For the second consecutive year, the United States earned only a "D" on the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card, demonstrating that more than half a million of our nation's newborns didn't get the healthy start they deserved. In the 2009 Premature Birth Report card, seven states improved their performance by one letter grade and two fared worse.
States Take Action To Reduce Risk Factors For Preterm Birth
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At the moment a newborn switches from amniotic fluid to breathing air, another profound shift occurs: nerve cells in the brain convert from hyperexcitability to a calm frame against which outside signals can be detected. "Fetal neurons need hyperexcitability for proper development, because they are moving to the right places (in the brain) and forming the right connections," said Wolfgang Lied
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When a fetus is smaller than expected for the number of weeks of pregnancy, due to associated problems like a poorly developed heart, health concerns as severe as brain damage can result. The condition, known as Intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR), prompts doctors to use ultrasound to track a baby's health and determine the best time for delivery.
Results of an investigation conducted by University of Nevada, Reno researchers, public health officials and area physicians published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, indicate that Washoe County experienced a cluster of a particular birth defect, gastroschisis, during the period April 2007 - April 2008. Subsequent review of medical records since the study's conclusion indicat
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CDC Study Links 2 Antibiotics to Birth Defects
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No added risk was found, however, for most commonly used infection-fighters
The Rural Doctors Association of NSW (RDA NSW) says last week's close call where an ambulance had to divert to Pambula Hospital when the pregnant woman it was carrying went into the final stages of labour is certain to be one of many adverse events following closure of the hospital's maternity unit-and should serve as an urgent warning to the NSW Government that the maternity unit on the state's
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