Many baby deaths 'can be stopped'
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As many as 1,000 stillbirths each year could be prevented if clinicians were able to spot when foetuses were not developing properly, a study suggests.
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Nearly 9.7 million children die each  year before their fifth birthday from diseases from pneumonia  to malaria, but simple affordable measures could save more  lives, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
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There is a risk babies left asleep in a car seat unchecked could stop breathing, say experts.
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Problems during pregnancy could be an indicator a baby will be at a higher risk of cot death, scientists suggest.
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A cot-side device could save the lives of thousands of premature babies, say doctors.
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Eight accidental infant smothering deaths in 18 months has led Philadelphia health officials to warn parents against bringing their babies to bed with them.
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NAIROBI  - Giving birth in poor countries proves fatal for more than half a million women every year, or one every minute, the World Health Organisation said, warning preventable deaths have reached epidemic levels.
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Far more babies may be damaged in the womb as a result of their mother's drinking habits than was assumed, the British Medical Association warned today.
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The evidence is in: we can stop diseases like malaria and TB from killing millions of people each year.
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Waiting up to two minutes to cut the umbilical cord after a premature baby is born reduces brain bleeding risk, say researchers.
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Premature births accounted for more than one-third of U.S. infant deaths in 2002, twice what was previously reported, making it the leading cause of infant mortality, government researchers said on Monday.
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Support groups that discuss health issues during pregnancy and after childbirth can help to reduce infant and maternal deaths in poor countries, researchers said on Friday.
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About 400,000 toddlers die every year  in China mainly because of a lack of medical care, a member of  a government advisory group said on Wednesday, urging greater  investment in the health system.
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About 400,000 toddlers die every year in China mainly because of a lack of medical care, a member of a government advisory group said on Wednesday, urging greater investment in the health system.
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The survival, rather than the rights, of  children must be the priority of UNICEF over the next decade  because 10 million children are dying every year -- many from  preventable causes, a medical journal said on Friday.
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Scientists have come closer to solving the riddle of cot death with the discovery that more than half of all babies who die unexpectedly may have had problems in the womb.
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Using insecticide-treated bednets can nearly halve deaths from malaria among children aged under five, according to a study in Kenya published in Saturday&#39;s Lancet.