Prenatal exposure to air pollution increases the risk of severe respiratory distress in newborn babies, according to new research. The risk increases with exposure specifically to fine particulate ...

Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. This condition stems primarily from an insufficiency in pulmonary surfactant, a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As prenatal PM 2.5 exposure rose, so did the odds for assisted ventilation, multiple interventions and systemic ...

A baby's first breaths involve more than just getting air into the lungs, and for the first time research has identified the ...

Left amygdalar volumes were smaller in newborns whose mothers had high psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, a small cross-sectional study suggested. Infants of mothers with elevated ...

HERSHEY, Pa. — Prenatal exposure to air pollution increases the risk of severe respiratory distress in newborn babies, according to new research conducted at the Penn State College of Medicine in ...