The last trimester of pregnancy is a thrilling time for mothers because they will soon meet their baby. Although many preparations have been made, sometimes not everything can go according to plan.

Premature babies face unique challenges from the moment they arrive. Born weeks or months before their bodies are fully developed, these fragile infants need every advantage to grow ...

Researchers at Stanford University played voice recordings of preemies’ mothers reading stories to them to find out whether it affected how their brains developed. The team observed changes in the ...

More premature babies who had early skin-to-skin contact with their mother were being breastfed at the time of discharge from hospital and for up to one year afterwards. However, this is far from the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- For Kristine Atom and her son Kieran, afternoon time often starts with reading. But the sound of Mom's voice has already done more than spark his imagination. It may have helped ...

In the soft hum of the NICU, a mother’s voice can reach farther than anyone might imagine. For babies born weeks too early, those gentle words, stories, or lullabies are more than comforting. A new ...

Now, however, a collaboration between researchers at Anglia Ruskin University, Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Universities of ...

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to a new Stanford Medicine-led study. During the study, which is publishing ...