Tag: Preterm Babies

London: Researchers have found that early use of breast milk could play a vital role in preventing heart disease in prematurely born infants. One of the long-term health complications that young adults born prematurely may have is unique heart characteristics. These can include smaller heart chambers, relatively higher blood pressure, and a disproportionate increase in […]

London: Babies who born prematurely can rapidly acquire some adult immune functions after birth, equivalent to that achieved by infants born at term, according to a new study. For the findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, the research team followed babies born before 32 weeks gestation to identify different immune cell populations, the state […]