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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Skin-to-skin cuddling with a parent has lasting cognitive benefits for premature babies, according to a new Stanford Medicine study. Preemies who received more skin-to-skin contact, also known as ...

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 ...