When it comes to babies being carried to full term, the United States is improving, according to the most recent March of Dimes report card.
The United States is getting a "D" grade for its preterm birth rate, even though it is improving in most states, according to the March of Dimes.
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Lee Robinson wasn't all that excited about having a baby. It's not that she didn't want one, it's just that she and her husband, Claude, were happy with their busy lives in Thomson, Georgia, where she's a high school teacher and he's a caterer.
More than 1 million babies born prematurely die each year before they are a month old, the March of Dimes said Sunday in the first comprehensive global report on premature births.
The average cost of medical care for a premature or low birth-weight baby for its first year of life is about $49,000, according to a new report from the March of Dimes Foundation.
Depressed moms-to-be are more likely than nondepressed women to have a preterm birth, and the worse their mood, the greater their risk, says a new study published in Human Reproduction. In fact, women in the study who were severely depressed during early pregnancy more than doubled their risk of giving birth to premature babies.
Infections may play a bigger role in premature birth than doctors have thought, says a new study that found almost one in seven women in preterm labor harbored bacteria or fungi in their amniotic fluid
A small study of toddlers finds that about one-quarter of babies born
very prematurely had signs of autism on an early screening test
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks at a new autism study, and shows some of the videos iReport.com has received from viewers.
(CNN) Nancy Grace V.I.P. presents heartfelt, personal accounts from people who overcome the odds and make sacrifices to bring positive change to our world. • Actress Melissa Joan Hart talks about motherhood and her support of the March of Dimes • Ashley Rhodes-Courter, author of "Three Little Words" • Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, HBO's "The Wire" • Dominic Carter, NY1 news anchor
New research out Monday may have expecting moms rethinking their drinking habits.
Women in the United States are waiting longer to have children, health statistics show, presenting challenges for doctors and patients alike.
More companies are offering incentives, if not outright bribes, to encourage moms-to-be to get prenatal care and help cut the number of premature and low- birthweight babies. Such births can result...
ROSS PEROT is giving away his $2.5-billion fortune. He says it is all going to charity, ''the best and highest use.'' Over the past two decades he has parted with more than $100 million, and in the...
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