Topic: Premature Births
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. ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women pregnant with twins should be sure to gain the recommended amount of weight, according to a new study, which shows that gaining less weight than recommended during a twin pregnancy ups the risk of early birth ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If babies are born a couple of weeks early, but are healthy, they're not at greater risk of developmental or behavior problems later on, new research shows. But babies born at 34 to 36 weeks' pregnancy who ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who were born prematurely or had siblings who were may be at increased risk of having a preterm baby themselves, a large UK study finds. The findings, from a study of nearly 14,000 women who gave ...
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 ...
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 ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Stressful situations in early pregnancy can lead to the birth of babies who are underweight or born too early, new research from China shows. Timing of the stress, the researchers found, was the key. "The findings are ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Over the past 15 years, survival rates among infants born extremely early (before 24 weeks of pregnancy) have not improved, but it's not for lack of trying. According to a UK study released today, there has been ...
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 ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies born by in vitro fertilization (IVF) do not face an increased risk of birth defects, nor are they at greater risk of being smaller than normal, according to a study conducted in Japan. But the researchers ...
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Puerto Rico Premature Babies
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