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Now more than ever: So many of our babies are premature! Why?

by susanc
Posted: Mon., June 23, 2008, 12:11 pm
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Topics: 37 weeks, adverse affects, Causes, CDC, Center for Disease Contol, environment, genetics, health. baby, hereditary, hospitals, Infant, Living With..., maternity, monitoring, Physical well-being, preemies, premature births, Prevention, Research, smoking, statistics, Susan Cody, Symptoms, HER Writers
     

12% of all our babies will be born prematurely!

Everyone has always known someone who had a preemie (a baby born prior to 37 weeks in the womb) but at this rate, we all know a lot of someones! The Center for Disease Control studied 7 million babies over a decade, in an effort to understand why so many babies are born prematurely and any adverse affects they may experience.

Let's not forget that in most cases a preemie baby is not anyone's fault and in most instances there is nothing that could be done!
     
     
     
     
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C-Sections Explain Jump in U.S. Preemie Births -- Researchers Suggest Some of These Procedures May Be Matter of Convenience

by hernews
Posted: Wed., May 28, 2008, 12:14 pm
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Topics: Maternity / Parenting, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Caesarean sections, Causes, Definition, Diagnosis, March of Dimes, Physical well-being, premature births, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, EmpowHer News
     

WEDNESDAY, May 28 (HealthDay News) -- Premature births of single babies in the United States have been on the rise in recent years, and a new report finds that Caesarean sections account for nearly all of the increase.
     
     
     
     
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Very Premature Babies Show Raised Risk for Autism -- Second Study Finds Having Autistic Child Shrinks Family Income by 14%

by EmpowHer
Posted: Wed., April 2, 2008, 07:19 am
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Topics: Autism, income, premature births, Research, Risk factors, EmpowHer News
     

By Serena Gordon
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

WEDNESDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies shed additional light on two different aspects of autism: One tried to pinpoint a risk factor for development of the disorder, while the other looked at the financial toll that having an autistic child takes on a family.

Both studies were expected to be published in the April issue of Pediatrics and were released early in honor of World Autism Day on April 2.
     
     
     
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