LANGHORNE, Pa. (WPVI) -- So-called "Angel Eyes" will soon be keeping a careful watch on newborns in one local NICU. A check for 5 thousand dollars was presented Tuesday to Saint Mary Medical Center in ...

Babies born very early had stronger neurodevelopmental performance at 1 year if they received more skin-to-skin care as newborns, a study found. Skin-to-skin cuddling with a parent has lasting ...

Oct 21 (Reuters) - Even tiny premature babies in hospital care after birth can make baby sounds, and are especially vocal when their parents are talking to them -- a finding that could be significant ...

CHICAGO -- As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes. This is therapy in a newborn intensive care ...

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to a new Stanford Medicine-led study. "This is the first causal evidence that ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Giving parents of newborn preemies some help right from the start may make a difference in their children's behavior by school age, a new study suggests. Children born ...

Giving very premature babies high concentrations of oxygen soon after birth may reduce the risk of death by 50 percent, compared to lower levels of oxygen says new research led by University of Sydney ...

Any Monday morning, until the freeze sets in, nurses at the windows of Helsinki’s handsome, modern Children’s Clinic can see a pint-sized (under 5 ft.), boyish-looking man step briskly up the drive ...

Follow-up study found girls' made rare remarkable progress. Dec. 12, 2011— -- A young girl and a young woman who hold records for being the smallest surviving newborns are now doing fine and have ...