Placental Hormone GDF15 Emerges as Key Driver of Fetal Growth and Potential Therapy
New research in mice and pigs shows that the placental hormone GDF15 drives fetal growth by activating a STAT3-IGF2 signaling...
Asthma, Dust and Duty: How Inequity Keeps Uyghur Children From Moving
A year-long ethnography in Kashgar shows that structural, cultural and environmental inequities, not family failure, restrict physical activity among Uyghur...
From Deep Brain Stimulation Dreams to Watching Newborn Brains: The Unlikely Path of a Neonatal Physiologist
Harvard pediatric researcher John Sunwoo transformed an early ambition to reverse-engineer the brain into a career using diffuse correlation spectroscopy...
When Every Missed Breath Counts: AI Debate Over Detecting Neonatal Pneumothorax
A scholarly exchange in Pediatric Radiology over a deep learning model for detecting neonatal pneumothorax highlights the gap between overall...
Preterm Twins Are Born Smaller but Catch Up Faster Than Singletons, Global Study Finds
A multinational study of 3,245 preterm infants shows that twins are born smaller than singletons but that most postnatal growth...
Mothers’ Memories Mislead: Biomarkers Reveal Hidden Infant Tobacco Smoke Exposure
A seventeen-year longitudinal study shows that maternal reports of infant tobacco smoke exposure are systematically biased toward underreporting when exposure...
Respiratory Illness and Costs Linger for Years in Preterm Babies After NICU Discharge
A large US cohort study finds that preterm infants with neonatal respiratory distress syndrome face persistent respiratory illness, heavy healthcare...
In Womb Inflammation May Weaken the Skin Barrier of the Earliest Born Babies
A prospective cohort study of extremely preterm infants finds that placental inflammation raises early transepidermal water loss primarily in babies...
Delivery Room Intubation Linked to Higher Odds of Newborn Complications in Multicenter Study
A multicenter cohort study of 434 newborns in Shenzhen finds that delivery room intubation, compared with positive pressure ventilation alone,...
Mapping the Path: Why Doctors Overuse High-Flow Oxygen in Infant Bronchiolitis
A new process mapping study reveals the behavioral and contextual drivers behind inappropriate high-flow nasal cannula use in infant bronchiolitis,...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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