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<p>Lauren McCarthy is now safe and well at home with her best pal and big sister, four-year-old Zara. Born nine weeks premature after an emergency C-section, Lauren spent six weeks in CUMH neonatal intensive care unit. </p>

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'This is my way of saying thank you for saving our baby's life'

Lauren McCarthy's dad is helping fund a glass-walled garden room at CUMH where other parents and their sick babies can enjoy a little respite and see the sky, he tells EOIN ENGLISH

<p>The study, led by Prof Afif EL-Khuffash in Dublin, found that the heart health of premature babies improved when fed a high proportion of their own mother's milk. Picture: iStock/PA</p>

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Breast milk improves the heart health of premature babies, Irish-led study finds

Impairments of heart function often seen in children born preterm can be normalised by their mother's milk

The smallest miracles have the biggest effect

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The smallest miracles have the biggest effect

You don’t get balloons and congratulations when your baby is born as prematurely as ours was, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

Baby steps: Parents of pre-term babies take a key role in their care

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Baby steps: Parents of pre-term babies take a key role in their care

‘Dead’ Chinese baby wakes just before cremation

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‘Dead’ Chinese baby wakes just before cremation

Doctors given permission to limit life support for baby with brain damage

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Doctors given permission to limit life support for baby with brain damage

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