Preemies may have greater risk of premature death as adults, study suggests
One in 10 babies around the world is born prematurely, and the vastly improved survival rates of preemies is one of the most striking advances of modern health care with the overwhelming majority of those born preterm reaching adulthood.
But what are the long-term health risks of being born too early as these infants approach middle and old age? It’s a question that has been difficult to answer with many individuals in follow-up studies still too young to draw meaningful conclusions.
However, new research that looked at more than 6 million people born in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland mainly in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s has found that individuals born preterm are at a
This knowledge could help researchers design new diagnostics, evaluate the healing powers of convalescent plasma, develop new therapeutic treatments, and importantly help design future vaccines or monoclonal antibody therapies capable of protecting against mutations that may occur in the COVID-19 virus. The findings could help explain the widely varying reactions COVID-19 patients have to the disease.
Norway wants to start a new industry of undersea mining of minerals. The country is preparing a report on possible effects of the industry. Other countries are interested also.
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