Babies conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) – informally known as test-tube babies – are significantly more likely than other newborns to suffer complications. It's not because of genetic defects, but rather because IVF procedures frequently produce twins, triplets or higher degrees of mu Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The rate of cerebral palsy among very preterm infants may be much lower now compared with 20 years ago, a study at one large medical center suggests. Full story
Volunteers in Los Angeles step in to provide some tender loving care to babies in the neonatal intensive care unit. Jennifer Bjorklund reports.
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar say when they look at the “precious gift” of their 19th baby Josie, who spent a difficult eight months in a neonatal intensive care unit, that they would still welcome another child.
Two county hospital workers were placed on paid leave after anonymous complaints that they set up a makeshift beauty salon for fellow employees in an intensive care ward for newborns, authorities said. Full story
In the conclusion of a two-part narrative about the struggles of his prematurely born twin sons, AP's Jaime Aron tells of new challenges and hopes and a steadfast goal: to bring them home. Full story
Cody Laur, 22, left, of Metamora, Mich., gets some help from Santa while waiting for the hospital to take a photo of him with his wife Alecia and their twins Wyatt and Westley in Hurley Medical Center's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Flint for Hurley's 2nd Annual Baby's 1st Christmas Party, on Dec
Doctor Karen Maples , Chief of Service, Obstetrics and Gynecology, speaks during a news conference about the conditions of the octuplets in Bellflower, California January 27, 2009. A California woman shocked doctors by giving birth on Monday to octuplets, believed to be only the second set of eight
