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
(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
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...
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
(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
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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