If you’ve got a baby in the neonatal intensive care unit, your first thought is probably not, “Does my child really need that antireflux medication?”
But antireflux meds in for newborns topped the list of five overused tests or treatments released Monday as part […]
You may remember a previous article about Rice University students who invented a portable CPAP machine that fit in a shoe box. Now Rice students have invented another low-cost tool for NICUs in developing countries.
The BreathAlert device, originally designed in 2012 by engineering […]
One of the things premature babies are given in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) are pacifiers. Pacifiers stimulate and strengthen the babies’ sucking power, which is essential to correct feeding, which is necessary for the babies’ discharge.
A recent study looked at […]
In 2005, Janet found out that she was expecting quadruplets.
“We had such worry for the health of our unborn children and how we would survive once they were born. Our pregnancy was filled with continual medical issues for both me and some of our […]
Seven and a half years ago Keira’s triplet daughters were born at 25 weeks 5 days with a combined birth weight of just 4lbs 4oz.
“This was my first and only pregnancy and I was terrified. The first few weeks, of what would ultimately be […]