Now it's common practice to prioritize skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby and it may be even more important for those born prematurely or with a low birth weight. During skin-to-skin ...

Ageing skin usually seeps in the mid 40's but in some cases these signs appear much earlier. This is called as premature skin ageing. Factors like environmental, hormonal and physiological ...

Skin-to-skin contact also lowers levels of the hormone cortisol ... For example, one study found that premature babies who received at least one hour of kangaroo care for two weeks had better ...

Despite the use of current heat preservation strategies, LBW premature infants remain vulnerable to hypothermia and associated morbidities and mortality. The use of an occlusive skin wrap has been ...

Learn about the nurturing impact of skin-to-skin contact, also known as kangaroo care ... Find out more about potential benefits, from enhancing premature babies' weight gain to improving sleep ...

New research by the charity Bliss has found that 62% of parents of premature babies reported they had no access to formal psychological support, such as counselling or talking therapies ...

Although there have been many advances in caring for premature babies, there has been no improvement in solving the problem of preterm labor or PROM. We don't completely understand why some women ...

"I now know premature babies benefit from being touched ... another way to bond is through kangaroo care; when you hold your baby skin-to-skin against your chest. There are many benefits of ...

“Premature babies are born with organs that are not ... care strategy is Kangaroo Mother Care—a method that involves skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby, which helps regulate the ...