Displaying items by tag: division of neonatology
Contrary to advertisements, bumper pads and stuffed animals are not part of a safe sleep environment for infants.
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UAB newborns are all on Santa’s nice list.
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UAB researchers hope to establish Cialis as a therapeutic agent for pregnant women exposed to chlorine and bromine during industrial accidents or acts of terrorism.
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UAB researchers have discovered that an infant’s airway — once thought to be sterile until after birth — is colonized by bacteria or bacterial DNA, which could be protective for or predict development of severe lung disease, knowledge that may offer a therapeutic target.
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UAB continues to improve maternal and infant health as the only university to be a member of all three NIH perinatal networks.
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Developmentally appropriate activities conducted by parents with their child during the first three years after birth reduce childhood cognitive delays in low-resource families.
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Premature babies at UAB receive handmade quilts from Oxford, Alabama, Girl Scout troop.
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Narrowing of aortic arch, infant’s otherwise good health prompt physicians to move Baby JJ’s Glenn procedure up one month.
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Between-hospital variations in active treatment explain much of the difference seen in infants born at 22 to 24 weeks of gestation.
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This public health initiative aims to ensure area babies have an opportunity to receive vital ‘first-food nutrients’ essential to early development.
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Prematurity, low birth weight leading cause for the leveling off of infant mortality and neonatal mortality rates in the United States
Advances led by UAB and Children’s of Alabama neonatologist Wally Carlo have helped millions of infants worldwide
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A low-cost intervention gives even the earliest preemies a chance to survive and thrive.
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UAB Hospital’s NICU uses a new, non-invasive system that can identify preterm babies who are at-risk for deadly infection.
Modified oxygen delivery device can provide safe, cost-effective life-saving therapy to infants and children in developing nations where pneumonia is the leading killer.
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For about $200 per child, the seven-day mortality rate for newborns in Zambia dropped by 40 percent.
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