Early help may improve preemies' behavior later

2011-12-21T18:30:56Z

(Reuters) - Giving parents of newborn premature babies some help in better understanding and interacting with their infants may make a difference in their children's behavior by the time they are ready for school, according to a Norwegian study.

Children born prematurely tend to have higher rates of behavioral problems, such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), than peers born full term.

Progesterone helps cut risk of pre-term birth: study

2011-12-14T10:00:25Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Treatment with a gel containing the hormone progesterone can cut the risk of premature births by more than 40 percent in women with short cervixes, according to an analysis released on Wednesday.

The so-called meta-analysis, which pooled published results of five large clinical trials, showed that treatment with a vaginal gel ...

Steroids help very young babies survive: study

2011-12-06T18:30:24Z

Babies born as early as 23 weeks showed better survival rates and less brain damage if their mothers were given steroids in the days preceding their birth, a US study said Tuesday.

The research in the December 7 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that preterm ...

Extreme preemies show mental deficits as adults

2011-12-05T14:00:09Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young adults who were born very prematurely, but without any serious brain impairments, may still not be as mentally sharp as their peers, a small study published Monday suggests.

Finnish researchers found that of 208 young adults they tested, the half born at a very low weight -- less than 3.3 pounds -- generally had lower scores on some measures of memory, atten...

Preemies have a higher risk of autism: study

2011-10-17T11:30:19Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The risk of developing autism among children who were born prematurely is five times greater than among kids born after a full-term pregnancy, according to a new study.

"Although this group is not the first to report a higher prevalence of autism in the low birth weight infant population, they've done a better job than anyone else in confirming the diagnosis with ...

Preterm birth linked to epilepsy risk in adults

2011-10-04T13:00:15Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adults who were born prematurely may have a higher risk of the seizure disorder epilepsy than those who were born full-term, a new study suggests.

The findings, from a study of 630,000 Swedish adults ages 25 to 37, add to evidence linking early delivery to the disorder.

Past studies have found a correlation between preterm birth and epilepsy in children and ...

Preemies may face higher death rates as adults

2011-09-20T21:30:07Z

(Reuters) - Health problems are common among premature babies, who are more likely to die than their full-term peers during the first few years of life -- and they may also face slightly increased death rates as young adults, a study said.

"This is an entirely new finding," said Casey Crump of Stanford University

No more bad surprises as tiny preemies reach teens

2011-07-26T14:30:21Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although extremely small preemies are plagued by many health problems, a new study shows they have no more chronic ailments in store when they hit their teens.

But they did run into a problem that was common among their normal-birth weight peers: obesity.

"Other than obesity there is nothing new," said Dr. Maureen Hack, of the University Hospita...

Developmental disabilities inching up in U.S. kids

2011-05-23T00:00:06Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of U.S. children with developmental disabilities has been climbing over the past decade, reaching nearly one in six in 2006 to 2008, a new government report shows.

"The take-home message for parents would be to promote early identification and screening of children," Sheree Boulet, o...

Simple treatment cuts preterm births by 45 percent

2011-04-06T10:00:08Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Treating high-risk pregnant women with the hormone progesterone cut their rate of premature delivery by 45 percent and helped lower the risk of breathing complications in their babies, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

The findings, published online in the journal Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, offer a relatively s...

Diabetes risk may be slightly higher for preemies

2011-04-05T13:00:18Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies born early may have a small increased risk of diabetes when they grow up, a Swedish study says.

A full-term pregnancy lasts at least 37 weeks. Children who spent less time in the womb had a slightly higher risk -- less than 1 percent higher -- of developing diabetes at some point in their life, according to the paper in Diabetes Care.

Doctors need to ...

Extreme preemies at risk for asthma as adults

2011-03-21T10:00:12Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young adults who were born very premature may have an increased risk of asthma, a report published Monday suggests.

The study, of more than 600,000 Swedish adults born in the 1970s, found that those born very early -- between the 23rd and 27th weeks of pregnancy -- were more than twice as likely to have asthma as young adults born full-term.

There was, howev...

Costs, rules hamper donated breast milk: experts

2010-12-06T16:00:29Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - High costs, skepticism among doctors and other issues are preventing more babies from receiving human milk from special banks when their mothers have trouble breast-feeding, experts said on Monday as federal officials consider whether to step in and regulate.

Although experts agree a mother's milk is the best choice to feed infants, a huge gap exists when premature bir...

2010's Most Innovative Tech Product Is Not a Damn Jetpack

2010-11-29T14:46:32Z

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Still Too Many Preterm Births in U.S., Report Finds

2010-11-29T14:42:23Z

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Slight Improvements in Preterm Birth Rates

2010-11-29T15:01:51Z

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Premature births down, but US still lags developed world

2010-11-18T14:21:21Z

US premature births fell for the first time in three decades, but the United States still trails most developed nations in what is seen as a vital measure of health care quality, a study released Wednesday found.

The study by the nonprofit March of Dimes group saw improvements in 32 US states and in the ...

Ban Tied to Lower Smoking Rate in Pregnancy

2010-11-29T14:46:39Z

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Still Too Many Preterm Births in U.S., Report Finds

2010-11-29T14:38:37Z

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2010-11-29T14:35:08Z

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2010-11-03T18:56:35Z

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2010-11-03T18:03:13Z

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2010-11-02T21:53:54Z

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CDC Analyzes Neonatal Heart Defect Deaths by Race

2010-09-24T18:13:29Z

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Noninvasive Test Predicts Morbidity in Preterm Infants

2010-11-02T13:56:58Z

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Study Links Fluoride to Pre-term Birth and Anemia in Pregnancy

2010-10-14T13:13:23Z

Fluoride avoidance reduced anemia in pregnant women, decreased pre-term births and enhanced babies birth-weight, concludes leading fluoride expert, AK Susheela and colleagues, in a study published in Current Science (May 2010).

Susheela's team explains that anemia in pregnancy, which can lead to maternal and infant mortality, continues to plague many countries despite nutritional counseling and maternal iron and folic acid supplementation. This is the first examination of...

Late Preterm Babies Still at Risk for Respiratory Morbidity

2010-11-02T13:56:21Z

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Brain Grows Quickest in Areas Where Apes, Humans Vary: Study

2010-09-10T20:09:40Z

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Off-hours delivery may not affect preemie survival

2010-07-22T09:30:12Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While studies have found that infants born during hospital off-hours may have a heightened risk of death, the same may not be true of the tiniest preemies cared for at major medical centers, a new study suggests.

A number of studies have found that infants born during night or weekend shifts have a relatively higher risk of dying or suffering complications than those born on weekdays -- th...

Brain Grows Quickest in Areas Where Apes, Humans Vary: Study

2010-09-10T13:39:05Z

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U.S. Report on Kids' Health Brings Mixed Results

2010-09-10T20:05:49Z

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Preterm Births, Births to Teens Decline; Child Poverty Rises

2010-11-02T13:56:05Z

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2010-11-02T15:29:59Z

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Tiniest Babies Don't Hurt Family Health in Long Run

2010-09-10T19:54:23Z

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2010-09-10T19:53:44Z

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Puerto Rico struggles with high preterm birth rate

2010-10-22T09:31:50Z

The first thing Dr. Marta Valcarcel notices on a walk through a nursery full of tiny, heavily bandaged babies is the empty incubator in the corner.

She calls out to a nurse who only shakes her head. The infant who came in days earlier weighing less than 3 1/2 pounds had succumbed to illness — another child born too early to survive.

"I try to distance myself or I would cry all the time," says Valcarcel, w...

Pre-term births fall in U.S., government finds

2010-05-13T07:02:10Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. rate of pre-term births has fallen for the second year in a row, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

The findings are good news, as babies born too early and too small are sicker and more likely to die than babies born after a full 39 weeks of gestation.

But pre-term birth rates remain high compared to other developed countries and doctors and officials still must work harder t...

U.S. Preterm Birth Rate Declines From 2006 to 2008

2010-10-27T07:47:53Z

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2010-10-27T07:48:37Z

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2010-10-27T06:54:09Z

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US Preterm Infant Care Market

2010-10-05T15:54:52Z

Preterm infant care forms a significant part of the pediatric healthcare market in the U.S. as preterm births are one of the leading causes of infant mortality in the country. One in every eight births in the U.S. are preterm, and the condition is on an alarming rise due to factors such as induced fertility, labor treatments, poor prenatal care, inappropriate maternal age, obesity, and smoking. Preterm infant care products (equipment, drugs, and formulae) can thus be life-critical as they pro...

Premature Births Remain a Medical Mystery

2010-10-27T07:18:21Z

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Report On Preterm Infant Care Market In Us

2010-10-05T15:54:37Z

U.S. Preterm Infant Care Market

Preterm infant care forms a significant part of the pediatric healthcare market in the U.S. as preterm births are one of the leading causes of infant mortality in the country. One in every eight births in the U.S. are preterm, and the condition is on an alarming rise due to factors such as induced fertility, labor treatments, poor prenatal care, inappropriate maternal age, obesity, and smoking. Preterm infant care products (equipment, drugs, and fo...

U.s. Preterm Infant Care Market ----Aarkstore Enterprise

2010-10-05T15:54:35Z

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2010-10-05T15:54:30Z

In down economy, older moms' births still up in US

2010-04-06T12:00:37Z

U.S. births fell in 2008, probably because of the recession, updated government figures confirm. The one exception to the trend was the birth rate among women in their 40s, who perhaps felt they didn't have the luxury of waiting for better economic times.

The birth rate for women in their early 40s rose a surprising 4 percent over the previous year, reaching its highest mark since 1967. The rate for women in their late 40s also rose, slightly.

But birth rates fell for teen mo...

Research Sheds Light on Increasing Cerebral Palsy Rates Among Preemies

2010-10-25T04:31:32Z

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Healthy baby campaign uses texts to reach mothers

2010-04-16T07:12:40Z

Expectant mothers are getting a new tool to help keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their cell phones.

The so-called text4baby campaign is the first free, health education program in the U.S. to harness the reach of mobile phones, according to its sponsors, which include Johnson &amp; Johnson, Pfizer, WellPoint and CHICAGO (Reuters) - Genes in the mother and the fetus play a role in the risk of preterm labor, a leading cause of infant death and disability, U.S. government researchers said on Thursday.

They said gene variants in the mother and fetus can make them susceptible to an inflammatory response to infections inside the uterus, raising the risk that a baby will be born early -...

U.s Preterm Infant Care Continues To Be A Multi-Billion Dollar Market

2010-10-05T15:40:36Z

Preterm infant care products and services can be life-critical as they provide preterm babies medical assistance in the form of thermal control, respiratory, and nutritional support. The growth of the U.S. preterm infant care market is being driven mainly by the alarming rise of preterm births in U.S. Revolutionary technology developments in the field of multifunction medical devices also is driving market growth. The preterm infant care services market is receiving a boost due to the rise in...

Study finds US birth weights inch down a bit

2010-04-16T07:27:14Z

Puzzling study shows US birth weights seem to be inching down, and researchers can't say why

U.S. newborns are arriving a little smaller, says puzzling new Harvard research that can't explain why. Fatter mothers tend to produce heavier babies, and obesity is soaring. Yet the study of nearly 37 million births shows newborns were a bit lighte...

One in 10 births around world premature: WHO

2010-04-16T07:55:30Z

GENEVA (Reuters) - One in 10 of the some 130 million births around the world each year is premature, the vast majority in poorer countries where chances of survival are low, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

An article in the U.N. agency's January bulletin als...

U.S. Births Reach Record High

2010-10-24T15:17:15Z

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Ga. Earns `F` on Premature Birth Report Card

2010-10-06T02:02:14Z

For the second consecutive year, Georgia earned a grade of `F` on the second annual March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card but it showed improvement on criteria that can help give all babies a healthy start in life. The March of Dimes released its second annual report card today, the 7th Annual Prematurity Awareness Day, when the March of Dimes focuses the nation?s attention on the growing problem of premature birth (birth before 37 weeks gestation). Also for the second consecutive year, ...

Many Women Miscalculate Time to Full-Term Birth

2010-10-24T09:17:33Z

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U.S. Preterm Birth Rate Still Only Merits a D

2010-10-24T09:51:36Z

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U.S. Scores a ‘D’ on Preterm Birth Report Card

2010-10-26T23:10:16Z

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U.S. Scores a 'D' on Preterm Birth Report Card

2010-10-24T09:52:57Z

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Premature Awareness Day

2010-10-22T13:20:50Z

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U.S. 30th in global infant mortality

2010-04-16T09:25:19Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States ranks 30th in terms of infant mortality, an important measure of the quality of healthcare, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Most of the deaths are among pre-term infants and the United States has a very high rate of pre-term births, according to the report from the Premature births most to blame for high US infant mortality rate, government says

Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday.

About 1 in 8 U.S. births are premature. Early births are much less common most of Europe; for example, only 1 in 18 babies are premature ...

CDC Finds U.S. 30th in Infant Mortality

2010-10-24T09:17:14Z

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Do Preemies Benefit From High-Tech Measures?

2010-10-26T23:29:09Z

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13 million premature births worldwide: US charity

2010-04-16T09:59:08Z

There are nearly 13 million premature births worldwide each year, and of these more than a million die within a month of birth, according to a report by a US charity.

The problem mainly affects developing nations, with Africa and Asia accounting for more than 85 percent of all premature births, though US premature births have increased 36 percent over the past 25 years, according to research by the ...

1 Million ‘Preemie’ Babies Die Each Year: Report

2010-10-26T23:10:14Z

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Report: 13 million babies worldwide born premature

2010-04-16T09:59:41Z

Report finds nearly 13 million babies worldwide born premature, 1 million die

They call it kangaroo care: A premature baby nestles skin-to-skin against mom's bare, warm chest. In Malawi, mothers' bodies take the place of too-pricey incubators to keep these fragile newborns alive.

Nearly one in 10 of the world's babies is born premature, and about 1 million infants die each year as a result, says a startling first a...

1 Million 'Preemie' Babies Die Each Year: Report

2010-10-24T09:16:52Z

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Kicking the habit in pregnancy better for babies

2010-04-16T11:13:00Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Moms-to-be who smoke but quit early in pregnancy can sharply reduce their risk of having a premature or too-small baby, new research in the journal Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology shows.

"Our results show that first-trimester quitters have a risk of delivering a preterm or SGA newborn comparable to those who never smoked during pregnancy, and second trimester quitters also have a lower...

Overall Health of Children in America Mixed

2010-10-24T09:50:24Z

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Number of U.S. preterm, low birth weight babies down

2010-08-11T12:24:17Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The encouraging news: After several decades of steady increases, the percentages of infants born preterm and the percentage born with low birth weight declined slightly in 2007 in the US, according to a report released today.

The bad news: In 2007, 18% of all US children ages 0 to 17 lived in poverty, up from 17% the year before,

Respiratory Issues Linger for Smallest Babies

2010-10-24T09:15:17Z

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MedImmune Funds Study to Help Gain Insights Into Full Burden of RSV Disease Among Premature Infants

2010-10-24T09:15:13Z

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Canada's Single-Prayer Health Care

2010-10-22T07:48:59Z

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Hormone progesterone no help in twin pregnancy: study

2010-04-16T11:52:13Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Giving women pregnant with twins the hormone progesterone does not appear to prevent premature birth despite showing promise in doing so with single pregnancies, British researchers said on Thursday.

Multiple pregnancies carry a bigger risk for women during pregnancy and significantly increase the likelihood of miscarriage, premature birth and long-term health problems for the child. They can also ...

Morning Sickness Drug Gets Green Light in Study

2010-10-24T09:52:02Z

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Outcome of preemies with stroke better than thought

2010-04-16T12:01:19Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most preterm infants who survive a type of stroke called "periventricular hemorrhagic infarction," or PVHI, suffer only mild functional impairment in childhood. Moreover, their average IQ is just a few points lower than that of preterm infants who do not suffer PVHI.

"PVHI is still considered a disastrous" condition, Elise Roze and collea...

Preterm Births Blamed for U.S. Infant Mortality Rates

2010-10-21T09:29:49Z

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Late Preterm Birth May Increase Developmental Risks

2010-10-23T22:21:58Z

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Unmarried Childbirths in U.S. Reach Record Levels

2010-10-23T22:13:52Z

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Novel Factors May Increase Heart Risks in Women

2010-10-23T21:43:31Z

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Number of Low Birth Weight Babies Rises in Massachusetts

2010-10-25T07:06:23Z

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In The News This Week … Oct. 1–7, 2006: Depression, Breastfeeding, Preemies, & Kids

2010-11-03T09:17:54Z

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Surgeon General's Conference Outlines Agenda to Prevent Preterm Birth

2010-04-16T17:57:25Z

Experts convened by the National Institutes of Health for the Office of the Surgeon General released an agenda today for activities in the public and private sectors to reduce the nation's rate of preterm birth. The agenda calls for a national system to better understand the occurrence of preterm birth and a nationa...

Multiple Gestations - 3 - Common Comp...

2010-10-26T12:11:55Z

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December 2008 Briefing - Pediatrics

2010-10-23T19:02:22Z

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NIH's National Children's Study Enters Next Phase

2010-04-16T17:57:46Z

Increase In Number of Centers Recruiting Volunteers, Collecting Data . The National Institutes of Health announced today that its comprehensive study to examine the effect of genes and the environment on children's health had entered the next phase of operations. At a briefing on the latest developments in the National Children's Study, NIH officials named the study centers funded for 2008.

The st...

FTC Sues Ovation Pharmaceuticals for Illegally Acquiring Drug Used to Treat Premature Babies with Life-Threatening Heart Condition

2010-10-23T16:04:13Z

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Adverse Brain Development Studied in Preterm Infants

2010-10-23T19:02:08Z

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November 2008 Briefing - Pediatrics

2010-10-23T19:01:53Z

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U.S. Gets a 'D' for Preterm Birth Rates

2010-10-23T19:04:43Z

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Report urges states to tackle preterm birth crisis

2010-04-16T14:29:03Z

Risk of premature birth varies widely by state; March of Dimes urges steps to cut rising rates

The odds of having a premature baby are lowest in Vermont and highest in Mississippi. The March of Dimes mapped the stark state-by-state disparities in what it cal...

Freeze Treatment Reduces Blindness in Premature Infants

2010-04-16T17:57:09Z

Briefly freezing a portion of the eye's surface can protect many premature infants against blindness from retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a disease that causes visual loss in 2,600 infants in the United States annually. In a National Eye Institute-supported multicenter clinical trial, cryotherapy (freeze treatment) reduced the risk of severe visual loss by on...

Low Birth Weight Tied to Rise in Infant Hemangiomas

2010-10-23T16:01:42Z

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National Study Shows Magnesium Sulfate Reduces Risk of Cerebral Palsy in Premature Births

2010-10-23T15:59:32Z

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South Korea Koreas Clash

2011-01-05T01:31:08Z

South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, right, shakes hands with U.S. special envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth before their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool)

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2011-01-04T22:01:19Z

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2011-01-04T16:30:52Z

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Preterm birth linked to epilepsy risk in adults

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