Childbirth:
Childbirth, labor pains, giving birth, child birth.
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Jan 8th, 2010
Researchers found that premature infants who listened to Mozart required fewer calories to get stronger. Mozart's music provided a more restful environment for the premature babies, allowing them to gain weight needed to be discharged from the hospital.
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Dec 30th, 2009
Mike Hermanstorfer watched the mother of his child die, and then held his infant son’s limp body after the newborn was delivered by Cesarean section on Christmas Eve. Then the miracles occurred: both mother, Tracy, and child, Coltyn, came back to life.
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Dec 14th, 2009
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have used a mathematical to identify five key predictors of when preemies will go home from the hospital.
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Nov 4th, 2009
Breastfeeding it the "optimal feeding method for the infant," according to the American Dietetic Association (ADA). The ADA has just released an updated position paper on the health benefits of breastfeeding for both infants and their mothers.
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Oct 11th, 2009
Women who receive acupuncture during pregnancy are less likely to have a cesarean birth, according to several studies. A review of the research on the use of acupuncture during pregnancy and its impact on the rate of cesarean births.
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Oct 5th, 2009
Worldwide, the number of premature births is estimated at 9.6 percent, which represents nearly 13 million babies who are born at less than 37 full weeks of gestation. Of these 13 million infants, more than one million die each year because they were born too early, according to a just-released White Paper, “The Global and Regional Toll of Preterm Birth,” a joint effort of the March of Dimes and other health organizations, and which includes data from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Sep 28th, 2009
According to a new recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, there is insufficient evidence to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening infants for hyperbilirubinemia to prevent chronic bilirubin encephalopathy.
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Sep 24th, 2009
In Jakarta, Indonesia, a 41 year old woman had an emergency cesarean section to deliver her rather large baby boy. The baby boy was born at an astonishing 19 pounds! Apparently healthy and doing well, the physician who delivered him states that he eats almost nonstop.
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Sep 22nd, 2009
Governor John Hoeven has proclaimed September as Newborn Screening Awareness Month in North Dakota.
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Sep 21st, 2009
The Alabama Department of Public Health announces a decline in Alabama's infant mortality rate in 2008, with a rate of 9.5 deaths per 1,000 live births and a total of 612 infant deaths.