News tagged with neonatal death
Study finds simple interventions reduce newborn deaths in Africa
Training community birth attendants in rural Zambia in a simple newborn resuscitation protocol reduced neonatal deaths by nearly 50 percent – a finding that shows high potential to save lives in similar remote settings, ...
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Drugs that save infants' lives
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Sydney have found the combined intake of iron-folic acid supplements with World Health Organisation (WHO)-endorsed anti-malarial drugs during pregnancy could ...
Jul 22, 2010 |
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Women exposed to radiation therapy as children prone to stillbirths
Thanks to advances in medicine, many children and adolescents who were diagnosed with cancer years ago are now surviving to adulthood and wanting to start families themselves. But how does exposure to radiation used to treat ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 22, 2010 |
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Risk of death higher for babies born outside normal working week in Scotland
Babies born outside normal working hours of 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday are at an increased risk of death due to lack of oxygen (intrapartum anoxia), according to a study from Scotland published in the British Medical Journal ...
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Chemicals in common consumer products may play a role in pre-term births
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of expectant mothers suggests that a group of common environmental contaminants called phthalates, which are present in many industrial and consumer products including everyday personal care items, ...
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Death of a child in the neonatal intensive care unit
Little is known about the long-term effects of the death of a child in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) on survivor siblings. These siblings may encounter unforeseen emotional difficulties and developmental consequences ...
Apr 02, 2009 |
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