Preterm birth remains a major global health issue. An estimated 1 in 10 babies worldwide is born preterm. Complications from ...

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 ...

Preterm infants supported with a multicomponent intravenous lipid emulsion saw improved brain development compared to those given a single-fat source, a new study finds. The research will be presented ...

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

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 ...

Roughly one in ten 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 ...

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 ...

Outcomes for America’s newborns are the worst among the 38 OECD countries, including Canada and most of Western Europe. In particular, the almost 40 percent of infants in America who are born before ...

Breastfeeding a preterm baby is considered quite challenging A gynaecologist explains why breastfeeding is important for ...

Parents may wonder, how to calculate the age of a premature baby and is it the same as calculating the age of a baby born on time? Determining the age of a premature baby is very important considering ...