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January 2010
The worldwide incidence of preterm birth: a systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity
WHO Bulletin
Jan 5, 2010
Preterm birth, defined as childbirth occurring at less than 37 completed weeks or 259 days of gestation, is a major determinant of neonatal mortality and morbidity and has long-term adverse consequences for health.
Saving underweight babies with human contact in Senegal
UNICEF
Jan 7, 2010
Olivier was born last September at a health post in rural Senegal. He weighed just one kilogram at birth, and his mother, Lourdes Gomez, cried because she thought he would not live.
Premature babies may develop disabilities
The International News
Jan 7, 2010
Babies born extremely prematurely may have a better chance of survival today thanks to advances in modern medicine, but new research suggests that the vast majority will develop some form of mental or developmental disability by age 6.
Mozart Therapy: A Sonata a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Science Daily
Jan 8, 2010
The music they listen to doesn't have any lyrics that tell them to grow, but new research from Tel Aviv University finds that premature babies who are exposed to music by 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gain weight faster -- and therefore become stronger -- than those who don't.
QuickStats: Late Preterm Birth Rates,* by Plurality --- United States, 1990, 2000, and 2006
CDC
Jan 8, 2010
During 1990--2006, most of the increase in overall preterm birth rates was attributed to late preterm births. During this period, the late preterm birth rate for singleton births increased 19%, from 6.8% to 8.1%; the late preterm birth rate for multiple births increased 30%, from 29.3% to 38.1%.
US Preterm Births: "D" Is for Dismal
JAMA
Jan 13, 2010
Too many infants in the United States are born too soon, according to recent reports from the March of Dimes and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). But even though some solutions may seem clear-cut—reducing smoking rates among pregnant women and improving access to prenatal care, for example—experts say the highly complex reasons for prematurity still are not well understood.
Kangaroo Care Helps Mother of Preemie Find Purpose
ABC News
Jan 14, 2010
I never imagined I'd spend my first weeks as a mother pretending to be a marsupial. But there I was, a month and a half before my due date, sitting in the neonatal intermediate care unit and hoping that a practice known as "kangaroo care" would help my preemie.
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