Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is a rare condition resulting from inadequate secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland. It can originate from birth, develop later in life, or have ...

RSV is responsible for around 1 lakh deaths, over 3.6 million hospitalisations in children under age of 5 every year, ...

At just 12 months old, Lainey, Kali, Lennon and Koen Bryant are making history — officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the most premature surviving quadruplets.

Antibiotic use in preterm infants is linked to gut microbiome changes, increasing susceptibility to infections and impacting ...

The preterm birth rate in the USA is nearing 13%. The recent rise has been attributed to increased indicated preterm births and multiple births following artificial conceptions. There are few ...

Preterm birth is the leading preventable cause of neonatal morbidity. Evidence shows that common genitourinary infections, which can easily be treated, cause large numbers of babies to be born ...

Thousands of people, mostly children, in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico have contracted the vaccine-preventable disease this ...

Objective: To asses the extents to which congenital anomalies affect risk of preterm birth. Methods: For the present study, we analysed data on 1,972,058 newborns registered in the Netherlands ...

Researchers observed a 13% increase in the percentage of infants delivered preterm from 2014 to 2023, from 7.74 to 8.71% among all births.

May 21, 2025 — High birth weight is the main risk factor for birth injuries to the anal sphincter muscles of the person giving birth, according to a new study. This new method for predicting the ...

A new study by Emory University researchers, published in Environmental Science & Technology, found that exposure to the tiny ...