Topic: United States
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Puzzling study shows US birth weights seem to be inching down, and researchers can't say whyU.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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Premature births most to blame for high US infant mortality rate, government saysPremature 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 ...
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