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How to Improve Brain Health Across Your Lifespan | Dr Tommy Wood, Research Assistant Professor

Reason & Wellbeing

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The Role of Preterm Birth in Brain Injury

In the US, currently 10% of babies are born preterm. Those have more than a 50% chance of either having some significant neurodevelopmental disability or dying. The environment they go home to is critically important and maybe more important than what's done in hospital up to a certain extent. Even if there is some kind of early brain injury, we can overcome that by the child being in a supportive nurturing environment.

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