“Instead of treating the preterm brain as a black box, we can now design and time neuroprotective strategies to match the exact biological state of a baby’s brain cells in the NICU,” says neonatologist and senior author Dr. Kratimenos. A…
A new study reveals that when a baby is born prematurely, their cerebellum, the part of the brain with a critical role in motor function, language and cognition, grows and develops in a different way than it would if the…
Long before birth, the human circadian clock begins to oscillate, and a new study suggests that the sleep preferences a fetus establishes in the womb may carry over into infancy. Researchers report that fetuses showing a stronger preference for nighttime…
Participants had a mean age of 42.8 years, with 97.9% premenopausal. Ever breastfeeding rates stood at 70.9%, and 40.3% of the women had a cumulative breastfeeding duration of 12 months or more. Across these exposures, breastfeeding durations were not associated with DXA measurements of bone…
Jaundice remains a prevalent condition in the first week of life, affecting approximately 60% of full-term infants and 80% of preterm infants. While phototherapy has been the standard non-invasive treatment for managing hyperbilirubinemia since the 1950s, its impact on neonatal Jaundice remains a…
In the study, 27 pregnant gilts were inoculated with PRRSV at day 85 plus or minus 0.9 of gestation. Twenty-one days after maternal inoculation, the gilts and their fetuses were euthanized and fetal tissues were collected for analysis. The researchers selected a subset…
The study followed 533 pregnant adolescents enrolled during their second trimester from selected antenatal care clinics in Mwanza between 5 August 2023 and 30 June 2024. Participants were recruited using a convenience sampling approach, and the cohort took part in a non-pharmacological intervention as part…
A cross-sectional study of 156 small-for-gestational-age infants found cranial deformation was associated with lower fine motor and adaptive behavior scores after multiple-comparison correction.
The largest and most comprehensive study of memory and cognition in new parents has found no evidence for "baby brain" in mums and dads. New mums often complain about having "baby brain", where memory and cognition become vague and unreliable.
We identified 12 eligible trials enrolling a total of 746 preterm infants in searches updated to February 2016. An overall analysis suggests that non-nutritive sucking reduces the time infants need to transition from tube to full oral feeding, and from start of oral…
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