A major advancement in pioneering technology based around the use of an artificial womb to save extremely premature babies is being hailed as a medical and biotechnological breakthrough. Recently published in the American ...
Mar 27, 2019
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Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine used MRI brain scans and machine learning techniques at birth to predict cognitive development at age 2 years with 95 percent accuracy.
Mar 15, 2019
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Newborns infected with herpes simplex virus (HSV) can be appropriately treated with acyclovir, a drug typically prescribed to adults for the treatment of HSV infections. Acyclovir's drug label now includes information for ...
Feb 11, 2019
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With a lower risk of serious complications and improved feeding and growth outcomes, human milk is strongly preferred as the best diet for infants with congenital heart disease (CHD), according to a research review in Advances ...
Jan 30, 2019
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved the world's first device to treat premature babies with a life-threatening heart defect, without major surgery.
Jan 15, 2019
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Researchers found that gently stroking a baby seems to reduce activity in the infant brain associated with painful experiences. Their results, appearing December 17 in the journal Current Biology, suggest that lightly brushing ...
Dec 17, 2018
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According to our current understanding, intestinal microflora has a considerable effect upon health. The initial colonization with bacteria directly after birth could be of significant importance for the development of the ...
Dec 13, 2018
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Premature babies who are born before their lungs have finished maturing often suffer from a lack of surfactant – a substance necessary for lung development. They are also particularly susceptible to illnesses of the respiratory ...
Dec 3, 2018
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Contrary to results from earlier studies, the vitamin-like substance myo-inositol does not appear to prevent a potentially blinding complication of preterm birth and may even reduce rates of survival among preterm infants, ...
Oct 24, 2018
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Infants born prematurely face challenges in developing the complex, interrelated skills needed for effective feeding. An assessment called the Early Feeding Skills (EFS) checklist is a valid and reliable tool for evaluating ...
Sep 21, 2018
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