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Study discovers how preterm infants do not become used to repeated pain
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A study led by UCL (University College London) researchers discovered that preterm infants do not become accustomed to repeated pain in the same way that full-term infants, children, and adults do.
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Researchers find method for monitoring preterm infants' brain blood flow a
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Michigan [US], October 11 (ANI): A Michigan Medicine study shows that scientists have developed a unique, non-invasive technique for measuring blood flow to newborn children's brains at the bedside. This technique may improve medical diagnosis and treatment in general.
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Maternal milk tied to better school-age outcomes for children born preterm
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 14 (ANI): In a study that followed preterm infants for seven years, investigators found that children who received greater quantities of maternal milk both during and after time in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) had greater academic achievement, higher IQs and
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Researchers find epigenetic biomarkers to predict premature births
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 5 (ANI): Researchers have discovered that a signature found in the cheek cells of mothers and fathers of preterm infants may help develop a test to determine whether pregnancy may end too early.
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Study suggests higher red cell transfusion threshold offers no advantage f
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 31 (ANI): Very low birth weight infants often need blood transfusions to survive. A National Institutes of Health-funded study suggests that providing a higher threshold of red cells within accepted limits offers no advantage in survival or reduction in neurological
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Antibiotics affect breast milk microbiota in mothers of preterm infants
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 6 (ANI): Mothers of preterm babies have highly individual breast milk microbiomes and that even short courses of antibiotics have prolonged effects on the diversity and abundance of microbes in their milk, suggest the findings of a recent study.
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Study finds antibiotics affect breast milk microbiota in mothers of preter
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 4 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that mothers of preterm babies have highly individual breast milk microbiomes and that even short courses of antibiotics have prolonged effects on the diversity and abundance of microbes in their milk.
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Narrowed upper airways in preterm infants can cause obstructive sleep apne
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 25 (ANI): A premature infant, born more than 3 weeks before the due date, has narrowed upper airways as compared to newborn peers carried to full term.
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Partial steroid treatment can benefit preterm infants: Study suggests
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 11 (ANI): Steroids improve survival andreduce the chances of certain birth defects for extremely premature infants, even if the treatment course is not finished before delivery, suggest a recent research.
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