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Premature babies could benefit from combined glucocorticoid, antioxidant t
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 21 (ANI): As part of a recent study, scientists have suggested that subtle changes to the drugs administered to mothers threatened with preterm birth or to premature babies could further improve clinical treatment and help increase their safety.
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Kangaroo Care - Utilising mother and baby bond
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): India is one of the countries which registers' a large number of neonatal deaths. Statistics peg the neonatal mortality rate in the country at 0.75 million per year. 35 percent of these can be attributed to preterm birth and low-birth weight.
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Researchers advance the understanding of preterm birth
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], January 31 (ANI): In a groundbreaking research, scientists from University of Pennsylvania have found specific bacteria that might change the cervix of a pregnant woman and lead to preterm birth.
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Microbial bacteria can help identify signs of premature births
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
London [U.K.], Jan. 24 (ANI): It came to light with a recent study that changes to the communities of microbes living in the reproductive tract of pregnant women could help to spot those at risk of giving birth prematurely.
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Narrowed upper airways in preterm infants can cause obstructive sleep apne
Updated : 8 years, 2 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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Caring for a preterm baby
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Preterm babies are those born before 37 completed weeks. They could be classified as extremely premature (less than 28 weeks), early preterm (28 to 32 weeks), and late preterm (32 to 37 weeks). They need the most amount of attention and care.
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Lack of oxygen, not blood flow, delays preemies' brain maturation
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 3 (ANI): A recent study has found that cognitive and learning disabilities in premature infants, once believed to be the result of lack of blood flow to the brain, is actually caused by low oxygen.
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Preemies likelier to have sleep problems than full-term children
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 24 (ANI): A new study has recently revealed that healthy preterm children have more medical sleep problems like nocturnal movement, restlessness during the night and breathing problems than full-term children.
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A 'bitter' way to stop unwanted preterm labour contractions
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 11 (ANI): According to a recent study, the bitter taste receptors may hold the key to managing preterm labour.
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Outdoor Air Pollution linked with one million preterm births per year in I
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI-NewsVoir): The research, led by a team from The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of York, found that in 2010, about 2.7 million preterm births globally, or 18 per cent of all preterm births, were associated with outdoor exposure to fine p
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Kids with high uric acid at higher risk of BP at age seven: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 16 (ANI): A recent study reveals, babies, especially preterm ones, with high levels of serum uric acid during early years of life, may be associated with high blood pressure at the age of seven, further leading to hypertension in adulthood.
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Graphics on cigarette pack can avert death rates
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 6 (ANI): A study says that using prominent, graphic picture on cigarette packs warning against smoking could avert more than 652,000 deaths, up to 92,000 low birth weight infants, up to 145,000 preterm births, and about 1,000 cases of sudden infant deaths in the U
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