Health
Pot while pregnant may raise premature birth risk: study
(HealthDay)—Smoking pot while pregnant may increase the risk of premature delivery, a new study suggests.
May 25, 2016
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Novel lab test may advance diagnosis of rare but dangerous pregnancy condition
A laboratory blood test developed at Johns Hopkins for the diagnosis of a rare genetic red blood cell disorder also shows promise in identifying HELLP syndrome, a life-threatening high blood pressure condition affecting 1 ...
May 18, 2016
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Report on stillbirth and neonatal death rates for local areas across the UK
Research published today shows the wide regional variation in the incidence of stillbirth and neonatal deaths in the UK.
May 17, 2016
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Pediatrics
A baby blanket that helps preemies breathe
A heated blanket developed by UC Merced-based startup St. Vincent's Solutions won't help babies get to sleep – but it could reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia for infants in neonatal intensive care.
May 9, 2016
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Pediatrics
Breast milk linked to significant early brain growth in preemies
Feeding premature babies mostly breast milk during the first month of life appears to spur more robust brain growth, compared with babies given little or no breast milk.
Apr 30, 2016
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Pediatrics
Nearly one in four babies in NICUs receive acid suppressing medication
Since 2006, several published studies have associated the use of some acid suppression medications in hospitalized high-risk babies with infections, necrotizing enterocolitis and increased risk of death. Those medications ...
Apr 27, 2016
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Brain-dead woman gives birth in Poland
A brain-dead Polish woman was kept alive for 55 days so that she could give birth, a hospital official said Tuesday, adding that the premature baby showed no signs of serious complications.
Apr 19, 2016
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Health
As rural hospitals struggle, some close labor and delivery units
A few years ago, when a young woman delivered her baby at Alleghany Memorial Hospital in Sparta, N.C., it was in the middle of an ice storm and the mountain roads out of town were impassable. The delivery was routine, but ...
Feb 25, 2016
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Pediatrics
Fall in one-to-one nursing care of very sick newborns linked to higher death rate
A fall in the provision of one to one nursing care of very sick and premature newborns is linked to a higher death rate in neonatal intensive care, finds research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood (Fetal ...
Feb 9, 2016
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Babies born late may be at risk for complications: study
(HealthDay)—Babies born weeks after their due date may be at increased risk for complications and illness that can land them in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), a new study suggests.
Feb 3, 2016
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