Groundbreaking research at Seattle Children's Hospital provides critical genetic diagnoses for newborns within 48 hours.

Cervical length measurement during the first trimester may help identify twin pregnancies at risk for preterm birth before 34 weeks of gestation.

A study of nearly 900 adults indicates that although smoking is still the main risk factor for lung function loss, systemic inflammation and obesity also increase the risk of developing chronic ...

Multivariable analyses confirmed that vaccination remained associated with lower hospitalization risk in both periods after controlling for comorbid conditions. Compared with vaccinated patients, the ...

Among 22 infants born alive, resuscitation was attempted in 17. Of these, six survived to discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and one remained hospitalized, while 10 died, reported ...

Background/aim Frequent premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) have historically been regarded as benign in structurally normal hearts, yet emerging evidence suggests substantial cardiovascular risk.

A recently immigrated mother from India presents in preterm labor at 32 6/7 weeks and delivers a vigorous baby whose initial blood culture is positive at 18 hours of life with gram negative rods. A 32 ...

Introduction Preterm infants are at risk of developmental impairment, especially those born before 33 weeks gestational age. Many studies have shown a positive impact of early interventions on medical ...

Illustration showing the process of a release factor (RF) detecting a stop codon and releasing the newly made peptide chain (right) through a hydrolysis reaction. It’s known as biology’s central dogma ...

In a win for Abbott Laboratories, a federal judge in Chicago sided with the company Friday in the case of a woman who alleged that Abbott’s formula for preterm infants led to her daughter’s death. The ...

Objective To describe the incidence of major bleeds according to different platelet counts in very preterm infants, and to explore whether this association is influenced by other risk factors for ...

Adults who were born prematurely (<37 weeks’ gestation) are at increased cardiovascular disease risk, but it is unclear when in the life course this risk emerges. Our aim was to compare trajectories ...