Melbourne researchers have published a breakthrough study that will accelerate new treatments for an often-fatal disease affecting premature babies in intensive care, called necrotising enterocolitis (NEC).
Nov 17, 2020
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Women exposed to high temperatures and heatwaves during pregnancy are more likely to have premature or stillborn babies, researchers said Wednesday.
Nov 4, 2020
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Both a mother's and father's mental health are associated with increased risk that their baby will be born premature, a new study has found.
Oct 13, 2020
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New evidence from a world-leading study in Victoria following premature babies into childhood has shown that survival rates of extremely premature babies has gone up by nearly 20 percent since the early 1990s, thanks to advances ...
Sep 11, 2020
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Probiotics can improve the microbiome in premature babies, according to the results of a major new study from the Quadram Institute, the University of East Anglia and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH).
Aug 26, 2020
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More than 380,000 babies are born prematurely in the United States each year, according to the March of Dimes. "Preemies" can be severely underweight babies and struggle to get the nutrients they need from breast milk alone, ...
Aug 12, 2020
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Amid the horrific stories of coronavirus deaths and disease around the world, researchers have reported a ray of light.
Jul 30, 2020
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Infants born early, before 37 weeks of pregnancy, have a higher risk of dying in childhood and often suffer from lifelong health problems. But two novel devices could help cut this risk—one by improving how risk of an early ...
Jul 30, 2020
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What do premature babies hear while lying in an incubator? That is the question addressed by an interdisciplinary team from the Medical University of Vienna, led by Vito Giordano (neuroscientist at the Division of Neonatology, ...
Jul 20, 2020
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Premature babies with serious brain haemorrhage treated with a 'brain washing' technique pioneered by Bristol researchers have shown in a 10-year follow-up study, were twice as likely to survive without severe learning disability ...
Jul 6, 2020
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