Saving the lives of premature male babies
Male infants born prematurely are twice as likely to die as female infants within their first three days. This fact has puzzled medical experts for years, until recent results of research done in the UK revealed the cause: male infants are more vulnerable to cardiovascular complications. Specifically, male babies born prematurely and with low blood pressure and small blood vessels were less able to regulate their blood flow than the female babies, even if the female premature babies exhibited the same symptoms.
Further research will hopefully reveal the best way to help the male infants control their small vessel blood flow.