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1 Million 'Preemie' Babies Die Each Year: Report
Additional Steroid Dose May Help Preemies
Ailment Linked to Pigs May Reveal Keys to Other Disorders
Air Pollution Exposure May Slow Fetal Growth
All Newborns Should Have Ears Screened, Task Force Says
Alzheimer's Drug May Reduce Preemie Brain Injury
Anti-Aging Drug Closer to Reality
Antibiotics Effective for Vaginal Injury After Childbirth
Antibiotics for Preterm Labor Linked to Cerebral Palsy
Antidepressants Linked to Heart Defects in Newborns
Antidepressants May Be Linked to Birth Problems
Aquarobics May Help Ease Labor
Asians Seem to Suffer Less During Childbirth
Assessing Embryo Metabolism May Aid IVF Success
Assisted Reproductive Technology Linked to Birth Defects
Autism May Be Linked to Mom's Autoimmune Disease
Autoimmune Disease Treatment May Not Dampen Immune System
B Cells Can Act Alone in Autoimmune Diseases
Babies Born in High Pollen Months at Wheezing Risk
Babies Born Only 2 to 3 Weeks Early May Face Development Delays
Before Conceiving, Take Folic Acid for One Full Year
Being Born Small, Early Raises Autism Risk
Birth Size Linked to Breast Cancer Risk
Birth Size, Early Weight Gain Tied to Boost in Heart Risks
Blood Test May Predict Postpartum Depression
Bowel Disease Treatment May Raise Skin Cancer Risk
Boys May Feel a Genetic Pull Toward Gangs
Breast Cancer Drug May Beat Fungal Infection
Breast-Feeding Support Lacking at Many Hospitals, Birth Centers
Breech Birth May Be Determined by Genes
Caffeine in Pregnancy Associated With Low Birth Weight Risk
Canola Oil Consumed During Pregnancy Lowers Breast Cancer Risk for Offspring
CDC Finds U.S. 30th in Infant Mortality
Chemical in Plastics May Cause Fertility Problems
Chemical Used in Plastics May Affect Newborn Size
Chemicals in Marijuana Smoke May Harm DNA
Childbirth May Slow Progression of Multiple Sclerosis
Childhood Asthma, Allergies Traced to Womb
Childhood Stress Compromises Immune System
Chromosome Linked to Diabetics' Heart Risks
Chronic Stomach Inflammation Boosts Cancer Risk
Clinical Guideline Backs Food, Drink During Labor
Compounds Found to Protect Rabbits From Cerebral Palsy
Cooling May Reduce Brain Lesions in Newborns
Crocodile Babies Cry Out for Hatching
C-Sections Explain Jump in U.S. Preemie Births
Dad's Genes May Play Greater Role Than Thought
Database Helps Assess Your Breast Cancer Risk
Deep Sea Microbes Shed Light on Human Biology
Delivery-Related Infant Deaths Decline in Scotland
Depression During Pregnancy May Cause Premature Birth
Depression May Lead to More Preemies Among Blacks
Diabetes, Weight Tied to Male Infertility
DNA Coding May Make Bowel Prone to Cancer
DNA Find in Oregon Is Oldest Yet Discovered in Americas
DNA Fingerprinting Could ID Viable Embryos
DNA Helps Trace History of Human Migration
DNA Testing Lays Romanov Murder Mystery to Rest
DNA Variations May Alter Risk of Hodgkin's Disease
Do Preemies Benefit From High-Tech Measures?
Do Underweight Newborns Make for Shy Adults?
Doctors Discover Marker for Meconium Passage During Delivery
Dog Ailment, ALS Link Seen
Drug Combo Fights Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth
Drug Reduces Inflammatory Arthritis Symptoms, Lesions
Drug to Prevent Preterm Labor Shows Little Benefit
Earlier Testing Needed for Fragile X Syndrome
Early Elective C-Sections Produce Complications
Early TB Found in 9,000-Year-Old Bones
Early Treatment Benefits Newfound Brain Disorder
Eating Less May Hinder Immune System
Elaborate Network Drives When and Where Proteins Are Made
Elective Early Deliveries Pose Risks for Babies
Empathy Might Be in the Genes
Engineered Viruses Could Battle Superbugs
Even Barely Early Babies Face Respiratory Risks
Excess Weight Gain During Pregnancy a Risk to Mother and Child
Exercise During Pregnancy Has Baby Benefits, Too
Exercise During Pregnancy Keeps Newborn Size Normal
Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Before Birth Affects DNA
Eye Problems Increasing in Preemies
Fad Baby Names Tend to Fizzle Fast
FDA Demands Tougher Warnings on Immunosuppressive Drugs
FDA Warns Users on Psoriasis Drug
Female Incontinence a Prevalent Problem
Fertility Treatment Twins More at Risk for Hospitalizations
Fetal Surgery May Treat Heart Defect
Firm Says Low-Cost Genome Sequencing Is Possible
Folic Acid Fortification Shouldn't Be Forced
Folic Acid Reduces Infant Heart Defects
Fruits, Vegetables, Teas May Cut Smokers' Cancer Risk
Gene Discovery May Advance Head and Neck Cancer Therapy
Gene 'Fix' in Egg Prevents Inherited Diseases in Monkeys
Gene Gives Clues to Why Autism More Common in Boys
Gene Mutation Doubles Risk of Aggressive Colon Cancer in Blacks
Gene Mutation Linked to Inherited ALS
Gene Test Could Predict Colon Cancer's Return
Gene Test Could Predict Thyroid Cancer Risk
Gene Variant Tied to Severity of Drinking
Genes May Determine Obesity After Weight Surgery
Genetic Discovery May Improve Hepatitis C Treatment
Genetic Markers May Predict Lung Cancer Recurrence
Genome Sequencing Gets More Affordable
Genome Study Points to New Culprit for Schizophrenia
Green-Glowing Gene Heralds a Better Research Monkey
Grilled Meats Not Tied to Breast Cancer in Older Women
Group B Strep Screening Guidelines Sparing Newborns
Gum Disease Treatment Doesn't Cut Preterm Birth Risk
Health Tip: After Baby is Born
Health Tip: After Your Child is Born
Health Tip: Are You Pregnant and Depressed?
Health Tip: Be More Comfortable During Childbirth
Health Tip: Bonding With Your New Baby
Health Tip: Bonding With Your Premature Baby
Health Tip: Bringing Baby Home
Health Tip: Caring for Your Newborn
Health Tip: Conditions That May Affect a Newborn's Skin
Health Tip: Considering Home Birth?
Health Tip: Creating Your Birth Plan
Health Tip: Dealing With Depression After Pregnancy
Health Tip: Develop a Birth Plan
Health Tip: False Labor or Real Labor?
Health Tip: Get Fit After Baby is Born
Health Tip: Getting Ready for Birth
Health Tip: Having a Baby After Age 35
Health Tip: Healing After a C-Section
Health Tip: Help Prevent Birth Defects
Health Tip: How New Dads Can Prepare for Birth
Health Tip: New Moms, Protect Your Back
Health Tip: Prepare Your Child for a New Baby
Health Tip: Preparing for Parenthood
Health Tip: Prevent Back Problems After Pregnancy
Health Tip: Recovering After Childbirth
Health Tip: Recovering From C-Section
Health Tip: Recovery After a C-Section
Health Tip: Reduce the Risk of Preterm Labor
Health Tip: Risk Factors for Premature Birth
Health Tip: Symptoms of Postpartum Depression
Health Tip: Take a Childbirth Class
Health Tip: Take it Easy After You Give Birth
Health Tip: Taking a Childbirth Class
Health Tip: What Are Risk Factors for Preterm Labor?
Health Tip: What's an APGAR Test?
Health Tip: When Labor May Be Induced
Health Tip: When to Induce Labor
High Blood Sugar Tied to Pregnancy Complications
High-Fat Diet While Pregnant May Produce Obese Kids
Home Birth With Midwife As Safe As Hospital Birth: Study
'Iceman' Mummy Has No Modern Kin
If Baby Is Breech, Technology Might Help
Immune Response May Speed AIDS Progression in Women
Immune System Gene Discovery Sheds Light on Staph Infections
Immune System Protein Predicts Toxic Shock Survival
Improved Screening for Jaundice Can Protect Newborns
Induced Labor May Improve Outcome in Risky Pregnancies
Induced Labor May Prevent Need for Cesarean Section
IVF Treatments Often Work for Women Under 35
Last of Woolly Mammoths Had North American Roots
Late Preterm Birth Poses Developmental Risks
Late Preterm Births Increasing in U.S.
Lifestyle Changes Boost Enzyme Regulating Cell Aging
Lifestyle May Counter Blood Pressure Genes
Low Birth Weight Might Raise Adult Kidney Disease Risk
Low Birth Weight Tied to Rise in Infant Hemangiomas
Low Choline Level in Pregnancy Tied to Birth Defects
Low-Birth-Weight Babies at Risk for Salt Sensitivity
Lung Infections Cost Hospitals More Than $10B in 2006
Malpractice Premiums, Rate of C-Sections Rise Together
Maternal Depression Has Negative Effect on Infants' Sleep
Men Must Contend With a Biological Clock, Too
Method for Treating Cervical Lesions May Pose Pregnancy Risks
Miscarriage Treatment Won't Harm Future Fertility: Study
Molecule Disrupts DNA Sequence in Ewing's Sarcoma
Molecule Helps Leukemia Cells Hide From Immune System
Mom and Baby Alike May Benefit From Exercise
Mom's Cells Prime Fetal Immune System
Moms Who Breast-Feed Less Likely to Neglect Child
Moms-to-Be Need Facts on Pain Control
More Assisted Reproduction, But Fewer Multiple Births
More 'Extreme' Preemies Surviving
More Single Women Are Having Babies
Most Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Healthy Babies
Mothers of Multiples May Face Higher Depression Risk
MS Need Not Preclude Pregnancy
Multiple Doses of Steroids Don't Help Preemies
Multiple Myeloma Genome Unlocked
Multiple Screening Strategy Boosts Cervical Cancer Detection
Multivitamins Might Prolong Life
Natural Childbirth Moms More Attuned to Babies' Cry
New Alzheimer's Treatment Could Be on the Horizon
New DNA Stool Testing Spots More Colon Cancers
New Guidelines on Infant Stroke Released
New IVF Guidelines Aim to Reduce Multiple Births
New Technique Offers Hope for Kids With Immune Deficiency
New Technology Shows Human Genome in 3-D
Newly Pregnant Smokers Have a 15-Week Window to Quit
No Link Found Between Birth Anesthesia and Learning Issues
One Embryo as Good as Two in Second IVF Attempt
One-Quarter of Biologic Drugs Have Had Safety Issues
Parenting Plays Key Role in Infant's Response to Stress
Pill Reduces Relapses in MS Patients
Possible Gene Regions for Schizophrenia Located
Potential Pieces of Autism Puzzle Revealed
Predicting Postpartum Depression May Be Possible
Preemie Birth Could Mean Weaker Bones as Adults
Premature Birth Has Long-Lasting Effects
Premature Birth Linked to Some Unexpected Later Problems
Premature Delivery Linked to High Cholesterol in Moms Later
Prenatal Nutrition, Postnatal Allergy Protection
Pre-Pregnancy Diabetes Boosts Risk for Birth Defects
Pre-Pregnancy Diabetes Rates Have Doubled
Pre-Pregnancy Weight Linked to Babies' Heart Problems
Preterm Births Linked to Infection of Amniotic Fluid
Protecting Newborns From a Dangerous Threat
Protein in Spinal Fluid May Contribute to MS: Study
Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Pulled From U.S. Market
Rate of Unnecessary C-Sections Far Lower Than Thought
Recession Has Women Rethinking Childbearing
Repairing Injured Lungs May Boost Organ Donations
Researcher IDs Narcolepsy as Autoimmune Disease
Researchers Discover the Tale Behind Short Dogs
Researchers Identify New Genetic Links to Psoriasis
Researchers Publish Genome Sequence for Duck-Billed Platypus
Researchers Tackle HIV From a New Angle
Researchers Test Lithium as Radiation Protector
Respiratory Issues Linger for Smallest Babies
Resuscitated Newborns at Risk for Lower IQs
Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Boosts Melanoma Incidence
Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Doesn't Promote Cancer
Risks and Benefits of Egg Donation Reported
Scientists Break Into HIV 'Hideout'
Scientists Discover Trigger for Autoimmune Diseases
Scientists Find Clue to Dangerous Side Effect of MS Drug
Scientists Hot on Trail of New Antibiotics
Scientists ID 3 New Candidate Genes for Schizophrenia
Scientists ID Enzyme Causing Brain Cell Death
Scientists ID Enzyme That Allows Dysentery Amoeba to Hide
Scientists ID Uterine Muscle Switch for Contractions
Scientists Provide First Map of Complete Human Epigenome
Scientists Uncover How HIV Hides Inside Cells
Seizures, Not Epilepsy Itself, May Raise Birth Risks
Severe Obstetric Complications on the Increase
Sex of Twins May Affect Outcomes
Short-Term Air Pollution Exposure May Damage DNA
Smokers Struck by Influenza Face Higher Mortality Rates
Smoking Worsens Multiple Sclerosis
Snoozing May Help Women Shed Baby Weight
Some Parts of Human Genome Get Lost
Sperm May Play Role in Transmission of HIV
Spleen Key Player in Brain's Infection-Fighting Messages
Staff Training Reduces Postpartum Bleeding, Episiotomies
Stillbirth Not an Issue for Next-Born
Study Details Look at Immune Cells in Type 1 Diabetes
Study IDs Gene for Late-Onset Alzheimer's
Study Links Sugar Production in Yeast Cells to Longevity
Study Urges Treatment for Even Mild Gestational Diabetes
Successive Births, HRT Use Boost Joint Replacement Risks
Swine Flu Shots Safe for People With Weak Immune Systems: Experts
Taking Codeine While Breast-Feeding May Harm Infant
T-Cell Duplication Delayed Up to 3 Days After Infection
Teen Birth Rate Up in 26 States in 2006
Teen Pregnancies, Abortions Drop From 1990 to 2004: CDC
Tiniest Babies Carry Biggest Costs
Tools Test Debunks 'Dumb Neanderthals' Theory
Transplant May Treat Metabolic Disorders in Womb
Treatment Option Shortens Path to Pregnancy
U.S. Gets a 'D' for Preterm Birth Rates
U.S. Hospitals Vary Widely in Caring for Women
U.S. Scores a 'D' on Preterm Birth Report Card
U.S. Women Delaying Motherhood, Report Shows
Unmarried Childbirths in U.S. Reach Record Levels
Variations in Gene DNA Boost Drinkers' Cancer Risk
Very Small Head Size Could Signal Problems in Newborns
Vitamin D Deficit in Pregnancy Tied to Caesarean Risk
Way to Rescue Tired Immune Cells Fighting HIV Found
When Babies Die, Obstetricians Suffer, Too
Women and Men Urged to Seek 'Preconception Care'
Women's Alcohol Use Tied to Delayed Childbearing
Work Stress for Mom Might Harm Baby