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• Antibiotic fails to prevent preterm labor

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): A new British study has found that antibiotic azithromycin is ineffective in preventing preterm labour.Scientists at Liverpool looked into the effectiveness of the antibiotic in keeping a check on premature births in Southern Malawi to come up with their findings.Out of 2,000 pregnant women, ...
  1 week ago

• Late Preterm Births Increasing in U.S.

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 558
  WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The percentage of babies born preterm in the United States rose by more than 20 percent from 1990 to 2006, most delivered at the end of the preterm period, federal health officials report. Image:  read more
  2 weeks ago

• Fight for Preemies: How Treated & Untreated Depression During Pregnancy Can Lead to Preterm Birth

  
  Postpartum Progress — Authority: 470
  Today is Fight For Preemies Day, hosted by the March of Dimes .  More than 400 bloggers across the country are writing about prematurity, and how important it is for babies to make it full term before they are born.   Why is preterm birth a problem?  Because it can lead to lifelong health problems  and ...
  2 weeks ago

• US gets a D for preterm birth rate

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 649
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., NOV. 17, 2009 -- 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 nations newborns didnt get the healthy start they deserved.
  2 weeks ago

• Prematurity Awareness

  
  Theraconcepts Special Needs Resource Center — Authority: 100
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  3 weeks ago

• Prematurity Due to Low Progesterone Levels Now the Greatest Cause of Infant Death in the UK

  
  Holy Hormones, Honey! — Authority: 143
  KYM MARSH: Britain’s premature baby problem - and the boy I lost at 21 weeks Professor Lucilla Poston, director of maternal and foetal research at University College London, believes that the simple saliva test she is developing could help cut the number of premature births, and the dangers associated with them. ...
  4 weeks ago

• Understanding why the body goes into labor is key to controlling infant mortality

  
  UNC Health Care's Weblog — Authority: 115
  Clinton wrote this … The National Center for Health Statistics released earlier this week a report on infant mortality . In its analysis, the U.S. ranks 30th in the world. We deliver far more babies pre-term, before 37 weeks gestation, than most countries, and don’t do as well in keeping them alive. National ...
  4 weeks ago

• March of Dimes Launches 7th Annual Prematurity Awareness Month

  
  Baby Chums — Authority: 445
  The March of Dimes has launched its 7th Annual Prematurity Awareness Month, once again focusing our attention on the growing problem of premature birth in the United States.  A birth is considered premature if it occurs before 37 weeks gestation. The March of Dimes is the leading non-profit organization in the ...
  4 weeks ago

• New Way to ‘Stop’ Premature Birth

  
  Find Me A Cure — Authority: 137
  A drug used to treat cancer can stop contractions and may prevent premature labour, researchers say. ………… The Newcastle University team tested the drug Trichostatin A on tissue taken from 36 women undergoing a caesarean. The researchers said the therapy worked by increasing the levels of a protein ...
  6 weeks ago

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