Premature Babies
Premature babies benefit socially from early body contact
Early skin-to-skin contact impacts mother-infant interaction quality at four months for very preterm infants.
Improving care for preterm babies ‘second brain’
Growth of baby gut nervous system during mid-pregnancy.
Maternal voice reduces pain in premature babies
These results demonstrate the importance of parental presence with premature babies.
Teens using cannabis frequently probably have a premature baby
Frequent adolescent cannabis use may also carry intergenerational risks.
Premature boys age faster as men, study
They do not do as well as their normal-weight counterparts or preemie girls.
Why breastfed babies have improved immune systems?
New insight into the biological mechanisms of the long-term positive health effects of breastfeeding.
New computer vision technology to safely monitor pre-term babies
A new non-contact way to monitor pre-term infants in intensive care.
Soft, flexible sensors to monitor babies in the NICU with precision and without wires
A team of scientists at the Northwestern University has devised a pair of soft, flexible, wireless body sensors that holds the potential to replace...
Simple Way to Predict Preterm Births
An estimate suggests almost 18% babies born prematurely before completing 37 weeks of gestation. And 1 million of them do not survive whereas who survive, face developmental...