Predicting prem babies' health
New research will allow doctors to more accurately inform and update parents of extremely preterm babies about their baby’s long-term survival and health risks.
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Is your baby moving? Preventing stillbirthSafer Care Victoria has launched the Movement Matters campaign which aims to encourage women to seek advice from their midwife or doctor if their baby’s movement declines or stops. It comes as the Women's trials a new app to help expectant mothers.
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Baby’s first breaths captured on ultrasound for the first timeDoctors at the Women’s have for the first time, captured moving ultrasound images of the lungs of newborn babies as they take their first breaths.
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First Quads in 21 yearsThe Royal Women’s Hospital has had a special arrival of four perfect babies, the first set of surviving quadruplets to be born at the hospital in 21 years.
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$6.6 million in research grants securedThe Women’s researchers will share in more than $6.6 million in fellowship grants and Centre for Research Excellence grants after a highly successful National Health and Medical Research Centre grant round.
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First days predict long-term health of preterm babiesNew research will allow doctors to more accurately inform and update parents of extremely preterm babies about their baby’s long-term survival and health risks.
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Eye test offered to preterm babies closer to homePreterm babies at risk of a serious eye abnormality that can cause blindness are benefiting from a unique program between three Melbourne health services.
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Does delayed cord clamping help babies breathe?The Women’s has launched Australia’s first study that aims to help newborn babies who do not breathe spontaneously after birth, by delaying the clamping of the umbilical cord.
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Testing of heartburn drug to treat pregnancy illnessAustralian researchers are launching a landmark trial to test whether a common heartburn drug could prevent a potentially deadly pregnancy condition.
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Procedure prevents preterm labour and miscarriageA new surgical procedure has been found to significantly increase the likelihood of women with cervical problems giving birth to a healthy baby.
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New test predicts potentially deadly pre-eclampsiaThe Women’s has become the first Australian hospital to introduce a blood test to help predict who will and will not develop the potentially deadly pregnancy condition, pre-eclampsia.
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