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(HealthDay News) — Doctors in the United States are seeing more infants born addicted to narcotic painkillers — a problem highlighted by a new Florida-based ...
Read More »Painkiller-Addicted Babies a Growing U.S. Concern, Especially in Florida
Certain Genes in Babies May Increase Preterm Birth Risk
MONDAY, Feb. 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Some babies’ genes may increase their risk of preterm birth, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed the number ...
Read More »Better Outcomes for Children Born With Fertility Treatments
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 21, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Over the past two decades, the health of children born with the help of fertility treatments has improved ...
Read More »Nearly 9 Percent Of Medicaid Births Delivered Early For No Medical Reason
Nearly 9 percent of the births covered by Medicaid — or about 160,000 each year — were elective deliveries before 39 weeks of gestation, which ...
Read More »The Clubfoot Correction: How Parents Pushed For A Better Treatment
By Jenny Gold Kaiser Health News BALTIMORE — Mary Snyder found out during her pregnancy at her 19-week ultrasound that her baby had clubfoot; both of Alice’s ...
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