New research highlights a 27% reduction in adverse birth outcomes with prenatal MMS, supporting a shift in antenatal care guidelines Study: The effects of prenatal multiple micronutrient ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the quality of care given to small and sick newborn babies in all regions of the world and threatening implementation of life-saving interventions, suggests new ...

18% of babies born in Brazil over seven years were born ‘small’ – either preterm, small for gestational age (SGA) or with low birthweight (LBW) – according to new research in The Lancet Regional ...

Premature or low-birth-weight babies who are clinically unstable should have skin-to-skin contact, known as kangaroo care, before incubation, according to updated guidance from the World Health ...

Introduction: Low birth weight and intrauterine growth restriction are associated to high morbidity and mortality. A compromised maternal nutritional status and placental failure could be responsible ...

A new malaria drug is approved for babies under 11 pounds The treatment dissolves easily in breast milk and has a cherry flavor It fills a major gap for newborns and malnourished babies WEDNESDAY, ...

Coartem Baby, which was already approved for use in patients weighing over 11 pounds, contains artemether and lumefantrine that work together to fight the malaria parasite. HealthDay News — A new ...

Continuous skin-to-skin contact starting immediately after delivery even before the baby has been stabilised can reduce mortality by 25 per cent in infants with a very low birth weight. This according ...