Preterm babies with very low birth weight who received a probiotic alongside antibiotics had fewer multidrug resistant bacteria and a more typical gut microbiome, a new study shows. Subscribe to our ...

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration met Wednesday to discuss something that was once thought to be only science fiction: the use of artificial wombs that could potentially help premature babies ...

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A Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study links preterm infants’ experience in intensive care to an elevated risk of persistent high blood pressure, or hypertension, as they grow. Their study, published ...

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Despite innovative techniques to keep premature babies healthy, death rates and lingering health problems among extremely preterm babies remained unchanged for decades. Premature births, occurring ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Florida’s rate is slightly higher, at about 1 in 9 babies born preterm. In an average ...