Bethesda, Md. -- Late gestation is a busy time for babies getting ready for life outside the womb, particularly for functions critical to life such as breathing and maintaining an adequate heartbeat. These two functions are connected in mature infants and healthy people throughout life, so measuring their level of ...

(American Physiological Society) New analysis of premature infants' heartbeats and breathing could give cues about their readiness to leave the NICU.

Despite advances in neonatal care, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) - the most common gastrointestinal emergency in premature infants - continues to be a deadly disease. "We haven't made a lot of progress in identifying babies early who may be at risk for NEC, preventing it or treating it," said Jörn-Hendrik Weitkamp, ...

Spanish scientists have confirmed that there is a clear relationship between androgenetic alopecia (common premature baldness) and benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), a benign enlargement of the prostate that appears in aging men and is associated with certain hormones as dihydrotestosterone. This condition appears in 50% of men over 60 year ...

(University of Granada) Spanish scientists have proven that men with androgenetic alopecia are at a higher risk for benign prostate hyperplasia. This study has been awarded a prize by the American Academy of Dermatology.

Maternal obesity may contribute to cognitive impairment in extremely premature babies, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. "Although in the past decade medical advances have improved the survival rate of babies born at less than seven months, they are still at very high ...

When babies are born prematurely, they are thrust into a hospital environment that while highly successful at saving their lives, is not exactly the same as the mother's womb where ideal development occurs. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is equipped with highly skilled care givers and incubators that ...

Maternal obesity may contribute to cognitive impairment in extremely premature babies, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) When babies are born prematurely, they are thrust into a hospital environment that while highly successful at saving their lives, is not exactly the same as the mother's womb where ideal development occurs. Now, new research conducted by Lahav and colleagues links exposure to an ...

According to a study published in the March issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, patient preferences are a major factor in directing obstetric decision-making and counseling for periviable deliveries (early preterm birth between 22-26 weeks gestation). Obstetricians perceive that parents would rather have everything possible done in ...

Neonatal specialists from UC San Diego Medical Center and Tri-City Medical Center's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) will soon be able to collaborate, diagnose and treat some of San Diego County's tiniest, and most complicated babies through an innovative telemedicine program that connects. The program uses a real-time, two-way audio/video ...

When making decisions and counseling about risk and management options for deliveries between 22 and 26 weeks (periviable deliveries), obstetricians are heavily influenced by family preferences, particularly by the impression that parents consistently prefer to have everything possible done to prolong a pregnancy or "save the baby" through interventions such ...