News tagged with premature baby
Gene linked to respiratory distress in babies
(Medical Xpress)—Some infants are more susceptible to potentially life-threatening breathing problems after birth, and rare, inherited DNA differences may explain why, according to research at Washington ...
Pediatrics
Nov 27, 2012 |
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Study documents preemies' development in NICU, suggests early interventions
(Medical Xpress)—Premature infants are born into a world their tiny bodies often are not ready for. Developmental differences between those babies and full-term infants often are apparent prior to a preemie's ...
Pediatrics
Nov 08, 2012 |
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Understanding preterm infant development helps ease their entrance into the world
Every week, 150 bobwhite quail eggs arrive in the mail for Robert Lickliter, professor and director of graduate studies in the Psychology Department at FIU.
Health
Nov 02, 2012 |
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Microscopic packets of stem cell factors could be key to preventing lung disease in babies
Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have found that microscopic particles containing proteins and nucleic acids called exosomes could potentially protect the fragile lungs of premature babies from serious lung diseases ...
Medical research
Oct 31, 2012 |
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Guidelines developed for extremely premature infants at NCH proven to be life-changing
For the last decade, prematurity has been the leading cause of infant mortality in the United States. As a result of prematurity many infants enter this world too early with a small chance of survival. In ...
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Oct 31, 2012 |
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Secondhand smoke ups babies' risk of asthma, study says
(HealthDay)—Babies exposed to cigarette smoke are at increased risk for developing childhood respiratory diseases such as asthma, according to a new study.
Inflammatory disorders
Oct 15, 2012 |
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Most pregnancy-related infections are caused by four treatable conditions
In low-and-middle income countries, pregnancy-related infections are a major cause of maternal death, can also be fatal to unborn and newborn babies, and are mostly caused by four types of conditions that are treatable and ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 09, 2012 |
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Researchers developing device to detect brain bleeding in pre-term infants
(Medical Xpress)—Nearly one-third of premature babies develop bleeding in the brain after birth, a problem associated with serious long-term effects such as cerebral palsy, seizures and blindness.
Medical research
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Simple test to predict if pregnant women will give birth prematurely
Babies born early run a greater risk of serious complications. The researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now developed a method to predict if pregnant women with preterm contractions ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Sep 17, 2012 |
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Research gives insights into abortion
(Medical Xpress)—Women whose first pregnancy ends in abortion are more at risk of having a premature baby in a second pregnancy than women in their first pregnancy. However, the risk is not as high as that of women who ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Sep 05, 2012 |
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Survival rates for premature babies in high-level NICUs are better than previously reported
Premature babies are more likely to survive when they are born in high-level neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) than in hospitals without such facilities, and this benefit is considerably larger than previously reported.
Pediatrics
Jul 23, 2012 |
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Smallest and largest fetuses at greater risk of being stillborn, research finds
The tiniest and the heaviest fetuses are at much higher risk of being stillborn than those of average weight, new research has found.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Jun 25, 2012 |
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Antioxidant shown to reduce blindness risk in extremely premature babies
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is the second most common cause of childhood blindness in the United States, occurring in half of premature infants born earlier than or at 28 weeks gestational age. The condition is caused ...
Pediatrics
Jun 15, 2012 |
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Researchers find link between premature births and severe mental disorders
(Medical Xpress) -- Last month the United Nations backed a study that produced among other things the statistic that 15 million babies were born prematurely in 2010, a number that represents how far medical ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 04, 2012 |
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Marker in premies' saliva predicts readiness to feed by mouth
Tufts Medical Center researchers have shown that presence of a gene strongly linked to appetite regulation is highly predictive of a premature infant's readiness to feed orally. An analysis of just a drop of an infant's saliva ...
Pediatrics
May 21, 2012 |
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