When a baby is at risk, it’s best to deliver them early by caesarean section, because it eliminates certain risks, right? New research (found in this article is showing this is often not best for the baby. The study indicates that preemies who were small for their age were 30% more likely to have breathing MORE »
People who would never, ever vote for Rick Santorum keep telling me – a person who would never, ever vote for Rick Santorum – why they think he’s unfit to be President. It’s not his prejudice against gay people. It’s not his rejection of evolution and MORE »
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Just before she turned three, Sadie cajoled me into giving her ice cream for breakfast and I did it without much guilt. Here’s the thing: when you have a kid who’s well under all the height and weight charts, you don’t want to see them miss a meal. You feel responsible. Unfortunately, Sadie, like me, MORE »
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My twins were born six weeks early. We were thrilled. Really we were. I had gone into labor at 28 weeks. On April 5th I was 28 weeks pregnant and in labor and I moved into the hospital and my amazing doctors and nurses were able to hold off childbirth for six more weeks. It MORE »
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Premature babies face major health risks at birth, and often require months of intensive medical care. The health risks don’t stop when they head home from the hospital. A new study finds that people born prematurely face a substantially increased risk of dying as young adults. For the most part, if they survive infancy, they MORE »
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A new long-term study of preemies shows mixed forecasts for the little ones’ futures. On the one hand, they’re more likely to become ill, suffer heart problems and face academic and social challenges, even into adulthood. On the other hand, researchers say babies born early prove to be extremely resilient. Supportive parents and schools can MORE »
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Inspire.com, an online patient community, has published a report called Insensitive Comments and Their Impact on Preemie Mothers. “Out of 630 preemie parents who responded to an online survey, more than half said they had experienced insensitive comments about their baby, contributing to feelings of stress and isolation,” ABC News reports. 20 percent of the MORE »
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You would think that premature babies would be given the utmost protection, especially in a hospital. But it looks like the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center has done just the opposite. State inspectors have found that at least 27 infants’ have been irradiated beyond the chest area without proper shielding. Astoundingly, some premature infants were over-radiated more than once.
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