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This Week in Health: How Farmers Turn Salmon Pink

This week revealed a little-known secret about the vibrant pink color of fa...

This week revealed a little-known secret about the vibrant pink color of farm-raised salmon: it comes from a pigmenting chemical farmers feed their fish. Here's what else caught our attention in health this week. (Sign...

Just too soon: A preemie in a neonatology unit in Haute-Savoie, France.

Most Premature Babies Do Well In School Later On

Surprisingly good news on extremely premature babies

Newborn twins holding hands as they sleep.

This Moving Video Shows Premature Newborn Twins Holding Hands

"That's just unbelievable"

Premature Babies Are More Likely to Develop This Personality Type

Whether babies are born early can affect the personality traits they develo...

Whether babies are born early can affect the personality traits they develop later, suggests the latest research

A pound and a half of life: This baby was born in 2014 at 23 weeks, in Sichuan China.

Viable at 22 Weeks: Just How Low Can Preemies Go?

A landmark study raises tough questions about science and ethics

Some Premature Babies Can Survive After Only 22 Weeks, Study Says

Roughly 5,000 babies are born at 22 or 23 weeks in the U.S. each year

Caption from LIFE. Ten-minute-old baby swathed in cotton batting.

What the Battle to Save Preemies Looked Like 75 Years Ago

In 1939, LIFE magazine took a look at the steps taken in one facility, the ...

In 1939, LIFE magazine took a look at the steps taken in one facility, the Boston Lying-In Hospital (founded in 1832), to care for premature babies.