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 ...

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 ...

During intensive care after preterm births, babies can experience low oxygen in their tissue and cells—or hypoxia. Hypoxia is linked to poor brain health outcomes and life-long memory issues, but the ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have made a concerning discovery about preterm infant brain health: A mild, temporary lack of oxygen that many babies born prematurely may experience ...

Baby Octavia weighed 644g when she was born at just 25 weeks. Her mother Vanessa ­Peterson’s waters had inexplicably broken ...

Skin-to-skin care not only provides preterm infants with family connections through bonding, it may also be encouraging new connections within the brain itself, improving a baby’s brain health overall ...