High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) reduced bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants with neonatal respiratory ...

Mollie McDonnold, M.D., maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Austin Maternal Fetal Medicine and St. David's Women's Center of Texas, served as a principal investigator and oversaw the site's ...

More than one in 10 infants worldwide are born preterm, many with complications: Nearly 1 million die each year. This is the single largest cause of death in children around the world before their ...

Activity restriction does not appear to lower the risk for preterm birth in pregnant women with a short cervix; it may even have the opposite effect.

Every year, a staggering number of infants are born before their time, confronting a host of health hurdles. Factors ...

Any kind of infection during the prenatal phase can increase the risk of premature birth In this article a doctor tells about ...

In the last decade, 152 million infants worldwide were born preterm — and while preterm birth rates are not changing, death rates from preterm birth complications are on the rise, according to a May 9 ...

Preterm and early-term births in the U.S. have increased from 2014 to 2022, raising risks to babies, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data released Wednesday ...

Extreme summer heat and winter cold linked with air pollution significantly increase the risk of preterm birth among pregnant women in the Indo-Gangetic plains.

Extremely preterm birth (EPB), defined as delivery before 28 weeks of gestation, poses significant challenges in ...

In January, thousands of parents across Indiana opened their child’s report card, anxious to monitor their first semester progress. This winter, the State of Indiana got a report card, too – from ...

Meta-analysis shows that probiotics reduce the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in very preterm or very low birth weight infants. In a recent study published in the journal Pediatric Research, ...