Premature infants with congenital heart disease may have worse cognitive and motor development outcomes than those born at ...

Roughly 1 in 10 babies worldwide is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy—a birth considered preterm. These infants are biologically less mature at birth and face a higher risk of developmental delays in ...

Very preterm infants face up to a 50% higher risk of developmental challenges affecting movement, learning, language and behavior. Today, many of those challenges are not fully recognized until later ...

Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are an established therapy for pregnant women at risk of preterm birth. Researchers have found that babies given ACS had notably smaller volumes of two key brain ...

In a cohort of 395 preterm infants (median gestational age, 29.6 weeks), maternal hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) affected 43% of cases and were associated with reduced cognitive and ...

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 ...

The last trimester of pregnancy is a thrilling time for mothers because they will soon meet their baby. Although many preparations have been made, sometimes not everything can go according to plan.

In a recent study published in the JAMA Network Open, researchers assessed the impact of parent-led, infant-directed singing on language development at 24 months corrected age (CA) in preterm children ...

Colonisation of the gastrointestinal tract commences at birth and proceeds through a well-defined succession of microbial communities. In preterm infants, immaturity of gut physiology, broad-spectrum ...

Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are an established therapy for pregnant women at risk of preterm birth to help mature the fetus's lungs and reduce the chances of serious health issues. However, ...