Premature babies News

The study reveals children born very pre-term or with extremely low birthweight are known to be at risk of metabolic bone disease of prematurity. 

A premature baby will have to be managed appropriately in the neonatal intensive care unit, say doctors Premature babies will exhibit symptoms such as breathing problems, lack of sleep, aggressive behavior, developmental delays Heart problems are also rampant in premature babies

The researchers asked both the parents and the children how many friends the children had, and how often they saw their friends.

Ultrasound studies reveal, for example, that, beginning at least as early as 25 weeks into gestation, foetuses will blink or move in response to externally produced sounds, he said.

An increased level of stress might also impact the parenting of the child and alter the level of attachment between the babies and their parents. 

For the study, published in the journal eLife, the team used a combination of PET and MRI scans of the brain to identify the precise changes to chemistry and structure of the brain following early brain damage. 

Babies born these early face complications that are inversely related to gestation.

One out of every four premature deaths in India in 2015, or some 2.5 million, was attributed to pollution, according to the study released in October by The Lancet Medical Journal.

Globally, about 15 million babies are born before 37 weeks gestation annually and one million die.

Rickets is a disease that leads to softening and weakening of bones in children due to Vitamin D deficiency.  

The findings found that premature babies who are given caffeine perform significantly better in tests that measure their ability to breathe out at 11 years old.

A study following more than 1.3 million premature babies born in Florida found that two-thirds of those born at only 23 or 24 weeks were ready for kindergarten on time, and almost 2 percent of those infants later achieved gifted status in school.

Researchers say that premature babies who get exposed to hyperoxia -- excess supply of oxygen -- are more likely to lack key lung cells and may have an increased risk of experiencing severe respiratory viral infections later in life.

The registry-based study, published in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), involved 2.6 million individuals born between 1987 and 2012.

The approach might one day help nurture and protect premature babies outside the uterus, providing a better chance for survival and eliminating the health risk of pregnancy.

The plastic 'womb' consists of a mixture of warm water and added salts, similar to amniotic fluid, to support and protect the foetus.

The optical system cameras are sensitive enough to detect minute changes in skin colour.

In an emotional post shared on social media, the filmmaker whose children were born almost 10 weeks before full-term, jotted down a heart-whelming note revealing that he was terrified initially on learning that there were complications with his babies' birth. 

The drug, a synthetic progestogen hormone called 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone caproate, was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2011.

There are many risk factors for preterm birth – from the mother's age, to illness, to poverty and other social factors and recent research has suggested that exposure to air pollution could also be a risk factor.