US infant mortality rate fails to improve
...he percentage of infant deaths occurring to babies born premature (less than 37 weeks gestation) or with a...ding to an analyses by the March of Dimes. Babies born at less than 28 weeks gestation accounted for less than 1 percent (0.7 percent) all live births but ...Despite laws, many pregnant women lack HIV testing
... an estimated 280 to 370 HIV-infected children are born each year in this country. Dr. Helfgott was directing a high-risk pregnancy program in Pensacola, Fla., in 2002 when Florida led the nation with 37 perinatal transmissions, three of which occurred in the relatively small town where he worked. He sta...Maternal difficulties may increase risk of behavior problems in children
...colleagues followed for three years 2,756 children born between 1998 and 2000 in 18 large U.S. cities. Mo...red survey questions shortly after their child was born and also completed a follow-up survey about their well-being one year later. Mothers' health condit...Born dead: Over 3 million stillbirths every year
...to count or to be counted are stillbirths - babies born dead during the last 12 weeks of pregnancy, accord..."Our estimates suggest that 3.2 million babies are born dead every year, and the true figure is probably higher given the limitations of the available data ...New WHO child growth standards: UN news conference in NY with audio available by telephone
...ew WHO Child Growth Standards confirm that a child born anywhere in the world and given the optimum start in life has the potential to develop to within the same range of height and weight. With these new charts, parents, doctors, policymakers and child advocates will know when the nutrition and healthcar...Survey finds care for Europe's adults with congenital heart disease is inadequate
The provision of care in Europe for adults born with heart disease is inadequate and there are too few specialist centres to support their ever-increasing numbers, according to international research published on-line (Wednesday 26 April) in European Heart Journal[1] the journal of the European S...Low intake of milk during pregnancy linked to decreased birth weight
...ow birth weight affects one out of every 13 babies born each year in the United States, and it's a factor in 65 percent of infant deaths, according to the March of Dimes. This new study suggests that drinking the recommended amount of milk each day - three 8-ounce glasses -may help increase birth weight....Vulnerability to measles among nursery school children risen sharply
... vaccination records for Scotland for all children born between 1987 and 2004, accounting for over one mil... show that the sharpest decline began for children born from 1999 onwards, rather than for those born in 1997 as might be expected. This suggests that the n...Concern over rising preterm births
...term future health. For instance, 1 in 4 survivors born less than 25 weeks' gestation have severe mental or physical disability. Even beyond 32 weeks, 1 in 3 children have educational and behavioural problems by the age of 7. Possible reasons for the findings from Denmark are numerous and difficult to exp...Very long or short intervals between pregnancies associated with increased poor perinatal outcomes
...cluded a total of 11,091,659 pregnancies. Infants born to women with an interval shorter than six months after their last birth had a 40 percent increased risk of preterm birth, a 61 percent increased risk of low birth weight (LBW) and a 26 percent increased risk of small for gestational age (SGA), compa...$1.5 billion needed to ensure 12-month stockpile of pediatric vaccines
...ereby the potential risk to the 4 million children born every year is so great," Jacobson said. "When you ...ay to protecting the approximately 11,000 children born every day in the United States. This is something we can control. It is not clear why it is not bein...Infant snoring linked to parental snoring
Young children born to parents who snore have an increased risk of sno...mine the prevalence of habitual snoring in infants born to atopic parents and to assess the relationship between habitual snoring, atopic status, and exposu...Congenital rubella syndrome nearly eradicated in the US
... than 11,000 fetal deaths and 20,000 infants to be born with congenital rubella syndrome, but a more effec... one of which was in a child whose mother had been born in the U.S. The remarkable success of the immunization program to eliminate rubella is due to joint ...Data shows use of a combination vaccine increased on-time immunization rates in infants
... history using claims and registry data of infants born between January 2003 and October 2003 with continuous enrollment in Intermountain Healthcare Health Plans, Incorporated, an integrated nonprofit health plan. Infants who were eligible for the study were distributed into two matched cohorts: the comb...Sustained blood pressure treatment lowers dementia risk in elderly
...Honolulu-Asia Aging Study on Japanese-American men born between 1900 and 1919. They focused on 848 men (ages 50-65) who had mid-life high blood pressure and were free of dementia at age 77 (on average). Then, at follow-up visits three and six years later, the men had a thorough diagnostic evaluation fo...BCG vaccination is highly cost-effective
...100 million doses of BCG vaccine given to children born every year prevent about 40 000 cases of severe TB during their first five years of life. BCG had its biggest effect, and is most cost effective, in southeast Asia, Africa, and the western Pacific region, where TB infection rates and BCG coverage are...Ovary removal surgery elevates risk for dementia
...is innocent and variations in the genes a woman is born with dictate the need for ovary removal and also prompt development of dementia or cognitive impairment. The researchers hypothesize that the risk of dementia or cognitive impairment is higher when the surgery takes place at a younger age -- remova...UCL scientists gauge pain in premature babies
...th-weight babies in Western Europe; 12% all babies born need some level of special care at birth (~ 80,000 per annum) and 2.5% need neonatal intensive care (~ 17,000 per annum). Estimates show that in intensive care each baby is subjected to an average of 14 procedures per day, many of which are consider...Differences in pregnancy risks and outcomes among immigrant groups to the US
...factors that may affect the fetal growth of babies born to U.S. and foreign-born Mexican and Asian-Indian ...cine assessed 6.4 million birth records for babies born between 1995 and 2000 to compare the risks and outcomes of children born to women in the following e...Mom's nutrition during pregnancy related to child's behavior at age three
Children born to teenage mothers who were iron deficient early in their pregnancies were less active at age 3 than the children of iron sufficient moms, a Penn State study has shown. Dr. Laura Murray-Kolb, National Institutes of Mental Health postdoctoral fellow i...