Preterm infants born before 32 weeks who received more skin-to-skin contact while in the hospital showed stronger brain development in areas tied to emotion and stress regulation than babies who ...

More than one in 10 infants worldwide are born preterm, many with complications: Nearly 1 million die each year. This is the single largest cause of death in children around the world before their ...

A new study reveals that the quality of early growth, not just weight gain, influences long-term brain outcomes for extremely preterm infants, highlighting fat-free mass as a crucial marker of early ...

Skin-to-skin cuddling with a parent has lasting cognitive benefits for premature babies, according to a new Stanford Medicine study. Preemies who received more skin-to-skin contact, also known as ...

Charitharth Vivek Lal, M.D. is program director of the Golden Week Program™, an evidence-based, standardized, quality improvement plan, established and implemented at the UAB Regional Neonatal ...

Outcomes for America’s newborns are the worst among the 38 OECD countries, including Canada and most of Western Europe. In particular, the almost 40 percent of infants in America who are born before ...

An interdisciplinary team of physicians and scientists show for the first time that a blood protein called fibrin blocks an essential biological process that drives brain development in early life.

Large study confirms that toddlers born early after exposure to moderate to severe chorioamnionitis show signs of motor, cognitive, and language impairments CINCINNATI, Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

Babies born very early had stronger neurodevelopmental performance at 1 year if they received more skin-to-skin care as newborns, a study found. Skin-to-skin cuddling with a parent has lasting ...