News tagged with neonatal medicine


Local community group activities may help reduce neonatal mortality in Vietnam

Community groups in rural Vietnam comprised of local health workers, politicians and laywomen (Maternal and Newborn Health Groups) set up to tackle challenges to maternal and neonatal health may reduce the neonatal death ...

Health created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers help save the lives of very premature babies

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from Christchurch have played a crucial role in an international study aimed at saving the lives of very premature babies.

Pediatrics created May 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Studying brain-cooling for birth asphyxia

In high income countries brain cooling is standard treatment for neonatal encephalopathy - unexpected, devastating brain injury due to low oxygen and blood in the baby's brain at birth. This therapy reduces mortality and ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In pregnancy, Type 2 diabetes may pose less risk than Type 1: Women with more common type may have better outcomes

Pregnant women with Type 2 diabetes have a better chance at good outcomes than those with Type 1, particularly if they receive proper care before and during their pregnancy, according to a University of Rochester ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

50-hour whole genome sequencing provides rapid diagnosis for children with genetic disorders

Today investigators at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City reported the first use of whole genome information for diagnosing critically ill infants. As reported in Science Translational Medicine, the te ...

Genetics created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Preeclampsia poses a significant long-term health risk: study

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have determined that preeclampsia is a significant risk factor for long-term health issues, such as chronic hypertension and hospitalizations later in life. The findings ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tracking MRSA in real time: Study highlights benefits of rapid whole-genome sequencing

In a new study released today in New England Journal of Medicine, researchers demonstrate that whole genome sequencing can provide clinically relevant data on bacterial transmission within a timescale that can influence infect ...

Genetics created Jun 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Excessive weight gain during pregnancy a predictor for above-average birth weight

One out of every two women of reproductive age is overweight or obese. Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, from the University of Ottawa (faculties of Medicine and Health ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mom's voice may improve the health of premature babies

When babies are born prematurely, they are thrust into a hospital environment that while highly successful at saving their lives, is not exactly the same as the mother's womb where ideal development occurs. The Neonatal Intensive ...

Health created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Low levels of care-seeking for newborn illness in low- and middle-income countries

In this week's PLoS Medicine, Abdullah Baqui from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA and colleagues systematically review studies describing newborn care-seeking behaviours by caregivers in low- and mi ...

Health created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clean delivery kits linked to substantial reduction in neonatal deaths in South Asia, study shows

Providing clean delivery kits and improving birthing practices could halve the number of neonatal deaths following home births in South Asia, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust.

Health created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ultrasound study provides first direct evidence of effect of malaria on fetal growth

A study of almost 3,800 pregnancies has provided the most accurate and direct evidence to date that malaria infection reduces early foetal growth. Low birth weight is the most important risk factor for neonatal mortality ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research shows C-section not always best for babies

The widely-held assumption that a cesarean delivery has no health risks for the baby is being challenged today by new research that found the procedure did not help some preterm babies who were small for gestational age, ...

Health created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Surviving premature babies in Malawi continue to have poor growth rates and development delay

A detailed study from Malawi, published in this week's PLoS Medicine, shows that during the first 2 years of life, infants who were born prematurely (before 37 weeks gestation) continue to have a higher risk of death than i ...

Health created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Costly treatment 'ineffective for babies'

(Medical Xpress) -- A worldwide study involving University of Sydney researchers has concluded that a costly and controversial treatment for neonatal sepsis is ineffective.

Health created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0