Not all early contractions mean labor. Learn what preterm labor looks like, and when to call your provider to keep you and ...

Premature infants still have a greater risk compared to full-term babies of dying of SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths despite recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics that ...

The health trajectory of premature infants includes significant morbidity, many healthcare visits, and high medication needs, especially during the first 5 years of life, new data indicated. The rate ...

One in 10 babies in the U.S. – nearly 374,000 infants – were born preterm in 2023, meaning before 37 weeks of pregnancy. More than 15% were very preterm, meaning they were born before 32 weeks. A full ...

Overall, 9.4% of children were premature. Rates of hospitalizations within the first 5 years were higher for those of lower gestational ages, with the most pronounced effect seen in children born at ...

A new study reveals that the quality of early growth, not just weight gain, influences long-term brain outcomes for extremely preterm infants, highlighting fat-free mass as a crucial marker of early ...

After being born at 21 weeks and 0 days gestation, Nash Keen beat the odds and celebrated his first birthday this month, receiving the unique honor of earning the Guinness World Record for the world's ...

Any mother who has received a kick, gentle elbow, or wiggle in her tummy with tell you that babies begin communicating even before they are born. Talking with babies is one of the best ways to bond ...

The evidence indicates that non-invasive monitoring (near-infrared spectroscopy; NIRS) of oxygen in brain tissue likely does not reduce death rates or short-term brain problems for very premature ...

A UCLA-led research team has discovered a molecular switch that determines whether tiny blood vessels in premature infants' ...