Neonatal Medicine
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Risk of adverse birth outcomes for singleton infants born to ART-treated or subfertile women
A population-based study examined the associations between maternal fertility and infants’ health outcomes.
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Urge expectant parents to have prenatal pediatrician visit
A prenatal visit allows pediatricians to gather information, offer advice, and identify risks.
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Research provides more evidence of a maternal diabetes/autism link
ORLANDO – Expanding on previous findings, new study links T1D in mothers to higher autism risk in their children
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Could tackling maternal obesity prevent later CVD in offspring?
Most evidence supporting this hypothesis comes from animal studies.
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Preterm infant GER is a normal phenomenon
Traditional and pharmacologic interventions do not appear to work. Patience may be the best medicine.
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NIH launches HEAL Initiative to combat opioid crisis
HEAL will expand Advancing Clinical Trials in Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (ACT NOW), a pilot study that will assess the prevalence of...
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App found to improve quality of life for families of premature infants
TORONTO – In all, 35 of the 44 (80%) NICU families showed improvement in quality of life using the PreeMe+You app.
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Neonatal deaths lower in high-volume hospitals
AUSTIN, TEX. – Researchers examined the association between the risk of neonatal mortality and the day of the week of the birth.
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Jump start immunizations in NICU
MALMO, SWEDEN – “Within our unit a small number of quality improvement measures enabled us to drastically increase our vaccination rate.” –...
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Behavioral sleep intervention linked to sleep improvement in infants
The parents’ first attempt at BSI worked in 83% of cases.
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Drug-related deaths continue to rise in United States
TORONTO – As pregnant women use more opioids, NAS rates are soaring; they rose from 1.2/1,000 U.S. hospital births in 2000 to 8/1,000 in 2014.