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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 ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Preterm birth, and even early term birth, may put babies at higher risk for needing asthma medication during childhood and adolescence, according to a Swedish study."Every week in the womb is important for the fetus in order ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Short children who were born prematurely see significant improvements in their height and weight during the first year of treatment with growth hormone, although long-term follow-up is still needed, an international study said.Approximately 10 percent of all ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among pregnant women at high risk of preterm birth, those who eat fish a few times a week may be less likely to deliver early, a new study finds.Whether fish itself helps prevent preterm delivery is not ...
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 ...
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 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) - 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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