Doctors test for them within minutes of birth, because these simple motions reveal complex brain development. Primitive reflexes show how deeply survival is written into our biology. Reporter's ...

The Galant reflex is a newborn reflex. It is elicited by holding the newborn in ventral suspension (face down) and stroking along the one side of the spine. The normal reaction is for the newborn to ...

“We were worried about our daughter undergoing anesthesia for an MRI—we had no idea we were about to be blindsided with horrific news,” mom-of-two Katie Martinez told Newsweek, after her daughter’s ...

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