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Premature Baby

Fewer boys born in tough economic times

By SUSAN BRINK • Los Angeles Times • September 1, 2008 Hard times are especially hard on pregnant women. Miscarriages go up, as do premature births. The result: fewer baby boys. Economist Ralph Catalano, professor at the...

Bored and Disappointed if They Didn't

Usually I wouldn't remotely consider defending Alan Colmes from anything, as he's rather a tool, but here we go. Colmes apparently wrote the following at his blog:Rogers Cadenhead gives the timeline associated with the...

Dead baby 'not dead'

Another case of "premature death announcement" to add to our ever-growing records. From AOL: 'Doctors say a premature baby girl who survived six hours in a hospital morgue refrigerator after being declared stillborn has...

Sarah Palin Is NOT The Mother [Photos+Video]

Yesterday, with the news of Sarah Louise Heath Palin inexplicably being chosen as a Vice-Presidential nominee, the attentive American public was also introduced to her character. Unfortunately for all of us, it was filled...

Drug May Lower Cerebral Palsy Risk (Time.com)

By CATHERINE GUTHRIE Sat Aug 30, 2:20 PM ET Advances in neonatal science have made it possible to save some of the most delicate and prematurely born babies, but there is a potential downside. "If we keep accelerating the...

Study: Infections the cause of premature birth

INFECTIONS may play a bigger role in premature birth than doctors have thought, says a new study that found almost one in seven women in preterm labour harboured bacteria or fungi in their amniotic fluid. It's a small...

Mom's Smoking During Pregnancy Ups Preemie's SIDS Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Babies born prematurely to women who smoked during their pregnancy may be at higher risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) than premature infants born to nonsmoking...

Pregnancy situations have impact on brain development in pre-term infants

Brain development in infants who are born very prematurely is still incomplete. Factors that cause premature birth may have an impact on the development of the premature infant's brain both during pregnancy and later on...

Drug May Lower Cerebral Palsy Risk

Advances in neonatal science have made it possible to save some of the most delicate and prematurely born babies, but there is a potential downside. "If we keep accelerating the rate at which we are able to save these...

Joanna Moorhead on wet-nursing

Kate Garraway's revelation that she would feed her child another woman's breast milk has caused a furore - some people have called it repulsive. Photograph: Corbis At the weekend, GMTV presenter and mother of one Kate...