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Boy Scout Donates 100 Quilts to Rush Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

November 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Babies, Donation, Giving, giving back, Newborn, NICU, Preemie

A Boy Scout who received care in the Rush Neonatal Intensive Care Unit after being born prematurely, donated 100 blankets to the Rush NICU as part of his project to become an Eagle Scout.

Research Results

Newborn brains lack maturity to process emotions as adults do

October 19, 2020 sarah Jonas Amygdala, Emotion, Neurobiology, Newborn, Visual Cortex

Humans aren’t born with mature brain circuitry that attaches emotions to the things they see or hear in their environment, a new study shows.

Announcement

Jersey Shore University Medical Center Recognized Nationally as a Best Maternity Care Hospital

July 23, 2020 sarah Jonas Academic Medical Center, academic medical centers, Maternity Care, Maternity health, New Jersey, Newborn, OB GYN, OB-GYN

Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center was named to Newsweek’s 2020 list of Best Maternity Care Hospitals. The distinction recognizes facilities that have excelled in providing care to mothers, newborns, and their families, as verified by the 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey.

Research Results

AI may help spot newborns at risk for most severe form of blinding disease

March 4, 2020 sarah Jonas Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Newborn, Prematurity, Vision

An artificial intelligence (AI) device that has been fast-tracked for approval by the Food and Drug Administration may help identify newborns at risk for aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity (AP-ROP). AP-ROP is the most severe form of ROP and can be difficult to diagnose in time to save vision.

Research Results

A MOTHER’S BUGS

January 8, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments E. Coli, gut microbes, gut microbiota, Immunity, Microbiome, Newborn

-Newborn mice derive protective antibodies from their mothers’ microbiota
-Antibodies derived from mothers’ microbiota ward off both localized and widespread systemic infections by the bacterium E. coli
-Study points to the role of maternal microbes in offspring protection and neonatal immunity
-Findings can inform development of microbe-based therapies against infectious diarrhea in infants

Feature Expert

What Breastfeeding Parents Need to Know

August 5, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Newborn

New and expectant parents have so many questions. Johns Hopkins School of Nursing experts discussed how to become a lactation consultant and a host of tips for expectant parents-to-be.