Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are an established therapy for pregnant women at risk of preterm birth. Researchers have found that babies given ACS had notably smaller volumes of two key brain ...

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 ...

Many women already know that preeclampsia—a dangerous form of high blood pressure during pregnancy—can lead to serious complications including kidney failure, stroke, and even death. Preeclampsia is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The evidence indicates that non-invasive monitoring (near-infrared spectroscopy; NIRS) of oxygen in brain tissue likely does not reduce death rates or short-term brain problems for very premature ...

A study in JAMA Network Open, led by experts at Cincinnati Children's, used MRI brain scans and cognitive testing to confirm a link between maternal high blood pressure and brain anomalies among ...

Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are an established therapy for pregnant women at risk of preterm birth to help mature the fetus's lungs and reduce the chances of serious health issues. However, ...