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 ...

Research consistently shows that one of the most powerful things you can do for a baby is read to them, supporting early ...

Researchers at Stanford University played voice recordings of preemies’ mothers reading stories to them to find out whether it affected how their brains developed. The team observed changes in 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 ...

A baby's earliest experiences of touch shape their future brain. Researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital measured the brain response to touch of 125 premature and full-term babies right before ...

University of Helsinki researchers have developed artificial intelligence software, which can evaluate the maturity of a preterm infant's brain directly from an EEG. Researchers at the University of ...

In a cohort of 395 preterm infants (median gestational age, 29.6 weeks), maternal hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) affected 43% of cases and were associated with reduced cognitive and ...

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 ...

The Ministry of Health, represented by the Physical Therapy Department at the Maternity Hospital, affirmed the vital role of ...