Premature births a big factor in high U.S. infant mortality rate
United States of America
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The United States’ infant mortality rate is fourth highest among 29 of the world’s most developed nations, a new report says.
SickKids contributes to first International Standards to assess fetal growth and newborn size worldwide
Brazil, China, India, Kenya, United States of America
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The international standards – one for the growing fetus and the other for newborns – provide doctors and midwives with clinical tools that can be incorporated immediately into practice during pregnancy and at birth.
Born equal: Babies born to healthy mothers worldwide grow similarly in the womb and are of strikingly similar size at birth
Brazil, China, India, Kenya, United States of America
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Poor nutrition and health, not race or ethnicity, cause most of the current wide disparities in fetal growth and newborn size
Research to assess breastfeeding knowledge and confidence of Canadian physicians
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The research team surveyed pediatricians, family physicians and medical residents across Canada.
Tanzania: Toronto Summit Sets Goals On Maternal Health
Tanzania, United Republic of
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Several hundred delegates and experts were in Toronto for the Saving Every Woman, Every Child summit, a continuation of official talks that took place in 2010 and resulted in what is called the Muskoka Initiative.
Premature labour: blood test gives hope of screening
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About 5% of women with signs of early labour give birth within 10 days, but there is no reliable way to tell false from true labour.
Newborns delivered by C-section to bond skin-to-skin in Toronto study
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“Skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth helps babies regulate their temperature and glucose levels,” says Dr. Jon Barrett, chief of maternal-fetal medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.
Seattle Children’s studies hormone that may save premature babies
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The goal: to give preemies a much needed edge, to cheat death and disability.
$100 million to S.F. hospitals for premature birth research
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals is receiving $100 million to fund research into premature birth over the next 10 years from a pair of prominent tech donors: Marc and Lynne Benioff and the Bill and Melinda Gates Toundation.
Infant simulator mimics neonatal emergencies
United States of America
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The mannequin, known as Newborn HAL, mimics a full-term baby at birth.