Mothers of premature infants shouldn’t rely solely on breast pumps to establish and maintain their breast milk supply, researchers at Stanford have found. Moms already have a simple, safe and free tool for assisting breast milk production: their own hands.

Tagged: premature birth, Human Health, Medicine

Cocooned in tubes and wires, too fragile to be held, small, sick newborns fight for life in neonatal intensive care units. Though many go home healthy, the babies' harrowing starts leave indelible marks on their parents.

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In developing nations, where at least 20 million low-birth-weight babies are born every year, incubators are important lifesaving devices. The problem? They typically cost a cool $20,000, plus you need to plug them in. Two years ago, a team of Stanford students figured out how to take electricity out of the equation while whittling that price tag down to a mere $25

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When a pregnant woman goes into early labor, her obstetrician may give her drugs to quiet her uterus and prevent premature birth. New research shows, however, that one popular drug works no better than a placebo at maintaining pregnancy after the initial bout of preterm labor is halted, according to Stanford researchers.

Tagged: pregnancy, premature birth, Human Health, Medicine