Parents Not Informed Premature Babies at Risk in Study
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A study in 1,316 premature infants has drawn a reprimand from U.S. officials who say parents of the babies weren’t adequately advised of “reasonably foreseeable risks,” including blindness and death.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in a letter dated March 7, said a research team led by Richard Marchase at the University of Alabama at Birmingham “failed to adequately inform parents of the reasonably foreseeable risks and discomforts of research participation.”