In many public institutions, existing labour policies fail to adequately address the special needs of parents of premature babies, creating additional stress and hardships. One of the major concerns ...

THE government has approved a proposal to extend maternity leave for employees giving birth to premature babies, ...

Premature birth is linked to persistent macular structural and vascular changes in adulthood, even without ROP treatment. OCTA scans revealed decreased FAZ area, circularity, and capillary plexus ...

A full-term pregnancy allows the baby time to gain essential weight and to fully develop organs, but one in 10 infants in the US is born too early, weeks before they reach important developmental and ...

They have low birth weight, breathing and feeding difficulties and low body temperature. To advertise here, Contact Us Very premature newborns are also more likely to experience long-term issues ...

The investigators commented, “This is the largest published series of OCTA data for premature-birth adults. Even without a history of ROP treatment, premature birth is associated with multiple changes ...

Low-birth-weight (LBW) premature infants are born without the adaptive mechanisms needed for survival outside of the womb. These fragile infants require thermoprotective interventions that begin ...

What is a premature baby? A premature baby is one that has been born less than 37 weeks into the pregnancy. This is about three weeks earlier than normal. A normal pregnancy will last between 37 ...

The new findings raise the possibility that preterm birth is triggered by things that happen much earlier in pregnancy than we expected.” Adrian Erlebacher, MD, PhD Now, UC San Francisco researchers ...

Around the world, preterm birth persists as the primary contributor to neonatal and infant mortality. Further, those who survive preterm birth carry increased risk of short-term and long-term health ...

Buckingham Palace delayed announcing the birth for a week but said today that mother and child are doing well, and now at home. European Editor at Large European Editor at Large tom.sykes@ ...