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South Carolina fails on maternal and infant health, data shows
A failing grade for the third year in a row...that’s what South Carolina received on a recent report card, rating the state ...
The Economist15h
A routine test for fetal abnormalities could improve a mother’s health
NIPT tests work by scouring the mother’s blood for DNA fragments and mapping them to their chromosome of origin. Around 10% ...
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Growth Hormone Deficiency Market to Register Incremental Growth at a CAGR of 5.7% During the Forecast Period (2025-2034) | DelveInsight
PR Newswire LAS VEGAS, June 10, 2025 The growth hormone deficiency market is expected to see expansion across the 7MM driven by the introduction of innovative therapies, including ...
Premature Newborn Dies in Ontario After Catching Measles From Unvaccinated Mother
Thousands of people, mostly children, in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico have contracted the vaccine-preventable disease this ...
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Changes to COVID-19 vaccine guidelines: 4 key questions answered
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced more key changes to the CDC recommendations for COVID-19 ...
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Fatty liver in pregnancy may increase risk of preterm birth
Pregnant women with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) have an increased risk of giving birth prematurely ... the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics ...
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COVID-19 pandemic worsened mother, infant birth outcomes
While some research has shown an unexpected decrease in preterm birth early on in the pandemic ... professor of epidemiology and biostatistics and the corresponding author of the paper.
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Premature Birth Could Impact Life Span for Decades
"Understanding the long-term effects of preterm birth can help us develop preventative ... an assistant professor of epidemiology and prevention at Wake Forest University School of Medicine ...
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Preterm birth linked to increased mortality risk across decades
Asma M. Ahmed, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine In the first known population-based study of preterm birth in North America ...
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Preterm birth associated with increased mortality risk into adulthood
Globally, preterm birth is the leading cause of infant mortality ... Ahmed, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of epidemiology and prevention at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, former ...
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Pregnancy is an engineering challenge − diagnosing and treating preterm birth requires understanding its mechanics
An accurate early warning checklist for preterm birth is still years away. But researchers in reproductive biology, epidemiology, bioinformatics and engineering are working hard to better ...
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Ditch that plastic container, study says. Plastics linked to thousands of preterm births.
A separate study by Trasande, published in January, documented $249 billion in disease costs, excluding preterm birth ... a professor of reproductive epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School ...