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Low Birth Weight From 4 States Makes Up Half Of India's Cases: Study
Cases of a low weight at birth from four states -- Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and West Bengal -- account for nearly half of India's cases, despite an overall progress in lowering rates over the last 30 years.
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Nepal's First Breast Milk Bank Helps Newborn Babies Survive
Nepal's first-ever Human Milk Bank, 'Amrit Kosh,' is a step towards providing baby-friendly health care to low birthweight, premature, and other at-risk newborns. It helps infants with access to breastmilk at the most critical times.
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Exposure To 9/11 Disaster Tied To Low Birthweight, Preterm Delivery: Study
For years following the events of September 11, 2001 in lower Manhattan, the disaster and its aftermath may have affected women and their babies who were not even conceived yet, according to a new study.
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Weight gain in premature females
Among the low birth weight infants including those born prematurely, females apparently are better able to "catch up" in size with their normal birthweight peers by age 20 according to researchers. A similar burst of growth in young adolescents does not seem to occur as often among boys born prematurely.
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Small babies and heart disease in the mothers
Complications of pregnancy that are linked with low birthweight are associated with increased risk of heart disease in the mother. The circumstances that surround a child's birth have an effect on the later health of both the mother and the child. A study was carried out at the Department of Medical Epidemiology, Stockholm, Sweden. It investigated...
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Low Birth Weight From 4 States Makes Up Half Of India's Cases: Study
Cases of a low weight at birth from four states -- Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and West Bengal -- account for nearly half of India's cases, despite an overall progress in lowering rates over the last 30 years.
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Nepal's First Breast Milk Bank Helps Newborn Babies Survive
Nepal's first-ever Human Milk Bank, 'Amrit Kosh,' is a step towards providing baby-friendly health care to low birthweight, premature, and other at-risk newborns. It helps infants with access to breastmilk at the most critical times.
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Exposure To 9/11 Disaster Tied To Low Birthweight, Preterm Delivery: Study
For years following the events of September 11, 2001 in lower Manhattan, the disaster and its aftermath may have affected women and their babies who were not even conceived yet, according to a new study.
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Weight gain in premature females
Among the low birth weight infants including those born prematurely, females apparently are better able to "catch up" in size with their normal birthweight peers by age 20 according to researchers. A similar burst of growth in young adolescents does not seem to occur as often among boys born prematurely.
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Small babies and heart disease in the mothers
Complications of pregnancy that are linked with low birthweight are associated with increased risk of heart disease in the mother. The circumstances that surround a child's birth have an effect on the later health of both the mother and the child. A study was carried out at the Department of Medical Epidemiology, Stockholm, Sweden. It investigated...
