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Extremely premature children at high risk of learning difficulties by age 11
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Children born extremely prematurely are at high risk of developing learning difficulties by the time they reach the age of 11.
Premature children 4 times more likely to have behavioral disorders
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 08, 2008 |
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Children born prematurely are four times more likely to have emotional problems or behavioural disorders, according to research led by the University of Warwick.
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Premature births linked to physical abuse
Feb 22, 2008 |
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Premature birth can have serious effects on the development and growth of children. In many parts of the world, preterm deliveries are increasing in frequency. In a study published in the February 2008 issue of the American Jo ...
New, simple method identifies preterm infants at risk of eye disease
Apr 07, 2009 |
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A simple way of establishing which preterm infants are at risk of developing the eye disease ROP is to follow their weight gain. A new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, suggests that following ...
Common treatment to delay labor decreases preterm infants' risk for cerebral palsy
Aug 28, 2008 |
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Intravenous magnesium sulfate supplementation before preterm delivery cuts the risk for handicapping cerebral palsy in half, according to research led by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) obstetrician Dwight Rouse, ...
Pregnancy situations have impact on brain development in pre-term infants
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Brain development in infants who are born very prematurely is still incomplete. Factors that cause premature birth may have an impact on the development of the premature infant's brain both during pregnancy and later on after ...
Women with endometriosis need special care during pregnancy to avoid risk of premature birth
Jul 01, 2009 |
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The largest study to date of endometriosis in pregnant women has found that the condition is a major risk factor for premature birth, the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology ...
Safely transporting a preterm or low birth weight infant
Apr 27, 2009 |
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New guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics should eliminate one of the many stresses of bringing a preterm or low birth weight infant home from the hospital.
Studies find few risks to newborn offspring of parents who are childhood cancer survivors
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Whether they can have children is one of the major concerns for adult survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer because fertility can be compromised by cancer treatment. For cancer survivors who can have children, two ...
US gets a 'D' for preterm birth rate
Nov 17, 2009 |
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For the second consecutive year, the United States earned only a "D" on the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card, demonstrating that more than half a million of our nation's newborns didn't get the ...
Global death toll: 1 million premature babies every year
Oct 04, 2009 |
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More than one million infants die each year because they are born too early, according to the just released White Paper, The Global and Regional Toll of Preterm Birth.
Premature births worsen US infant death rate
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday.
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