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LA hospital prepares to send tiny baby home

(AP) -- One of the world's smallest surviving babies is headed home.

Other created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Premature babies harbor fewer, but more dangerous microbe types

One of the most comprehensive studies to date of the microbes that are found in extremely low-birthweight infants found that hard-to-treat Candida fungus is often present, as well as some harmful bacteria and parasites.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Toll-like receptors play role in brain damage in newborns

Two out of every thousand babies are at risk of brain damage in connection with birth. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have identified mechanisms behind these ...

Medical research created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | 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

Bacteria kills three premature babies in Germany

Three premature babies have died in a clinic in northern Germany, after being infected with bacteria resistant to antibiotics, authorities announced Wednesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Maternal separation stresses the baby

A woman goes into labor, and gives birth. The newborn is swaddled and placed to sleep in a nearby bassinet, or taken to the hospital nursery so that the mother can rest. Despite this common practice, new research published ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Pre-term babies' exposure to steroids associated with impaired brain growth

Premature infants exposed after birth to drugs known as glucocorticoids are at increased risk for having impaired growth of the cerebellum, according to findings from a new UCSF-led study. The cerebellum is a region of the ...

Neuroscience created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Premature babies at risk of ill health in later life, research suggests

Young adults who were born prematurely show multiple biological signs of risks to future health, research from Imperial College London has found. The scientists, reporting their findings tomorrow in the journal Pediatric Re ...

Health created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study breathes new life into fight against primary killer of premature infants

A discovery by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies might explain why some premature infants fail to respond to existing treatments for a deadly respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and offers ...

Medical research created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lung function of moderately premature babies is reduced at 8-9 years but may improve with age

The negative effects that premature birth can have on the lungs of babies could be as severe in moderately premature babies as those born extremely prematurely but may be reversed in their teenage years, according to a new ...

Health created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Premature babies risk mental health problems, say experts

(Medical Xpress) -- Premature or low birthweight babies are more than three times more likely to suffer from anxiety and mood disorders in adolescence than full-term infants, according to psychologists at the University of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

URI nursing study finds effects of premature birth can reach into adulthood

In the longest running U.S. study of premature infants who are now 23 years old, University of Rhode Island Professor of Nursing Mary C. Sullivan has found that premature infants are less healthy, have more social and school ...

Health created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Guidelines for ventilator use help premature infants breathe easier

Guidelines that reduce the use of mechanical ventilation with premature infants in favor of a gentler form of respiratory support can profoundly affect those children's outcomes while reducing the cost of care, according ...

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Link between influenza vaccination in pregnancy and reduced risk of premature birth

A study published in this week's PLoS Medicine suggests that there might be an association between maternal immunization with inactivated influenza vaccine during pregnancy and reduced likelihood of prematurity and the ba ...

Health created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Queen's scientists teaming up to cure premature baby blindness

Scientists from the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences at Queen's University Belfast are teaming up to develop a cure to an illness that can lead to blindness in premature babies, thanks to funding from ...

Ophthalmology created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0