preterm

New study shows heat waves increase risk of preterm, early-term birth

Metropolitan statistical areas included in the study. Circles are proportional to sample size. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.12055…

1 month ago

Anti-Black racism addressed in new course for health-care providers

A family doctor who helped create an anti-Black racism course for health professionals says she hopes participants will "unlearn" long-standing discriminatory…

4 months ago

Risk of Preterm Birth Is Dramatically Rising as The World Gets Hotter : ScienceAlert

Climate change is having detrimental effects on children's health as an increasing number of infants are born preterm, presenting to…

4 months ago

Placental Gene Expression Hints at Preterm Birth

Parents often celebrate their children’s communication milestones as they grow up, but long before babies babble, their cells have a…

5 months ago

Large clinical study on extremely preterm infants provides important knowledge about milk-based enrichment options

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Infants born extremely prematurely need to get enrichment as an addition to breast milk. But does…

6 months ago

Immediate skin-to-skin contact beneficial in very preterm birth setting

Immediate parent skin-to-skin contact (SSC) after very preterm birth is beneficial for the mother-infant relationship, according to a study published…

6 months ago

Cognitive impairment in preterm infants can be predicted at time of discharge from NICU

Infants not discharged home were discharged to another hospital or unit or to home care. CPAP indicates continuous positive airway…

6 months ago

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