Supporting emotional connection between a premature baby and mother during the intensive care unit treatment effectively improves the baby's brain development. The effects are clearly visible in the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Being born early preterm, late preterm or at term was not associated with an autism diagnosis. Results persisted ...

A full-term pregnancy lasts approximately 40 weeks, but some babies arrive sooner. Premature or preterm birth is when a baby is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Every year worldwide, more than 1 in ...

Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are an established therapy for pregnant women at risk of preterm birth. Researchers have found that babies given ACS had notably smaller volumes of two key brain ...

Roughly one in ten babies worldwide is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy – a birth considered preterm. These infants are biologically less mature at birth and face a higher risk of developmental ...

Early life pain exposure alters brain development in preterm infants, particularly female infants, according to a new study. The observational cohort study collected and analyzed data from 150 infants ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Early-onset preeclampsia was linked to delayed development of problem-solving skills in preterm children. No ...

The last trimester of pregnancy is a thrilling time for mothers because they will soon meet their baby. Although many preparations have been made, sometimes not everything can go according to plan.

Infants born at 37 or 38 weeks were more likely to have developmental delays than full-term babies. By Perri Klass, M.D. When I was training in pediatrics, back in the 1980s, we spent a lot of time ...

A full-term pregnancy lasts approximately 40 weeks, but some babies arrive sooner. Premature or preterm birth is when a baby is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Every year worldwide, more than 1 in ...