New analysis of premature infants' heartbeats, breathing could be cues for leaving NICU
Late gestation is a busy time for babies getting ready for life outside the womb, particularly for functions critical to life such as breathing and maintaining an adequate heartbeat. These two functions are connected in mature ...
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Mar 26, 2012 |
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Stressed parents may affect preemie behavior later
(HealthDay) -- When parents of very small premature infants are stressed or depressed, their children are more likely to develop behavioral problems by age 3, according to new research.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Preemies still receive inhaled nitric oxide despite lack of supporting evidence and standards
Many premature infants throughout the United States continue to receive inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) during their NICU stay, despite the lack of evidence to support its use. Whether or not a preemie will receive iNO treatment, ...
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Mar 12, 2012 |
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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 ...
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Mar 08, 2012 |
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New test can better predict successful IVF embryos, scientists say
Scientists at University College Dublin have discovered a new way of measuring the potential success rate of an embryo before it is transferred back into the womb during in vitro fertilisation (IVF).
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Oxygen-deprived baby rats fare worse if kept warm
New study suggests that baby rats deprived of oxygen, but kept warm, had bigger swings in glucose and insulin, metabolic and physiologic effects that could increase the chances of brain damage. Findings could have implications ...
Medical research
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Neurologic improvement detected in rats receiving stem cell transplant
In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report that early transplantation of human placenta-derived mesenchymal ...
Medical research
Feb 10, 2012 |
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New method of infant pain assessment
Recently, the accuracy of current methods of pain assessment in babies have been called into question. New research from London-area hospitals and the University of Oxford measures brain activity in infants to better understand ...
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Dec 21, 2011 |
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Internet service improves care for newborns and chronically ill
(Medical Xpress) -- Premature infants often do better at home than in hospitals. The relationships with parents and siblings are more natural, and they run a lower risk of contracting contagious diseases than at the hospital. ...
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Dec 19, 2011 |
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Palm-sized baby among the world's smallest
At birth, Melinda Star Guido was so tiny she could fit into the palm of her doctor's hand. Weighing just 9 1/2 ounces - less than a soda can - she is among the smallest babies ever born in the world.
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Dec 15, 2011 |
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Study breaks new ground in understanding drug-induced deafness
Peter Steyger's research on hearing is very personal.
Health
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Life-threatening condition in preemies linked to blood type
Many premature infants suffer a life-threatening destruction of intestinal tissue called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
Medical research
Nov 21, 2011 |
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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 ...
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Nov 08, 2011 |
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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
Nov 02, 2011 |
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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
Oct 19, 2011 |
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