Articles in Premature:
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Baby
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May 15th is National Kangaroo Care Day -- do you know what kangaroo care is, and how it benefits both Mom and Baby?
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Preemies
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Warm up your vocal chords. A new study suggests singing lullabies or playing womb-like sounds may help premature babies.
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Labor and birth
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Being able to pick your baby's due date may sound enticing, but it's worth waiting to avoid premature birth — you can avoid being...
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Pregnancy
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How you can prevent premature labor? The March of Dimes estimates that 12 percent, or 1 in 8 of pregnancies in the U.S., are...
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Labor and Delivery
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A drug commonly used to halt premature labor may be associated with brain damage and intestinal issues in premature babies,...
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Labor and Delivery
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Pregnant women who have very low cholesterol may face a greater risk of delivering their babies prematurely than women with more...
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Baby
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Bringing your preemie home from the hospital is bound to make you thrilled, but it might come with a series of unexpected events and...
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Baby
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A team of researchers have identified a genetic variant that may account for the higher rates of premature delivery experienced by...
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Baby
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Delivering nitric oxide to the lungs of premature, very-low-birth-weight infants during their second week of life improves their...
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Baby
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Black baby girls born weighing 2.2 pounds or less are more than twice as likely to survive as white baby boys born at the same...
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Baby
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Mothers who give birth to premature babies must often make critical and difficult decisions. Because premature babies have lower...
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Despite tremendous advances in neonatal intensive care, premature babies with underdeveloped lungs remain at risk for brain injury...
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Pregnancy
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AN anti-cancer drug could potentially be the first effective treatment for the many thousands of premature births that occur...
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Baby
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Children who were born prematurely are more likely to have visual problems at 10 years of age than children who were born at full...
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Baby
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Measuring blood flow to a newborn's intestines using a special form of ultrasound can help radiologists identify a life-threatening...
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Baby
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Hoping to prevent blindness in premature babies, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a protein that responds...
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Pregnancy health and wellness
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A non-surgical dental procedure may reduce the risk of preterm birth in pregnant women with periodontal disease, according to new...
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Baby
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"Our findings show us that mothers and babies do just as well when the mothers are induced at 32 weeks rather than later at 34 to 36...
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Baby
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Current reports show a significant rise in the number of preterm births over the past 20 years. These rates have risen from 9.4...
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Labor and Delivery
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You may feel Braxton Hicks contractions - a usually painless tightening of the uterus - late in pregnancy. You may wonder if you...
