Research news
22 August 2019
Establishing a human milk bank – an interview with Prof. Rolf Schlösser
Interview with Professor Rolf Schlösser, University Hospital Frakfurt, Germany Question: What were the reasons for establishing the human milk bank at the University Hospital Frankfurt? For a long time, our...
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21 August 2019
Series of RECAP cohorts – part 5: The Bavarian Longitudinal Study (BLS)/Bayerische Entwicklungsstudie (BEST)
Following our series about cohorts of the EU-funded project ‘Research on European Children and Adults born Preterm’ (RECAP preterm), we are delighted to give you an insight into The Bavarian...
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13 August 2019
Parenteral nutrition for ill and preterm infants – meeting nutritional needs in the NICU
Interview with Professor Nadja Haiden, Medical University of Vienna, Austria Babies with a healthy digestive tract usually get their nutrition by drinking breastmilk and digesting. This provides the body with...
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23 July 2019
Perinatal palliative care: Giving parents support when a pregnancy goes wrong
Interview with Dr Fauzia Paize Perinatal palliative care (PPC) is a fairly new subspecialty within palliative care. What are the main ideas behind this new concept? Dr Paize: Healthcare professionals...
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17 July 2019
Anti-VEGF drug ranibizumab: A new treatment option against retinopathy of prematurity?
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an eye disease that only occurs in very premature babies (usually preterm babies born before the 31st week or born with a birthweight below 1250...
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17 July 2019
Preterm babies are less likely to form romantic relationships in adulthood
Adults who were born preterm (under 37 weeks gestation) are less likely to have a romantic relationship, a sexual partner and experience parenthood than those born full term. The meta-analysis...
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15 July 2019
Series of RECAP cohorts – part 4: the NTNU Low Birth Weight Life study from Norway
In our series about cohorts of the EU-funded project „Research on European Children and Adults born Preterm“ (RECAP preterm), we presented the Project Extreme Prematurity (PEP) from Norway. We are...
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04 July 2019
The RECAP preterm project: Steering committee meeting in Leiden
From 1 to 3 July 2019, the steering committee of the RECAP preterm (Research on European Children and Adults born Preterm) project met in Leiden in Southern Netherlands. All work...
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28 June 2019
How the ESPR seeks to improve medical care and clinical practice in Paediatrics
Within the monthly topic ‘Medical care and clinical practice’ of our campaign 11 Months - 11 Topics, we present you the European Society for Paediatric Research (ESPR), an organisation which...
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27 June 2019
Expert feedback wanted: new EMA guideline drafted for public consultation
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) released a draft guideline for public consultation on the quality requirements for medical devices in human medicines that include a medical device, known as drug-device...
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