eight of her newborns in what may be France's most serious case of infanticide, authorities said, and her shocked co-workers and neighbors say they never knew she was pregnant -- much less potentially homicidal. Dominique Cottrez was charged with...

Household Toxics Reach Babies Even in Womb

(Nov. 17) -- It is one of the worst nightmares for a mother-to-be: She's poisoning the baby in her belly, and there is little she can do about it. Now new research out Tuesday has put hard numbers to those fears, showing that chemicals from everyday products contaminate women's bodies, and that their children enter the...