Severely obese women may need to gain less weight during pregnancy
Extremely obese women may not need to gain as much weight during pregnancy as current guidelines suggest, according to a new study presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine annual meeting.
Feb 12, 2011 |
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Study finds that folate does not offer protection against preterm delivery
In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will present findings that show that folate intake before and during ...
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Care of late-preterm preemies may be insufficient
In the last 15 years the U.S has seen a sharp increase in the number of babies born as late-preterm infants, between 34 and 37 weeks' gestation. This is approximately 400,000 children each year, comprising over 70 percent ...
Jan 03, 2011 |
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Coming to terms with the increase in caesarian sections
(PhysOrg.com) -- Caesarian sections are becoming more and more common in the United States. Does this increase matter to the mother? Her baby? Neonatologist Dr. Lucky Jain, says it does indeed matter.
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Babies born past term associated with increased risk of cerebral palsy
While preterm birth is a known risk factor for cerebral palsy, an examination of data for infants born at term or later finds that compared with delivery at 40 weeks, birth at 37 or 38 weeks or at 42 weeks or later was associated ...
Aug 31, 2010 |
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Late preterm births associated with increased risk of respiratory illnesses
An analysis of more than 200,000 deliveries finds that compared to infants born at full term, those born between 34 weeks and 37 weeks are more likely to have severe respiratory illness, and this risk decreases with each ...
Jul 27, 2010 |
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New Zealand women suffer long delays for abortions
Women in New Zealand wait an average of 25 days to get a termination of pregnancy, from the date of their first visit to the doctor. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Reproductive Health studied the ti ...
Jul 22, 2010 |
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Are infant growth charts misleading?
Pre-term infants who are born either smaller or larger than expected for their gestational age face an increased risk of poor growth and development. Smaller babies are in greater danger of experiencing neurodevelopmental ...
May 21, 2010 |
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Study identifies factors associated with growth of fetus in first trimester and subsequent outcomes
Factors such as maternal high blood pressure and high hematocrit levels (the proportion of blood that consists of red blood cells) are associated with a greater likelihood of restricted fetal growth during the first trimester, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Defining feeding milestones in neonates helps improve quality of life
A recent study conducted by researchers and physicians at Nationwide Children's Hospital sheds new light on feeding challenges often faced by premature infants. Although the prevalence of this disorder is well recognized, ...
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Unified approach to premature infant care improves patient outcomes
A substantial number of premature infants born before 27 weeks gestational age encounter complicated medical problems. Although the survival rate of these infants has increased over the last two decades, the survival data ...
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Impaired foetal growth increases risk of asthma
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from Karolinska Institutet (Sweden) shows that children born with low birth weight are at a higher risk of developing asthma later in life. The study, which is published in the journal Pediatrics, is bas ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Study examines interventions for extremely preterm infants
When compared with infants born between 1993 and 1995, more infants born at 22 to 24 weeks' gestation at one academic medical center in 2001 to 2003 received life-sustaining interventions but were no more likely to survive, ...
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Seizures during pregnancy associated with risk of pre-term and small babies
Women with epilepsy who have seizures during pregnancy appear more likely to give birth to pre-term, small or low-birth-weight babies than women without epilepsy, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Ne ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 10, 2009 |
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New study identifies risk factors in severity of 'flat head syndrome' in babies
A new study by physician researchers from Hasbro Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston identifies risk factors for the severity of asymmetrical head shapes, known as deformational plagiocephaly (DP), or more ...
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Mar 10, 2009 |
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