Preterm birth can be severely harmful to neonates. Currently, no effective clinical treatments target in utero inflammation ...

Early-onset type 2 diabetes is rising in women of childbearing age, increasing the risk for fetal and maternal complications ...

Hypothermia (<36.5 °C/97.7°F axillary) is a major factor in morbidity and mortality of low-birth-weight (LBW) premature infants. [5, 7–9] Laptook et al [7] reported for every 1°C (1.7°F ...

The amniotic fluid covering the newborn after birth rapidly cools and evaporates off the skin which leads to evaporative heat loss and temperature decreases of 0.2°C–1.0°C (0.5–1.7°F) every ...

Objectives To determine the regional ventilation characteristics during non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in stable preterm infants. The secondary aim was to explore the relationship between indicators ...

As for birth order and other personality traits, Rohrer says reflecting on one's experience can still be meaningful, even if there is no universal pattern: "It does provide a label where you can ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - It may be a long road ahead for a baby born extremely premature. Baby Chance was delivered by C-section to an Atlanta, Ga., mother who had been on life support for the last four ...

Local pediatrician Dr. Gretchen Petterway called the birth a modern day miracle. "20 to 30 years ago. You know, I feel like it may have been more grim for this baby. However, with medical advances now ...

Adriana Smith, a brain dead nurse who has been kept on life support to comply with Georgia’s laws on abortion and personhood, gave birth on 13 June to a premature baby boy at Emory Hospital Midtown in ...

BioAegis Therapeutics Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for Lead Product, Recombinant Human Gelsolin, for the Treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)Fast Track status enables ...