URI nursing study finds effects of premature birth can reach into adulthood
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 17:01
in Health & Medicine
In the longest running U.S. study of premature infants who are now 23 years old, University of Rhode Island Professor of Nursing Mary C. Sullivan has found that premature infants are less healthy, have more social and school struggles and face a greater risk of heart-health problems in adulthood.