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Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO), a therapy used in the treatment of premature newborns with respiratory failure that had shown promising results in short-term studies, does not significantly improve long-term outcomes, according to a national study led by critical care researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. http://www.physorg.com/news176395564.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:02 EST news176395564 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have determined that using probiotics, or healthy live bacteria, is an effective method to reduce and prevent a gastrointestinal disease that predominantly affects premature infants. http://www.physorg.com/news169315453.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:20:04 EST news169315453 Advances in neonatal care enable two-thirds of premature babies born with respiratory problems to be ready for school at an appropriate age, but those living in poverty are far less likely to be ready on time than their better-off peers, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report in the July issue of the journal Pediatrics. http://www.physorg.com/news167050156.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:49:55 EST news167050156 An international research collaboration coordinated by UCD (University College Dublin) researchers and involving scientists at 21 institutes including the genome sequencing centres in the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK and the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard, USA have defined six new genome sequences in the Candida fungus family and identified genetic differences in species that cause disease. http://www.physorg.com/news162454480.html Biology Mon, 25 May 2009 07:17:23 EST news162454480 Iron plays a large role in brain development in the womb, and new University of Rochester Medical Center research shows an iron deficiency may delay the development of auditory nervous system in preemies. This delay could affect babies ability to process sound which is critical for later language development in early childhood. http://www.physorg.com/news160674444.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 May 2009 16:47:55 EST news160674444 After about seven months growing in the womb, a human fetus spends most of its time asleep. Its brain cycles back and forth between the frenzied activity of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and the quiet resting state of non-REM sleep. But whether the brains of younger, immature fetuses cycle with sleep or are simply inactive has remained a mystery, until now. http://www.physorg.com/news158861665.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:14:54 EST news158861665 No matter how sophisticated modern medicine becomes, common ailments like fungal infections can outrun the best of the world's antibiotics. In people with compromised immune systems (like premature babies, AIDS victims or those undergoing chemotherapy for cancer) the risk is very high: contracting a fungal infection can be deadly. http://www.physorg.com/news154872417.html Biology Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:07:20 EST news154872417 In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, researchers will unveil findings that show that premature babies born before 34 weeks have a 31 percent reduction in serious complications when given a "rescue course" of Antenatal Corticosteroids (ACS) steroids with no adverse side effects noted. http://www.physorg.com/news152439715.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:22:17 EST news152439715 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of medical scientists from the University of Leicester has published research which looks into the harmful substances in liquid medicines that premature babies are being exposed to. http://www.physorg.com/news151592061.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:00:01 EST news151592061 (PhysOrg.com) -- Adelaide researchers have made a world breakthrough in treating premature babies at risk of developmental disorders. http://www.physorg.com/news151152865.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:54:25 EST news151152865 Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have identified a potential new avenue for altering lung development in the embryo which may help to improve the outcome for very premature babies. The researchers at Cardiff University, in collaboration with those at the Saban Research Institute at Los Angeles Children's Hospital, have discovered a key player in early lung development which is a potential drug target for treating very premature babies with small, immature lungs. http://www.physorg.com/news148488402.html Medicine & Health Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:46:42 EST news148488402 Results of a multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center challenge the longstanding practice of treating premature babies with hydrocortisone, a steroid believed to fight inflammation and prevent lung disease. The researchers found that such treatment offers little or no benefit and that low cortisol levels are not even necessarily harmful. High cortisol levels, on the other hand, appeared to increase the risk of dangerous bleeding in the brain and require that babies be monitored aggressively to ward off life-threatening complications, according to the study published in the October issue of Pediatrics. http://www.physorg.com/news142773927.html Medicine & Health Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:25:27 EST news142773927