Preterm babies receive up to 16 painful procedures every day. Pain in early life has been linked to altered brain development ...

Amy Connor's twin sons were born 10 weeks before their due date. One of her sons needed a blood transfusion that met specific ...

According to the new paper published Friday, adults who were born premature were less likely to experience romantic relationships and have children than their full-term peers. They were more than ...

The doctors learned to give steroids to mothers about to deliver and a chemical, called surfactant, to babies to help premature lungs develop. Doctors modified ventilators meant for adults and ...

Interviews with adults born prematurely suggest that ... With advances in neonatal care, survival rates for very premature infants have improved significantly. Globally, approximately 10% of ...

premature infants, older adults, people with heart and lung disease, or anyone with a weak immune system. These symptoms usually appear in stages and not all at once. In infants under 6 months ...

Babies born to mothers with pregnancy complications had an increased risk for premature CHD as young adults, according to a study in Heart Asia. “These recent findings indicate that intrauterine ...

Many will develop without complications. One advantage extremely premature babies have is that their brains are immature, Dr. Marrs explained. If adults suffered the same kind of neurologic trauma ...

Ontario’s top doctor has confirmed that a premature infant who contracted measles before birth from their mother has died. Today, Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s medical officer of health, said that the ...