Preemie

World Prematurity Day 2020: Premature babies lack sufficient brown fat and this leads to poor thermoregulation in them. So, overheating or exposing them to cool air can both be detrimental for the baby- Dr Gorika Bansal.

If your little one is a preemie or premature, you must be extra careful while taking care of him/her at home

Baby Connor was born a tiny preemie in July, weighing just 11 ounces - about the size of a human heart and lighter than a can of soda. He went home to Connecticut this week in what doctors called a triumph of medicine and the human spirit.

On World Prematurity Day, we speak to Dr Vikas Maurya about how to save our preemies from the hazardous air pollution in the capital.

Each year in the United States, about 30,000 babies are born before gestating for 26 weeks, which is considered "critically preterm."

Toronto: Scanning the brain of a premature baby shortly after birth to map the location and volume of lesions — small areas of injury in the brain’s white matter — may help doctors better predict whether the baby will have disabilities later, researchers say. Lack of oxygen to the brain is the most common form of brain injury in premature in...

New York: Babies born preterm may be better at making the link between language and cognition in their early life than full-term babies due to an extra month of postnatal experience listening to language, researchers have found. A study showed that preterm infants developed a robust early link between language and cognition, revealing that this vul...

Children born in deliveries planned just a week before the end of a typical pregnancy may be more likely to experience health, learning and behaviour issues by the time they’re ready for school than kids born at full term, a study suggests. Plenty of previous research has found premature infants often have difficulty breathing and digesting food....

Even preemies who receive breathing treatments to improve lung function early in life may have respiratory challenges as children and adolescents, an Australian study suggests.

Preemie baby Haven born mid-flight on August 14 gets the birthday gift from airline her mother was travelling in to possibly last her a lifetime - a million air miles; she and her mother are recovering at a Hyderabad hospital.

Pre-term babies who were fed more breast milk within the first 28 days of life showed better levels of intelligence, academic achievement, working memory as well as higher brain function by the age of seven, equivalent to infants at full-term, finds a study.

Breastfeeding premature babies — often born with an abnormal heart — can improve heart structure as well as functioning in adulthood, finds a new study. The findings showed that people who had been exclusively fed on breast milk had less reduction in heart volumes and function compared to those fed only on formula milk. “The study shows that ...

Born nearly three months premature, baby Rishita weighed just 650 grams — “just as much as my (cell) phone,” was how her doctor described it. Five months on, she is ready to go home — a healthy 2.5 kg baby. “Even I did not expect her to survive,” admits Dr Damera Yadaiah, playing with Rishita, a baby he is immensely proud of. He has rea...

Under normal circumstances, the odds of survival for a baby born at 23 weeks are slim: Around 30 percent, according to some doctors. Just 15 percent, say others.

Listening to music may help premature babies cope up with pain, feed better and calm down easily.

World Prematurity Day 2020: Premature babies lack sufficient brown fat and this leads to poor thermoregulation in them. So, overheating or exposing them to cool air can both be detrimental for the baby- Dr Gorika Bansal.

If your little one is a preemie or premature, you must be extra careful while taking care of him/her at home

Baby Connor was born a tiny preemie in July, weighing just 11 ounces - about the size of a human heart and lighter than a can of soda. He went home to Connecticut this week in what doctors called a triumph of medicine and the human spirit.

On World Prematurity Day, we speak to Dr Vikas Maurya about how to save our preemies from the hazardous air pollution in the capital.

Each year in the United States, about 30,000 babies are born before gestating for 26 weeks, which is considered "critically preterm."

Toronto: Scanning the brain of a premature baby shortly after birth to map the location and volume of lesions — small areas of injury in the brain’s white matter — may help doctors better predict whether the baby will have disabilities later, researchers say. Lack of oxygen to the brain is the most common form of brain injury in premature in...

New York: Babies born preterm may be better at making the link between language and cognition in their early life than full-term babies due to an extra month of postnatal experience listening to language, researchers have found. A study showed that preterm infants developed a robust early link between language and cognition, revealing that this vul...

Children born in deliveries planned just a week before the end of a typical pregnancy may be more likely to experience health, learning and behaviour issues by the time they’re ready for school than kids born at full term, a study suggests. Plenty of previous research has found premature infants often have difficulty breathing and digesting food....

Even preemies who receive breathing treatments to improve lung function early in life may have respiratory challenges as children and adolescents, an Australian study suggests.

Preemie baby Haven born mid-flight on August 14 gets the birthday gift from airline her mother was travelling in to possibly last her a lifetime - a million air miles; she and her mother are recovering at a Hyderabad hospital.

Pre-term babies who were fed more breast milk within the first 28 days of life showed better levels of intelligence, academic achievement, working memory as well as higher brain function by the age of seven, equivalent to infants at full-term, finds a study.

Breastfeeding premature babies — often born with an abnormal heart — can improve heart structure as well as functioning in adulthood, finds a new study. The findings showed that people who had been exclusively fed on breast milk had less reduction in heart volumes and function compared to those fed only on formula milk. “The study shows that ...

Born nearly three months premature, baby Rishita weighed just 650 grams — “just as much as my (cell) phone,” was how her doctor described it. Five months on, she is ready to go home — a healthy 2.5 kg baby. “Even I did not expect her to survive,” admits Dr Damera Yadaiah, playing with Rishita, a baby he is immensely proud of. He has rea...

Under normal circumstances, the odds of survival for a baby born at 23 weeks are slim: Around 30 percent, according to some doctors. Just 15 percent, say others.

Listening to music may help premature babies cope up with pain, feed better and calm down easily.