Premature babies at risk of ill health in later life, research suggests
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 09:00
in Health & Medicine
Young adults who were born prematurely show multiple biological signs of risks to future health, research from Imperial College London has found. The scientists, reporting their findings tomorrow in the journal Pediatric Research, say that the research indicates that urgent work is now needed to monitor preterm babies into adulthood to improve the detection of early signs of disease.