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09 Feb 2018

Premature babies make fewer childhood friends, socialize less: Study

The researchers asked both the parents and the children how many friends the children had, and how often they saw their friends.

16 Jan 2018

How preterm birth may affect baby's language skills decoded

Ultrasound studies reveal, for example, that, beginning at least as early as 25 weeks into gestation, foetuses will blink or move in response to externally produced sounds, he said.

27 Dec 2017

Meet the youngest preemie born within just 24 weeks in Andhra Pradesh

The mother of the baby opted for IVF, but unfortunately, the baby was born nearly four months earlier than the due date – that is within 24 weeks of gestation – on September 8, 2017.

World Prematurity Day

17 Nov 2017

World Prematurity Day: Smog in India can be venom for your preemie

One out of every four premature deaths in India in 2015, or some 2.5 million, was attributed to pollution, according to the study released in October by The Lancet Medical Journal.

Premature babies

14 Oct 2017

Higher vitamin D dose may boost bone density in preemies

Rickets is a disease that leads to softening and weakening of bones in children due to Vitamin D deficiency.

09 Aug 2017

WARNING: Pregnant women exposed to extreme heat at an increased risk of delivering prematurely

The findings showed that heat events occurring earlier in the warm season cause an increase in adverse outcomes relative to comparable events occurring later.

09 Jun 2017

This is why preemies are more vulnerable to flu as adults

Researchers say that premature babies who get exposed to hyperoxia -- excess supply of oxygen -- are more likely to lack key lung cells and may have an increased risk of experiencing severe respiratory viral infections later in life.

Premature babies

23 May 2017

Premature birth puts babies at increased risk of heart failure in childhood!

The registry-based study, published in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), involved 2.6 million individuals born between 1987 and 2012.

Premature birth

10 Apr 2017

Premature newborns' vital signs to be monitored by new wireless camera system

The optical system cameras are sensitive enough to detect minute changes in skin colour.

29 Jul 2016

Breastfeeding ups brain development in preemies

The findings showed that infants who received predominantly breast milk on more days during their neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) hospitalisation also had larger deep nuclear gray matter volume equivalent to babies born full-term.

30 Apr 2016

Breastfeeding stimulates brain development in preemies

19 Oct 2015

Preemies at greater risk of mental illness

One of every nine infants in the United States is born early and, thus, with increased risk of cognitive difficulties, problems with motor skills, and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorders and anxiety.

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