News tagged with premature baby
Baby brain growth mirrors changes from apes to humans
A study undertaken to help scientists concerned with abnormal brain development in premature babies has serendipitously revealed evolution's imprint on the human brain.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Baby's first dreams: Research reveals sleep cycles in early fetus
After about seven months growing in the womb, a human fetus spends most of its time asleep. Its brain cycles back and forth between the frenzied activity of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and the quiet resting ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Elusive protein may lead the fight against inflammatory disease
A husband and wife research team from Melbourne, Australia, have identified a protein that may be a key therapy for many inflammatory diseases, including those affecting premature babies.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 20, 2010 |
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A sonata a day keeps the doctor away
The music they listen to doesn't have any lyrics that tell them to grow, but new research from Tel Aviv University finds that premature babies who are exposed to music by 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gain ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 07, 2010 |
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Men are the weaker sex
Nurses in the maternity ward often say that a difficult labor is a sign of a baby boy. Now, a Tel Aviv University study provides scientific proof that a male baby comes with a bigger package of associated ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Pregnant women who smoke, urged to give up before 15-week 'deadline'
Women who stop smoking before week 15 of pregnancy cut their risk of spontaneous premature birth and having small babies to the same as non-smokers, according to research published on bmj.com today.
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Research Exposes the Risk to Infants from the Chemicals Used in Liquid Medicines
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of medical scientists from the University of Leicester has published research which looks into the harmful substances in liquid medicines that premature babies are being exposed to.
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Breakthrough in treating premature babies
(PhysOrg.com) -- Adelaide researchers have made a world breakthrough in treating premature babies at risk of developmental disorders.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 14, 2009 |
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Hazelnuts: New source of key fat for infant formula that's more like mother's milk
Human breast milk is the best source of food for infants. University of Georgia researchers have found what may be a new second best—formula made from hazelnut oil.
May 23, 2012 |
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German baby survives record-equalling premature birth
A German baby born after only 21 weeks and five days in the womb has equalled a world record for surviving premature infants, the hospital said Saturday.
Apr 23, 2011 |
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Helping premature babies with new research
Edmonton researchers with the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry have received a grant to use a hi-tech technique called “optogenetics” to study how the brain controls breathing. What they ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Premature infants' lungs may improve with better nutrition: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Improving lung function in premature babies with a severe lung disease may be linked to their feeding regimen, according to a new University of Michigan study.
Jan 28, 2011 |
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How brain 'wiring' develops in babies
Scientists funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) have shown, for the first time, how our brain 'wiring' develops in the first few months of life. Using a new imaging technique, the scientists monitored the formation ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Romania, Bulgaria have EU's sickest health systems
(AP) -- No sutures and other basics; a dire shortage of staff; catastrophic hygiene; then this - a hospital blaze that killed five premature babies. Romania's hospital system is on the ropes.
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Premature babies become more sensitive to pain in later life
(PhysOrg.com) -- Premature babies who undergo painful treatments whilst in intensive care become more sensitive to pain compared to healthy newborns, according to new research by scientists at UCL (University ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 10, 2010 |
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