Pre-term Babies
• Childbirth • Jan 09 05

10 percent of all white babies and 20 percent of all black babies are born prematurely.

What Is a Pre-term Baby?

Pre-term babies are…    

 

Air pollution tied to lower birth weight
• Childbirth • Jan 04 05

Pregnant women who live in areas with high levels of air pollution may give birth to slightly smaller babies, according to U.S. government researchers.

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Acupuncture may help ease labor pain
• Childbirth • Dec 31 04

A growing body of research suggests that acupuncture can help control pain during childbirth but more studies are needed, according to a review of…    

 

Writing Your Birth Plan
• Childbirth • Dec 29 04

Why write a birth plan?
Writing a birth plan can help you feel in control of your birth. By writing out such a…    

 

Risk seen in vaginal birth after caesarean - study
• Childbirth • Dec 15 04

Women who try to give birth naturally after having had a Caesarean face a slightly higher risk of serious medical problems, according to a…    

 

Conjoined twins seek life-saving surgery in Canada
• Childbirth • Dec 15 04

Conjoined twins from Zimbabwe will undergo tests in Toronto to see whether they can survive a life-saving operation to separate them, Canadian doctors said…    

 

Multiple births a health risk: Canadian study
• Childbirth • Dec 02 04

Women pregnant with twins, triplets or quadruplets are at greater risk of serious health complications than are women carrying just one fetus, according to…    

 

Mexico-born adults prone to severe chickenpox
• Childbirth • Dec 01 04

Mexican-born adults living in the U.S. apparently have higher rates of complications with chickenpox infection than do U.S.-born adults, according to a new report.

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Birth rates for older women rising
• Childbirth • Nov 23 04

U.S. women in their 30s and early 40s had higher birth rates in 2003, while births among teenagers fell for the 12th straight…    

 

“Kangaroo care"good for all premature infants: experts
• Childbirth • Nov 12 04

Continuous skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her premature infant appears to help them to thrive just as well as traditional care in…    

 

Blood transfusions at birth often unneeded
• Childbirth • Nov 12 04

A significant proportion of blood transfusions given to mothers around the time of birth may be unnecessary, Canadian researchers report in the journal Obstetrics…    

 

Suppository reduces pain from childbirth damage
• Childbirth • Nov 04 04

After delivering a baby, pain from damaged tissues around the birth canal can be reduced by administering the painkiller diclofenac rectally, according to a…    

 

High birth weight linked to leukemia risk
• Childbirth • Oct 25 04

Heavy babies apparently face a heightened risk of one type of childhood leukemia, a Scandinavian study indicates.

Each kilogram increase in birth weight appears…    

 

Mom’s weight linked to rising rate of large babies
• Childbirth • Oct 21 04

The proportion of babies born weighing more than 4 kilograms (a little under 9 pounds) has increased significantly over the past decade in Sweden,…    

 

Caesarean birth may raise allergy risk in babies
• Childbirth • Oct 21 04

Being born by Caesarean section may increase a baby’s risk of suffering from food allergies and diarrhoea in the first year of life, German…    

 

Low birth weight affects IQ into teen years
• Childbirth • Oct 13 04

The effects of low birth weight on academic achievement persist well into adolescence, even among young people from relatively affluent backgrounds, a new study…    

 

Home nurse visits improve newborn health
• Childbirth • Oct 07 04

Having a nurse visit the home a few days after a woman has a baby reduces the number of newborns being readmitted to the…    

 

Morning-sickness med doesn’t up malformation risk
• Childbirth • Oct 01 04

Taking the anti-nausea drug ondansetron (Zofran) during pregnancy does not seem to increase the risk of major malformations in the baby, according to a…    

 

Maternal blood test may help predict SIDS
• Childbirth • Sep 01 04

During pregnancy, a blood test called alpha-fetoprotein can determine a woman’s risk of having a child with birth defects. Now, new research suggests that…    

 

Low vitamin B12 raises risk of birth defect
• Childbirth • Aug 18 04

Mothers with low levels of vitamin B12 in their blood are at increased risk of having an infant with spina bifida - a birth…    

 

Infant syphilis cases drop in US - CDC
• Childbirth • Aug 12 04

The number of infants born with syphilis is declining in the United States due largely to improved screening of women in minority communities and…    

 

Delay in premature births cuts risk of disability
• Childbirth • Aug 06 04

Delaying the birth of premature babies by just a few days can prevent brain damage and disability, researchers said on Friday.

Some obstetricians…    

 

Few mothers meet breastfeeding goals, study shows
• Childbirth • Aug 05 04

Only 14 percent of U.S. mothers exclusively breastfeed their babies for the minimum recommended six months, according to government data released on Thursday.

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Study shows babies born slightly early are at risk
• Childbirth • Aug 02 04

Babies born a few weeks prematurely are at increased risk of health problems, such as jaundice and low blood sugar, so expectant mothers should…    

 

Second possible UK case of vCJD transfer via blood
• Childbirth • Jul 22 04

Britain extended restrictions on blood donations on Thursday after a second person was suspected of being infected with the human form of mad cow…    

 

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