Premature Baby

Simple test predicts premature birth risk

orlandosentinel.com     May 20, 2008          

Sandy Kleffman | Contra Costa (Calif.) Times WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Adrienne Jones was just nine weeks into her pregnancy when she experienced some bleeding. A decade ago, Jones would have been placed in the hospital for weeks, put on an IV and given medications with unpleasant side effects....                    

CerviLenz Receives JumpStart Investment

biospace.com     May 20, 2008          

CLEVELAND, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- JumpStart Inc., the Northeast Ohio venture development organization that accelerates the growth of innovative early-stage businesses and ideas, has announced an investment commitment of $350,000 in CerviLenz(TM), Inc. The Cleveland-based company is...                    

Letters: Stopping the clock on abortion

guardian.co.uk     May 20, 2008   23 related          

Stopping the clock on abortion Professor David Field's clinical audit of neonatal survival rates from 16 hospitals in the Trent health region is neither "landmark" nor does it illuminate the abortion-limit debate (Tories distorted abortion study, say scientists, May 19). The premature babies in...                    

Doctors supporting status quo over abortion

icnetwork.co.uk     May 20, 2008   67 related          

May 20 2008 by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail DOCTORS have claimed there is no evidence to support lowering the UK abortion time limit. A study of premature baby survival rates shows that none of the 150 babies born at 22 weeks in the Trent region of England, between 1994 and 2005 survived to...                    

What harm can smoking while pregnant do to an unborn child?

live.com     May 20, 2008          

Preferably facts if you have them. On a scale of 1 to 1.000.000 I would say 1.000.000 Yes Pheander is right it is an addiction, but the baby she is carrying didn't choose to be conceived, therefore she is responsible on all accounts and should have the will power to stop smoking for the precious...                    

Abortion, miscarriage triples risk of future low birthweight babies

thecheers.org     May 20, 2008          

London, Dec 18 : Women who have suffered a miscarriage or undergone an abortion have three times the normal risk of giving birth to a baby with low birthweight subsequently, say researchers. Women who have suffered a miscarriage or undergone an abortion have three times the normal risk of giving...                    

BBS News : Israeli Siege in Gaza Hits Palestinians Before They Are Born

annies-letters.blogspot.com     May 19, 2008   18 related          

http://bbsnews.net/article.php/20080518005418600 Israeli Siege in Gaza Hits Palestinians Before They Are Born Sunday, May 18 2008 @ 12:54 AM EDT Edited by: Michael Hess 'The U.S. celebrated Mothers Day Sunday May 11. No one in Gaza did' Filephoto of babies born in Gaza. The Israeli siege of Gaza...                    

Sound of the crowd?

guardian.co.uk     May 19, 2008          

Embryo bill: We shouldn't pay special attention to members of a vocal minority just because they have religion on their side As MPs this afternoon debate the most controversial aspects of the human fertilisation and embryology bill, no side of this argument can say that the issues have not been...                    

Mary Warnock: Women, not the unborn, deserve our protection

guardian.co.uk     May 18, 2008   20 related          

For four decades, our leading moral philosopher has defended the right of women to abortions. If the abortion law needs to be changed, it should be fully debated as a separate bill, for the issues involved have little in common with those central to the Embryology Bill. The specific proposal is...                    

Women, not the unborn, deserve our protection

guardian.co.uk     May 18, 2008   1 related          

For four decades, our leading moral philosopher has defended the right of women to abortions. If the abortion law needs to be changed, it should be fully debated as a separate bill, for the issues involved have little in common with those central to the Embryology Bill. The specific proposal is...