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The global theme for World Prematurity Day 2022 is, "A parent’s embrace: a powerful therapy. Enable skin-to-skin contact from the moment of birth." Check out some tips to embrace your preterm-born child with utmost care

Exactly? >> this report found that last year the u.s. preterm birthrate rose to 10.5%, 10.5%. thats a significant number, and i spoke with the march of dimes chief medical officer dr. henderson about this. i asked her, well, whats the takeaway from this report? her response was powerful. have a listen. >> the main thing to take away, i think, is the fact that there are too many babies being born too soon. you know, one in ten. if you were to have ten babies in front of you and one of them having...

Giving birth later in age. some have underlying health conditions and some gave birth while having covid-19. now i did speak with the march of dimes chief medical officer dr. henderson about this. she told me that 10.5% preterm births here in the u.s. is completely unacceptable. have a listen. >> the main thing to take away i think is the fact that there are too many babies being born too soon. if you were to have ten babies in front of you and one of them having to face the complications that c...

As a thank you to UT Health Tyler’s Family Birthplace and neonatal intensive care unit teams, and to raise awareness during National Prematurity Awareness Month, Millennium Neonatology is partnering with

As a thank you to UT Health Tyler’s Family Birthplace and neonatal intensive care unit teams, and to raise awareness during National Prematurity Awareness Month, Millennium Neonatology is partnering with

Women are dying prematurely from heart disease; one reason may be premature estrogen loss, according to researchers.

A new study adds to a growing body of evidence showing that facilitated emotional connection between preterm babies and their parents can improve brain development.

With no overall survival benefit thus far, plus other concerns, editorialists "urge caution" before accepting abemaciclib as a standard of care in early breast cancer without mature data.

The relationship between adding salt to foods and mortality is uncertain. Similarly, the magnitude of the effect of a reduction in salt intake on peoples health is not clear.

Even small declines in life expectancy of a tenth or two tenths of a year mean that on a population level, a lot more people are dying prematurely than they really should be.