Prematurity
The length of a normal pregnancy or gestation is considered to be 40 weeks (280 days) from the date of conception. Infants born before 37 weeks gestation are considered premature and may b...
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Hillary Clinton faces tonight's Iowa caucuses not as the inevitable Democratic presidential nominee but seriously challenged by Sen. Barack Obama, thanks in no small part to...
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A new center at Duke University will become the first to study why more babies are born premature or underweight in the South than elsewhere in the nation.These conditions, which contribute to infa...
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Without a binding agreement between Nashville Predators owner Craig Leipold and Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie, talk of the team relocating to Canada is strictly premature.That was NHL commissi...
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Following is the second half of the testimony given by Army Gen. David Petraeus at congressional hearings this week. It picks up with an assessment of Iraq security forces. Iraqi Security Forces ha...
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Munich (dpa) Premature babies should be brought into close
physical contact with their parents as soon as possible after birth,
according to Germany's Professional As...
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Specialists called Thursday for more early ultrasound exams during pregnancy and tighter guidelines for infertility treatment as key first steps in battling a growing problem: One in...
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One of the world's smallest premature babies _ who weighed less than a can of soda at birth _ is finally going home.Amillia Sonja Taylor was born last October after less than 22 weeks in the womb. ...
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Perhaps nowhere in the body is the adage "you are what you eat" so true as in your eyes, a link international scientists are banking on in a novel bid to save premature babies' vision.Doctors are a...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women who take folic acid
supplements for at least a year before becoming pregnant can
greatly reduce their risk of delivering a baby prematurely,
researchers said Thursday....
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Prematurity
Hillary's Premature Triangulation
