DURHAM – About 60,000 babies are born before 32 weeks gestation in the United States every year, and 10% of them will develop cerebral palsy resulting from infections that damage nerve fibers deep in ...

Pregnant women are known for trying to do everything right – eating healthy, ceasing drinking and smoking, never missing a doctor's appointment or forgetting to take their prenatal vitamin. It's all ...

June 3, 2002 — Cramped synchronized general movements in preterm infants are an early marker for the development of cerebral palsy, according to results of a study published in the May issue of the ...

In experiments using neonatal mice, researchers have identified a fatty molecule in breast milk that triggers a process in which stem cells in the brain produce cells that create new white matter, ...

September 2, 2010 — Infants born later than 40 weeks are at increased risk of developing cerebral palsy, say researchers. Clinicians typically consider term births between 37 to 41 weeks as low risk; ...

Yandex has developed the world's first AI solution to assess brain development in infants. The proposed solution analyzes MRI scans and can distinguish between gray and white brain matter with over 90 ...

An artificial intelligence algorithm capable of signaling early signs of neurodevelopment disorders in infants has been created by researchers in Finland and Italy. By analyzing conventional videos of ...

Where once a diagnosis of Down syndrome or cerebral palsy would sentence infants to a life of lagging behind their peers in mental and physical development, University researchers are showing that a ...

Background: Postnatal corticosteroids to treat ventilator-dependent infants are associated with adverse neurological sequelae in childhood, especially cerebral palsy, but may save lives.

Researchers have found that some preterm babies born without haptoglobin, a protein in blood cells, have higher odds of brain bleeding, cerebral palsy and death. Their findings suggest that the ...