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Early help may improve preemies' behavior later

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Giving parents of newborn preemies some help right from the start may make a difference in their children's behavior by school age, a new study suggests.Children born prematurely tend to have higher rates of behavioral problems, like ...

Progesterone helps cut risk of pre-term birth: study

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 ...

Extreme preemies show mental deficits as adults

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 ...

Newborn preemies more vocal with parents: study

(Reuters) - Even tiny premature babies in hospital care after birth can make baby sounds, and are especially vocal when their parents are talking to them -- a finding that could be significant in terms of later language ability, a U.S. study ...

Preemies have a higher risk of autism: study

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 ...

Preterm birth linked to epilepsy risk in adults

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, ...

Preemies may face higher death rates as adults

(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 ...

Preemies face higher death rates as young adults

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When preemies grow up to be young adults, they could face slightly increased death rates, according to a new study based on Swedish data.Health problems are common among preterm babies, who also are more likely to die ...

No more bad surprises as tiny preemies reach teens

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 ...

Preemies can catch up in vocabulary by teen years

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - By the age of 16, children born very prematurely are able to catch up to kids born at full term in their ability to identify the names of things, according to a new study.The results are a ...
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