Premature baby Lily has first birthday in UK following five-month battle in US

A premature baby stuck in America for five months with a 10 per cent chance of survival is now thriving back in the UK. Lily Borrill, who has just celebrated her first birthday, was born in Baltimore, US, at 25 weeks gestation weighing just 1lb 11oz while her distraught parents were on holiday. She hit … Read more

Twitter to remove or label tweets about election rigging or premature results

Twitter to remove or label tweets about election rigging or premature results to combat misinformation Twitter announced it will remove or label misleading tweets starting next week The firm will sniff out those with false information regarding the election This includes election rigging, premature results and vote tallying  By Afp and Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com … Read more

Women who have a premature baby are twice as likely to die young, new study suggests 

Women who have a premature baby are twice as likely to die young, new study suggests Greatest risk of death highest in the first decade after birth but persists 40 years  Study published in British Medical Journal and led by Swedish Research Council  The findings show ‘clinical follow-up’ is needed to check for chronic disorders  … Read more

Mothers who give birth to premature babies are at-risk of early deaths

Mothers who give birth to premature babies are at nearly TWICE the risk of dying early compared to other women, study finds An Icahn School of Medicine study reviewed records on more than two million women Swedish who gave birth between 1973 and 2015  Women who delivered before they were 37 weeks pregnant were 1.7 … Read more

Rate of very premature births falls by as much as 90% during coronavirus lockdowns

Hospital emergency rooms, hallways and even children’s hospitals around the world flooded with coronavirus patients as the pandemic engulfed much of the world this year.  But doctors at several hospitals scattered across the globe noticed that one ward of their facilities was conspicuously quiet: the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).  Usually busy with medical staff … Read more

Regular exercise ‘almost halves’ the risk of premature death in over-65s, study claims

Elderly people are being encouraged to engage in daily exercise, such as a daily walk or bike ride, to reduce the likelihood of premature death.   Scientists found that physical activity levels are directly correlated with lower risk of death from all causes.  Over a ten-year period, thousands of people aged between 65 and 84 were … Read more

Adding 10 percent more tree canopy in Philadelphia could prevent over 400 premature deaths a year

Adding 10 percent more tree cover in Philadelphia could prevent 403 premature deaths a year and generate $4billion in new economic activity, new study finds A new study calculated the benefits of adding more trees to Philadelphia The team found that increasing the tree canopy 10 percent could save 403 lives A healthier population would … Read more

Baby born four months premature and weighing just 1lb 9oz defies the odds to survive

A baby who weighed a tiny 1lb 9oz after being born at just 24 weeks and three days is finally home.  River Willis arrived on July 27 last year via emergency C-section after his mother Cara Willis’ placenta came away from the wall of her womb – putting both their lives at risk.      The newborn … Read more