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Eating light will help reduce premature birth rates
As recommended by the American Medical Association, if women reduce their diets by half a day, 150,000 premature births can be avoided each year.
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Early birth rate increases
New government data confirm that the premature birth rate in the United States continues to rise, putting many newborns at risk of death and disability.
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An overly worried pregnant woman is prone to premature birth
Researchers in the United States found that among 1,820 pregnant women, those who were most worried about pregnancy were three times more likely to be born prematurely t…
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Children are prone to blindness due to premature birth
Premature babies at 32 weeks and weighing less than 1.8 kg, often blind in both eyes, due to small blood vessel damage in the eye. If treated early, 80% of children also…
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Pregnant women eat a lot of fatty fish prone to premature birth
Eating too many oily fish when pregnant will increase the risk of having a baby before term. But pregnant women should still eat enough fish to ensure the health of the…
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Hormones help prevent premature birth
Scientists at the University of Glasgow, UK, say that giving pregnant women the use of Progesterone may help them avoid premature births. Progesterone is a female hormon…
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Premature babies are not required to be transferred through improved incubators
A group of district doctors in Nam Dinh reduced the incubator price to VND 2 million, helping local premature children not to transfer to care at a higher level hospital.