Children born too early show lower test scores in school, according to a new study published in Pediatrics.
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The Cost of Premature Birth: For One Family, More than $2 Million
A new report released Wednesday finds that 15 million babies worldwide are born prematurely each year. For any hope of prevention, preterm birth needs to raise its PR profile.
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Mom as Recording Star: Can Playing Maternal Voice and Heartbeat Sounds Benefit Premies?
A new study suggests that premies may miss mom’s sounds by being born early
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C-Sections May Increase Premature Babies’ Risk of Breathing Problems
Cesarean delivery isn’t better for preterm babies who are small for their age, contrary to common wisdom.
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Incredibly, World’s Tiniest Preterm Babies Are Doing Just Fine
The Starbucks peppermint latte I’m sipping weighs nearly 3 oz. more than Rumaisa Rahman did at birth. The tiny twin, born in 2004 at Loyola University Medical Center weighing 9.2 oz., holds the record of world’s smallest baby. …
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Calling Attention to Preterm Birth on World Prematurity Day, Nov. 17
What do artificial intelligence, mathematics and engineering have to do with premature birth? More than you might think, according to the new multidisciplinary preterm research center at Stanford University.
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When It Comes to Preventing Preterm Birth, the U.S. Gets a ‘C’
Preterm birth, which is the leading cause of newborn death in the U.S., has declined in most states and dropped more than 10% in a few, according to an annual “premature-birth report card” released by the March of Dimes on Tuesday.
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Preemies Face Higher Risk of Death in Early Adulthood
It’s not surprising that premature babies are less likely to survive compared to full-term infants, but what is groundbreaking news is that years after their birth, they stand a 38% increased risk of dying in young adulthood, …
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How Long Do the Effects of Being Born Premature Last? Until Adulthood
The longest-running U.S. study of the effects of being born premature is a mixed bag of bad and good news: while the effects of prematurity can persist into adulthood, babies born too early are largely evolving into children and …
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A 21-Week-Old Baby Survives and Doctors Ask, How Young is Too Young to Save?
Last month, a baby girl widely considered the most premature European baby ever to survive left a German hospital and headed home. Frieda Mangold was born more than four months early, at 21 weeks and five days. She weighed a …
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Why Delaying Delivery by Just Two Weeks Boosts Baby’s Survival
What if you could make the difference between life and death for your baby, simply by being patient? A new study published in the June issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology shows that mortality rates are halved by waiting until at …
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A Blood Test to Predict Premature Birth Could Hit the Market Next Year
One in 10 mothers give birth prematurely, a biological mystery that often comes with little warning and a sideshow of dangerous health repercussions. Doctors historically have had little luck predicting which women will deliver …
Maker of Prematurity Drug Slashes Price in Response to Critics
The saga of the prematurity-prevention drug Makena and the outrage over its pricing continues: on Friday, the maker of the drug, a subsidiary of KV Pharmaceutical, announced it would reduce its price 55%, from $1,500 to $690 per dose.
