Research news
15 September 2020
A new study investigates the effects of the lockdown on preterm births worldwide
During the corona pandemic earlier this year, many countries experienced lockdowns and restrictions in public life. Many gynaecologists and neonatologists observed remarkable findings during this time: the rate of preterm...
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11 August 2020
Pasteurisation of human milk can deactivate the coronavirus and ensures safety for milk donation
If a newborn infant cannot be breastfed, the best alternative nutrition for babies born with a very low birth weight is donated human milk. During the present pandemic caused by...
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16 June 2020
Reasons for ROP occurrence and a new option of treatment: an interview with Professor Ann Hellström
Dear Professor Hellström, Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an eye disease that only occurs in very preterm babies (usually preterm babies born before the 31st week or born with a...
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09 June 2020
RECAP Winter School: Early bird fee until 30th of June!
Are you a researcher in the fields of neonatology or epidemiology who wishes to learn how to use data from cohorts and registers? Then join the RECAP Winter School from...
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28 May 2020
Family-centred care in times of the pandemic
An interview with Atle Moen Dear Dr Moen, In your paper „If parents were a drug“ [accessible via Wiley Online Library], you describe how involving parents in care procedures and...
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26 May 2020
If parents were a drug
Parents have a huge impact on stress and pain and thus the wellbeing of their infants during neonatal intensive care. If this effect could be achieved with a drug that...
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23 April 2020
Low Birth Weight may be Linked to Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a degenerative disease of the eyes and is one of the most common causes for visual impairment in industrialised countries. In the past multiple studies...
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25 March 2020
Extreme heat may increase the risk of premature birth
Exposure to extreme heat waves during the last week of gestation might cause premature birth defined as birth before 37 weeks of gestation. A cohort study in California with 1,967,300...
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26 February 2020
Professor Dieter Wolke wins award for Distinguished Contributions to British Developmental Psychology
Professor Dieter Wolke from the University of Warwick receives the award for Distinguished Contributions to British Developmental Psychology. With his work Professor Wolke is doing invaluable research on how preterm...
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24 February 2020
RECAP preterm: the ACTION cohort
The main idea behind the Italian ACTION (ACcess To Intensive Obstetrical and Neonatal care) follow-up project was to assess the outcomes of every very preterm birth occurring in a given...
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