If given at least 24 hours before birth, corticosteroids can help prevent some of the worst problems a premature baby faces, such as a severe lung disease called respiratory distress syndrome ...

First, the baby's mother had spotting in the first trimester. Later, she noticed her cervix had started to open. Her baby boy ...

And Community-Level Factors Associated With Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Among Infants Born Preterm in 5 US States,” published in the December 2024 issue of Pediatrics by Hwang et al. Sudden ...

Each year, more than a quarter-million preterm infants in the United States have a diagnosis of ... M.D., one of the inventors of the Application to Predict and Prevent NEonatal Apnea (APPNEA), along ...

A pioneering therapy aimed at reversing a leading cause of stillbirth and premature birth has shown promising results in animal studies, led by decades of research on the placenta Study ...

Mary Scourboutakos, Eastern Virginia Medical School (THE CONVERSATION) Most prenatal supplements lack the amount of omega-3 fatty acids that could help prevent preterm birth, meaning delivery ...

Once cultures have no pathological bacteria in the milk, it is suitable for dispensing. Currently, the bank is only able to ...

New research from the Liggins Institute in Auckland offers a fresh look at how being born preterm impacts health in adulthood ...

They help prevent inflammation and ... with a higher amount of omega-3s would be helpful. Preterm birth is the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. It is also the leading cause of infant ...

A recent clinical trial published in the Journal of American Medical Association found the potential of early intratracheal ...