Topic: Stanford University
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adults who were born prematurely may have a higher risk of the seizure disorder epilepsy than those who were born full-term, a new study suggests.The findings, from a study of 630,000 Swedish adults ages 25 to 37, ...
(Reuters) - Health problems are common among premature babies, who are more likely to die than their full-term peers during the first few years of life -- and they may also face slightly increased death rates as young adults, a study said."This ...
Fifty years ago, physician Virginia Apgar of Columbia University developed a scoring system to rate a newborn's health. The Apgar score?still the standard method?takes into account factors such as whether a baby flexes its arms and legs or lies still, breathes well ...
Researchers have developed a noninvasive tool based on gestational age, birth weight, and real-time data routinely collected in neonatal intensive care units to predict morbidity risk in premature infants; their findings have been published in the Sept. 8 issue of Science Translational ...