News tagged with extreme prematurity

Even mildly premature infants have increased risk of a common respiratory tract infection

Even mildly premature infants (gestational ages of 33 weeks through 36 weeks) have an increased risk of medically attended respiratory syncytial virus infection, which is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract infection ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Extremely premature children at high risk of learning difficulties by age 11

Children born extremely prematurely are at high risk of developing learning difficulties by the time they reach the age of 11.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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DARPA releases cause of hypersonic glider anomaly

(AP) -- An unmanned hypersonic glider likely aborted its 13,000 mph flight over the Pacific Ocean last summer because unexpectedly large sections of its skin peeled off, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 21, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 26

Georgetown researcher on climate change: Reduce contribution, care for victims, advocate

Physicians and nurses have a role if not "a moral and professional responsibility to act" to help to reduce climate change and help those impacted, say the authors of "Climate Change & Health: Is There a Role for the Health ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Facebook knows your heart -- and it's complicated

For everything, there is a season. And for every relationship, it seems, there is a status update on Facebook.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New insights into ancient life: Chromosome segregation in Archaea

(PhysOrg.com) -- The effort to classify life into various groups has been a bumpy ride. Prior to the 1900s, living things were usually pegged as either plants or animals – period. By the middle of the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Scientists develop novel technique to map protein interactions leading to better understanding of disease mechanisms

Scientists have developed a powerful new technique, named BioID, to screen for both interacting and neighboring proteins in their native cellular environment. Elucidating protein interactions is key to better understanding ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Climate-driven heat peaks may shrink wheat crops

More intense heat waves due to global warming could diminish wheat crop yields around the world through premature ageing, according to a study published Sunday in Nature Climate Change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 22

Rare ultra-blue stars found in neighboring galaxy's hub

(PhysOrg.com) -- Peering deep inside the hub of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a large, rare population of hot, bright stars.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

EPA theorizes fracking-pollution link

(AP) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday for the first time that fracking - a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells - may be to blame for causing ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Bacterial attachment mimics the just-in-time industrial delivery model

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the human world of manufacturing, many companies are now applying an on-demand, just-in-time strategy to conserve resources, reduce costs and promote production of goods precisely when ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanoparticles offer insights into interactions between single-stranded DNA and their binding proteins

Double-stranded DNA must disentangle itself into single strands during replication or repair to allow functional molecules to bind and perform their various operations. Cellular proteins specifically bind ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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