More than one in 10 infants worldwide are born preterm, many with complications: Nearly 1 million die each year. This is the single largest cause of death in children around the world before their ...

Maternal hypertension is linked to poorer cognitive, language outcomes in preterm 2-year-olds, partly due to early brain abnormalities.

Preterm birth is a leading cause of infant deaths in the United States. For every 1,000 babies born in 2023, about six died, according to provisional data released Thursday by the US Centers for ...

Skin-to-skin contact do not improve interaction between mother and preterm infant. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 01 / 200123095901.htm.

The U.S. earned a D+ grade on its preterm birth rate for the second straight year in March of Dimes' annual report looking at the state of maternal and infant health. The preterm birth rate was 10.4%.

Facilitating early parent-infant emotional connection improves cortical networks in preterm infants. Science Translational Medicine , 2022; 14 (664) DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abq4786 Cite This Page : ...

Preterm births are an enormous problem in the United States, where one in 10 infants is born prematurely. Rates are higher among Black and Native American babies than among white and Hispanic babies.

Infants born at 37 or 38 weeks were more likely to have developmental delays than full-term babies. By Perri Klass, M.D. When I was training in pediatrics, back in the 1980s, we spent a lot of ...

About the study. The Cincinnati Infant Neurodevelopment Early Prediction Study (CINEPS) was launched in 2016. The study uses advanced neuroimaging techniques to more accurately predict motor ...

Extending the use of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment in premature infants by two weeks significantly increases lung volume and lung diffusion capacity, according to a new study.