Full-term babies receive natural protection from their mothers that helps them fight off dangerous infections. However, babies born prematurely lack protective intestinal bacteria and often are unable to be nursed, causing ...
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The use of next-generation gene sequencing in newborns in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) may improve the diagnosis of rare diseases and deliver results more quickly to anxious families, according to new research in ...
May 30, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Smoking pot while pregnant may increase the risk of premature delivery, a new study suggests.
May 25, 2016
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A laboratory blood test developed at Johns Hopkins for the diagnosis of a rare genetic red blood cell disorder also shows promise in identifying HELLP syndrome, a life-threatening high blood pressure condition affecting 1 ...
May 18, 2016
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Research published today shows the wide regional variation in the incidence of stillbirth and neonatal deaths in the UK.
May 17, 2016
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A heated blanket developed by UC Merced-based startup St. Vincent's Solutions won't help babies get to sleep – but it could reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia for infants in neonatal intensive care.
May 9, 2016
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Feeding premature babies mostly breast milk during the first month of life appears to spur more robust brain growth, compared with babies given little or no breast milk.
Apr 30, 2016
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Since 2006, several published studies have associated the use of some acid suppression medications in hospitalized high-risk babies with infections, necrotizing enterocolitis and increased risk of death. Those medications ...
Apr 27, 2016
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A brain-dead Polish woman was kept alive for 55 days so that she could give birth, a hospital official said Tuesday, adding that the premature baby showed no signs of serious complications.
Apr 19, 2016
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A few years ago, when a young woman delivered her baby at Alleghany Memorial Hospital in Sparta, N.C., it was in the middle of an ice storm and the mountain roads out of town were impassable. The delivery was routine, but ...
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