We retrospectively reviewed preterm infants with a gestational age (GA) < 34 weeks or a birth weight (BW) < 1500 g admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, ...

As we age, plastic pollution contributes to cancers, heart diseases, infertility and cognitive decline — and now it’s thwarting our chances at being healthy before our lives even begin. A new study ...

This study aims to identify the optimal postnatal weight gain through age 6 to prevent obesity in preterm infants. Nested case-control study using a nationwide South Korean cohort (2008–2015) included ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (UPI) --A noninvasive wearable device may be able to predict preterm births by monitoring changes in maternal heart rate variability, a new study suggests. The peer-reviewed study ...

A new study from UTHealth Houston found that the common sexually transmitted infection, Mycoplasma genitalium, also known as ...

Researchers from FIU have found that speaking more than one language can be beneficial for children born prematurely, counter to advice often given by health care professionals. The study, published ...

The study looked at more than 53 million singleton births that occurred in the 50 most populous cities in the U.S. during the hottest months of the year. Looking back at heat waves between May and ...

The study goes to 2014, but preterm births have been going up in the US for a lot longer than that.” Stanhope, who wasn’t involved with the new research, said that the trend of people having children ...

Extremely premature infants who were fed donated breast milk had less than half the rate of a life-threatening disease than those fed formula, according to a new study led by the University of Iowa.

Two chemicals used to make plastic more flexible are linked to nearly 2 million premature births and the deaths of 74,000 newborns worldwide in 2018, according to a new study. A baby is considered ...

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