A micro preemie is a baby born weighing under 1 pound, 12 ounces (800 grams) or before 26 weeks gestation. Here's what parents should know. Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD A micro preemie ...

Scientists from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and colleagues found that an investigational protein replacement—recombinant human ...

An artificial intelligence-based tool can predict the medical trajectories of individual premature newborns from blood samples collected soon after they are born, a Stanford Medicine-led study has ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Breast milk helps protect premature babies from potentially fatal complications, but a new study shows that donated breast milk, meant to supplement what the mother ...

Each year, 380,000 babies are born premature. The smallest baby ever born came into the world at 23 weeks and three days and weighed the same as a small apple. She is part of a group of survivors ...

HELP EVERYONE REST A LITTLE EASIER. SO WHEN I SAW HIM IN THE INCUBATOR, THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT WAS, OH MY GOD, HOW IS HE ALIVE? A SURPRISE FROM THE START. JOAQUIM BRITO WEIGHED JUST TWO AND A HALF ...

A Blackfoot mother who documented her baby’s growth in the NICU with unique photos hopes her family’s journey inspires others in similar situations. Anna and Jacob Ames were married in December 2015 ...

CHICAGO -- Many very premature infants appear to play catch-up by early adulthood, reaching levels of education and employment that are similar to those of normal-weight children, a study found. The ...

Children from birth through age 1 who are premature or have development disabilities are the least likely to receive therapeutic services that are required by federal law, a new study finds. Credit: ...

OF T TO HELP PARENTS AND PREEMIES, THE CHILDREN’S HEALING INSTITUTE. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S T IS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK. AND JOINING ME NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT IS THE CHILDREN’S HEALING INSTITUTE BOARD ...

Nurses at an area hospital proved this week in the most precious way that it's never to early to appreciate a good book.The team in the Mission Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Asheville ...