Preterm birth and low birth weight remain major contributors to neonatal death and long-term developmental challenges.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The researchers randomly assigned infants weighing between 1 kg to 1.799 kg to receive kangaroo mother care ...

South Wales triplets Mabel, Fynn, and Harri, born at 32 weeks via elective caesarean at University Hospital of Wales, spent ...

More than one in 10 infants worldwide are born preterm, many with complications: Nearly 1 million die each year. This is the single largest cause of death in children around the world before their ...

Kangaroo care received a ringing endorsement in a study published in the British Medical Journal this week. It's the latest affirmation of skin-to-skin care for small and preterm babies to reduce the ...

Absatou has had to endure far more in life than most 22-year-olds. Not only was she forced to flee her home in the Central African Republic because of fighting, but she has also faced the unimaginable ...

A recent study from Stanford Medicine emphasized the importance of "Kangaroo Care" for premature newborns, citing that the skin-to-skin care method improves the child's cognitive health and stabilizes ...

Kangaroo care is now a global recommendation. On Nov. 15, the World Health Organization advised "immediate skin to skin care for survival of small and preterm babies." That's what kangaroo care is: ...

Vulnerable infants have a better chance of survival if they start receiving ‘kangaroo mother care’ — which calls for babies to spend as much time as possible in direct contact with a caregiver’s skin ...