Only one study looked at whether giving medicines that stimulate breathing, like caffeine, to babies born a few weeks early can help prevent or reduce problems with low oxygen levels or breathing.

Necrotizing enterocolitis strikes premature babies with almost no warning. A new approach aims to detect it early with a ...

Nearly one in every 10 infants in the United States is born preterm, or before 37 weeks of gestational age, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infants born with very low ...

Blood-count measurements in premature babies varied significantly with gestational age and birth weight, suggesting locally derived ranges could improve neonatal care in eastern Morocco, a study found ...

Being rushed to a hospital nearly two hours away, in the middle of a dangerous spring storm – with fear in her heart and amniotic fluid leaking down her leg – was not how Ashley O’Neil expected her ...

Feeding a baby can be hard — even more so when a baby is born prematurely because it can be more difficult for the mother to produce milk. That’s where many doctors and parents turn to infant formula ...

Roughly 1 in 10 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 delays in ...

The health trajectory of premature infants includes significant morbidity, many healthcare visits, and high medication needs, especially during the first 5 years of life, new data indicated. The rate ...

A woman is suing Houston County in southeast Alabama for violating her constitutional rights after she was forced to give birth preterm with no medical assistance in the county jail. The lawsuit, ...

Meta-analysis shows that probiotics reduce the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in very preterm or very low birth weight infants. In a recent study published in the journal Pediatric Research, ...