1.   A treatment that had seemed to reduce brain hemorrhages in premature newborns has failed to live up to that promise in a larger test, researchers are reporting today.

2.   In very premature newborns, it can help reduce a life-threatening condition known as pulmonary hypertension.

3.   Roaches and rats roam, including around the incubators of premature newborns.

4.   The authors said laws are so strict in some countries, including Italy, that resuscitating premature newborns is mandatory even in induced late abortions.