> Slight Yellow Tint May Be Protective for Newborns
> Mon Nov 25, 5:41 PM ET
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> By Alison McCook
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> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies may develop jaundice--a yellowish color in
> the skin and eyes--after birth as a mechanism to protect their bodies against
> damaging substances called free radicals, new research suggests.
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> All babies' and adults' bodies contain mechanisms that protect them against
> this type of damage, study author Dr. Solomon H. Snyder of Johns Hopkins
> University in Baltimore, Maryland, told Reuters Health. However, the current
> findings suggest that many babies get an extra boost of protection from the
> yellowish pigment bilirubin that accumulates in their bodies. The pigment
> serves as an antioxidant, but also renders them slightly jaundiced.
>
> He cautioned that babies who aren't jaundiced at birth are not in trouble. But
> Snyder added that doctors may want to reconsider immediately treating babies
> with slightly higher levels of bilirubin in their bodies after birth.

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>SOURCE: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2002;10.1073/pnas.252626999.


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