A new study by US researchers has uncovered that babies born prematurely have higher levels of microplastics in their ...

In 1963, Jackie Kennedy gave birth at 34 weeks to a boy who lived for two days. Doctors then had few tools and little ...

For infants born before 34 weeks of gestation and with a birth weight ... Alshaikh et al, Effectiveness and Risks of Probiotics in Preterm Infants, Pediatrics (2025). DOI: 10.1542/peds.

Premature or pre term birth is when a baby is born too early, i.e before 37th week of pregnancy. The incidence of preterm birth is 4-6% of babies born across countries. Read on to know all about ...

The world's most premature surviving baby is thought to be Curtis Zy-Keith Means from the USA, born at 21 weeks and one day ... where she spent a further 34 days. Rachel Stonehouse After 132 ...

Babies born prematurely have a higher accumulation of micro and nanoplastic in ... The researchers analysed 100 placentas from full-term births (37.2 weeks, on average) and 75 from preterm births (34 ...

at eight weeks and again at 12 months, compared with premature babies who were only breastfed. The average weight of babies in the study was 2.8lb (1.3kg) at birth, and most were born at about 30 ...