More hospital time for tiny baby
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A girl born after just under 22 weeks in the womb &#151; among the shortest gestation periods known for a live birth &#151; will remain in a hospital a few extra days as a precaution, officials said Tuesday.
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A nursery in Bristol offers parents overnight care for their tots.
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NEW YORK  - Pregnant women, who undergo elective cesarean sections, have an increased risk of being re-admitted to the hospital within 30 days after delivery, a new study finds.
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Waiting up to two minutes to cut the umbilical cord after a premature baby is born could reduce the risk of bleeding on the brain, say researchers.
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Nearly one in five children's hospitals are not providing round-the-clock, life-support cover.
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Parents of one of the world's smallest premature babies got to take her home Wednesday for the first time since she was delivered last fall.
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Specialists called Thursday for more early ultrasound exams during pregnancy and tighter guidelines for infertility treatment as key first steps in battling a growing problem: One in eight babies now is born prematurely.
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Home nurse visits shortly after mothers return from the hospital with their babies can reduce the number of infant emergency department visits and hospitalizations while also lowering health-care costs.
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A premature baby believed to be the smallest infant to survive was &quot;a great blessing&quot;, her mother said yesterday as she prepared to take the little girl and her twin sister home from hospital.
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The smallest premature babies, already  at high risk of brain damage, are likely to develop even more  mental disorders if they get any infection in the first weeks  of life, researchers said on Tuesday.
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A High Court judge has ruled that doctors can allow to let a seriously ill baby to die if she stops breathing again. The parents of 11-month-old Charlotte Wyatt, who was born three months premature, asked
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The smallest premature babies, already at high risk of brain damage, are likely to develop even more mental disorders if they get any infection in the first weeks of life, researchers said on Tuesday.
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A baby who had a lung tumour removed in the womb and was born at 28 weeks has been allowed home.
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No baby as tiny as 8.6 ounces had ever survived before Rumaisa Rahman was born Sept. 19. Although no bigger than a cell phone, Rumaisa still had some things in her favor, doctors at Loyola University Medical
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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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Kendra and Maliyah Herrin are "close to going home," according to Primary Children's Medical Center spokeswoman Bonnie Midget.  Thursday afternoon, doctors were discussing whether the girls would leave the hospital today or Monday. The decision will likely be made this morning.
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By Hanah Cho, The Baltimore Sun  Sep. 17--At St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, heart attack patients are receiving faster treatment.