Duke Center to Study Premature Babies
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DURHAM, N.C. -- 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.
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NEW YORK  - More than three-quarters of  children who were born before the 26th week of pregnancy are  affected by cognitive and neurologic impairments by the time  they reach school age, British researchers report.
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Toy safety should be at the top of your list when you select Christmas presents for children. Claudia McCormick, program director of the trauma center at the Duke University
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Blood from a baby's umbilical cord could help doctors predict which children will suffer from allergies and asthma later in their lives, British and American scientists said on Thursday.
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Scientists design a device they say should help doctors work out how best to deliver babies stuck during labour.
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The National Children&#39;s Study will track 100,000 children from before birth to the age of 21. Data will be collected to determine how factors such as immunizations, watching television, the environment, prenatal
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Lucie Guo, motivated by the death of her grandfather in China before she was born, spent two summers doing research in a Duke University laboratory.
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Oct. 18, 2004 -- Premature babies may be less likely to need blood transfusions if their umbilical cords are cut a bit later than normal.
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The master gene that controls the first breath a newborn baby takes has been identified by researchers at Cincinnati Children&#39;s Hospital Medical Center.
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Reminders to avoid overindulging during meals and parties and to make time for exercise are among the holiday health tips offered by Duke University&#39;s Diet and Fitness Center.
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NEW YORK  - High cholesterol and inflammation during pregnancy may increase a woman's odds of premature delivery, a study suggests.
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Waiting before cutting a premature baby's umbilical cord reduces brain bleeding risk, say researchers.
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Preliminary results from a  study hint that vaginal douching 6 months before pregnancy, but  not during pregnancy, may protect African American women from  delivering preterm (before 40 weeks).
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A technique inspired by kangaroos and used mainly in developing countries could save premature babies the world over, say researchers in Colombia.
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Researchers from two London hospitals will take part in a massive international study of Alzheimer&#39;s disease starting next spring.
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NEW YORK  - Preterm birth confers a considerable risk for long-term impairment, according to study published in the journal Pediatrics this month.
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ATLANTA--Neonatal infections in extremely-low-birth-weight infants significantly increase the likelihood of problems related to neurodevelopment and growth in early childhood, according to a study of more than 6,000 premature infants led by investigators