Psychology & Psychiatry
Prospective parents' mental health linked to premature births
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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News tagged with preterm babies
Pediatrics
Expanded newborn screening could save premature infants' lives
Expanding routine newborn screening to include a metabolic vulnerability profile could lead to earlier detection of life-threatening complications in babies born preterm, according to a study by UC San Francisco researchers. ...
Oct 7, 2020
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Pediatrics
Probiotics for premature babies provide microbiome boost
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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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Cutting the risks of premature birth
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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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Are there really fewer premature babies in lockdown? We're likely clutching at straws
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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Obstetrics & gynaecology
First pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of future premature birth
Women whose first baby is born at full term, but who experience complications in pregnancy, have an increased risk of preterm delivery (before 37 weeks) in their next pregnancy, finds a study from Norway published by The ...
Apr 29, 2020
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Pediatrics
Validating a better way to stratify BPD risk in vulnerable newborns
Factoring in the total number of days that extremely preterm infants require supplemental oxygen and tracking this metric for weeks longer than usual improves clinicians' ability to predict respiratory outcomes according ...
Mar 11, 2020
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Immunology
Babies born prematurely can catch up their immune systems, study finds
Researchers from King's College London & Homerton University Hospital have found babies born before 32 weeks' gestation can rapidly acquire some adult immune functions after birth, equivalent to that achieved by infants born ...
Mar 9, 2020
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Health
Moderate-to-late preemies likely go home at 36 weeks
Moderate-to-late preterm babies (born at a gestational age of 32 to 36 weeks) with no significant medical problems on admission are likely to be discharged at 36 weeks of postmenstrual age, according to a study recently published ...
Feb 20, 2020
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Pediatrics
Survival of preterm babies improves by 25% after quality-improvement program
The rate of survival of very preterm babies in Canada increased 25% after the national Evidence-based Practice for Improving Quality (EPIQ) program was introduced in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across the country, ...
Jan 27, 2020
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