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No high risk of adult mental illness or ADHD for extremely premature babies, Royal Women's Hospital study finds

A Melbourne study three decades in the making is challenging the idea that babies born extremely premature are at a higher risk of having ADHD or mood issues as adults.

The new research, which tracked a group of extremely premature babies born in Victoria in the early 1990s into adulthood, has found the rate of adult mental health issues in pre-term babies is comparable to those born full term.

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