News articles tagged with 'neonatal'
Neonatal intensive care in Mexico is cost effective
— 15 Dec 2010 18:14 | HealthNeonatal intensive care provides substantial population health benefits in Mexico relative to its costs, even for very premature babies, and as such offers exceptional value for money…
Early research reveals new clues to origin of diabetes
— 13 Oct 2010 16:03 | HealthUniversity of Michigan scientists have identified events inside insulin-producing pancreatic cells that set the stage for a neonatal form of non-autoimmune type 1 diabetes, and may…
Researchers design more accurate method of determining premature infants' risk of illness
— 9 Sep 2010 10:57 | HealthStanford University researchers have developed a revolutionary, non-invasive way of quickly predicting the future health of premature infants, an innovation that could better target…
Students design early labour detector to prevent premature births
— 22 Jul 2010 10:59 | HealthThe birth of a baby is usually a joyous event, but when a child is born too early, worrisome complications can occur, including serious health problems for the baby and steep medical…
Risk of death higher for babies born outside normal working week in Scotland
— 16 Jul 2010 12:28 | HealthBabies born outside normal working hours of 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday are at an increased risk of death due to lack of oxygen (intrapartum anoxia), according to a study from Scotland…
Closing the science-to-policy gap in maternal and child health in Africa
— 30 Jun 2010 15:16 | HealthIn the third of five papers in the PLoS Medicine series on maternal, neonatal, and child health in sub-Saharan Africa, Sara Bennett and Freddie Ssengooba this week discuss the challenges…
Neonatal diarrhoea
— 18 Jun 2010 12:35 | HealthDiarrhoea represents a major condition responsible for paediatric mortality worldwide. The onset of neonatal diarrhoea may rapidly lead to life threatening dehydration and malnutrition.…
Quality improvement in neonatal and perinatal medicine covered in Clinics in Perinatology
— 16 Apr 2010 02:17 | HealthThe March 2010 issue of Clinics in Perinatology (www.perinatology.theclinics.com), published by Elsevier, provides Neonatologists and Maternal-Foetal-Medicine specialists with the tools…
New approaches to neonatal sepsis needed and screening adolescents for alcohol problems
— 15 Mar 2010 12:57 | HealthIn this week's PLoS Medicine, Karen Edmond and Anita Zaidi emphasise the importance of finding new approaches to preventing, diagnosing, and treating neonatal sepsis, especially in…
UAB-led study shows simple steps could reduce stillbirths by up to 1 million
— 22 Feb 2010 16:28 | HealthNew findings in a study led by the director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Division of Neonatology show that that training birth attendants in essential newborn-care…