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High levels of prenatal smoking exposure affect sleep patterns in preterm neonates

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created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study in the Dec. 1 issue of the journal Sleep is the first to show that high levels of prenatal smoking exposure strongly modify sleep patterns in preterm neonates, which places infants at a higher risk for developmental diffic ...


State Preterm Birth Rates

Preterm birth rate drops

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created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The nation's preterm birth rate declined slightly in 2007 - a finding that the March of Dimes hopes will prove to be the start of a new trend in improved maternal and infant health.


Late preterm births present serious risks to newborns

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created Dec 11, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than half a million babies are born preterm in the United States each year, and preterm births are on the rise. Late preterm births, or births that occur between 34 and 36 weeks (approximately 4 to 6 weeks before the ...


Pretermers bounce back from pain with a cuddle

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created Apr 24, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research published today in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics suggests that very preterm babies, born between 28 and 31 weeks, could benefit from skin-to-skin cuddling with their mother before and during painful proced ...


US Map of Preterm Birth Rates, 2006

Preterm births rise 36 percent since early 1980s

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created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New government statistics confirm that the decades-long rise in the United States preterm birth rate continues, putting more infants than ever at increased risk of death and disability.


Newborns in ICUs often undergo painful procedures, most without pain medication

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created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

An examination of newborn intensive care finds that newborns undergo numerous procedures that are associated with pain and stress, and that many of these procedures are performed without medication or therapy to relieve pain, ...


Preterm births higher among deprived mothers, despite equal care

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Despite improvements in obstetric care services, women from deprived areas are still more likely to give birth to a very preterm baby compared with mothers from more affluent areas, finds a study published on bmj.com today.


SIDS link: Low blood pressure in preterm infants

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created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists from Monash University, Melbourne have shown that infants born prematurely have lower blood pressure during sleep in the first six months of life, compared to healthy, full-term infants.


Spontaneous and medically induced preterm births contribute equally to the rising rate of preterm births

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created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine shows that the rising rate of preterm birth in Scotland is as much a result of an increase in spontaneous preterm birth as it is of preterm birth that i ...


HPV vaccine may prevent preterm births

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created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Chronic human papilloma virus (HPV)-infections can lead to cellular changes in the cervix that can be a pre-stage to cervical cancer. Surgical treatment of these pre-stages gives an increased risk of preterm birth in subsequent ...


Preterm birth: Magnesium sulphate cuts cerebral palsy risk

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created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Magnesium sulphate protects very premature babies from cerebral palsy, a new study shows. The findings of this Cochrane Review could help reduce incidence of the disabling condition, which currently affects around one in ...


C-sections a critical factor in preterm birth increase

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created May 28, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cesarean sections account for nearly all of the increase in U.S. singleton preterm births, according to an analysis of nine years of national birth data.


Analysis of millions of US births shows association between birth defects and preterm birth

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created May 21, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Babies born preterm were more than twice as likely to have major birth defects as full-term infants, according to a new analysis of nearly 7 million U.S. live births published online this week in the Springer journal Maternal an ...


More babies born prematurely, new report shows

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created Dec 06, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The preterm birth rate rose again in 2005 and preliminary data for 2006 show a continued increase, underscoring the urgent need for a sustained, comprehensive plan to address this growing crisis.


Brain malformations significantly associated with preterm birth

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created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine provides for the first time a solid scientific answer for the long-standing question of whether there is an association between preterm birth and brain malformations.