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Unified approach to premature infant care improves patient outcomes

Medicine & Health / Health

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

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 ...


Bone Marrow Stem Cells May Prevent Chronic Lung Disease

Medicine & Health / Research

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have discovered a possible way to protect the fragile lungs of premature babies by using stem cells harvested from bone marrow. In experiments on laboratory mice, ...


Brown fat cells make 'spare tires' shrink

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Bonn have found a new signalling pathway which stimulates the production and function of so-called brown fat cells. They propose using these cells that serve as a "natural ...


Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea (AP)

Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea

Medicine & Health / Health

created 14 hours ago | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco.


Study simulated car crashes involving pregnant women

Study simulated car crashes involving pregnant women

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Although states are not required to report fetal deaths in accident data, between 300 and 1,000 unborn babies die in car accidents each year. This accident fatality rate is about four times the rate for victims ...


South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies (AP)

South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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

(AP) -- South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation ...


Preterm births higher among deprived mothers, despite equal care

Medicine & Health / Health

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.


Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome becoming more prevalent in the U.S.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study, aimed at estimating the prevalence of Down Syndrome in newborns, children and teenagers in 10 areas of the U.S., has found an increase in prevalence of more than 30 percent over ...


Study shows antibiotic unsuccessful in preventing preterm labor

Medicine & Health / Medications

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

The antibiotic, called azithromycin, is effective in treating infections such as syphilis, Chlamydia and Ureaplasma urealyticum - a bacterial infection thought to play a significant role in causing preterm labour. Recent studi ...



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