The researchers compared the outcomes of more than 1,600 infants whose families received visits with almost 5,000 in homes that did not.
Recent research by Susan Golombok of the University of Cambridge which was published last year compared the outcomes for children adopted by heterosexual, gay and lesbian couples.
They compared the outcomes of the children who took part in the programme for two years and those who only took part for one year.
The researchers compared the outcomes for these individuals with those of others who had not experienced a head injury, as well as carrying out a second comparison, where possible, with siblings who had not been injured.
The study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology ASCOO) meeting in Chicago is a trial in Italy which compared the outcomes for 307 women who had been treated for early breast cancer.
When they compared the outcomes for these two births they found no statistically significant difference for birth weight and gestational age or for the risk of the baby dying during or just after birth, suggesting that IVF does not tend to lead to worse pregnancy outcomes.
We compared the outcomes of patients whose grafts were placed before and after dialysis therapy initiation.
We compared the outcomes of HFNC with conventional oxygen therapy in different groups of ICU patients with respiratory failure.
Objectives: In this study, we compared the outcomes in mechanically ventilated septic ICU patients receiving enteral versus parenteral nutrition.
We compared the outcomes of meatotomy performed using local anesthesia and sedation, and general anesthesia with and without penile block.
We evaluated and compared the outcomes of right and left LDNs using a single method for hilar control.
