Topic: Premature Births
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 -- ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The rate of cerebral palsy among very preterm infants may be much lower now compared with 20 years ago, a study at one large medical center suggests.Cerebral palsy refers to a group of conditions, usually present at ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The cancer drug Avastin could help prevent blindness in premature babies born before their eyes developed completely, the same condition that affected singer Stevie Wonder, according to a U.S. study.About 50,000 people worldwide are blind, including Wonder, ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The cancer drug Avastin could help prevent blindness in a group of premature babies who were born before their eyes developed completely, according to a new study.About 50,000 people worldwide are blind -- among them singer Stevie ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The $1,600 per dose price tag on a drug to prevent lung infection in premature babies may overshadow the benefit, according to a new study.Premature babies are at the highest risk of hospitalization from RSV, or respiratory ...
A clinic in Milan that gives nurses who work with premature babies an annual bonus of 3,000 euros (3,900 dollars) when they wash their hands properly has seen a 30 percent drop in hospital-spread disease.An total bonus of 200,000 euros (265,000 dollars) ...
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 ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Women living near major, heavily-trafficked roads were more likely to give birth prematurely, perhaps due to traffic-related air pollution, according to a Japanese study.But Takashi Yorifuji, of the Okayama Graduate School of Medicine, and his team said ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Breast milk helps protect premature babies from potentially fatal complications, but a new study shows that donated breast milk, meant to supplement what the mother provides, may lack key nutrients.Researchers found that donated breast milk did not ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women who live near busy roads may be at a greater risk for delivering before term, suggests a new study from Japan.However, the researchers say it's too early to know for sure if traffic-related air pollution ...
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Puerto Rico Premature Babies
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