Most moms will carry her baby to term, while one out of ten will have a premature birth. Prematurity and low birth weights are leading causes of developmental disabilitiessuch as cerebral palsy. A new study involving University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers shows that liquid Epsom Salt may be protective.
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URI professor Judith Mercer talks about the benefits of delaying umbilical cord clamping for very low birth weight babies. Delaying for just 30-45 seconds at birth causes less bleeding in babies’ brains, and fewer infections, and the babies nursed better, were warmer, and cried less.
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North Texas: New mom, A. Solomon, shares in her own words about the incredible care her son received at a Baylor Health Care System hospital after he was born at just 24 weeks at 1 pound, 9 ounces
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Dr. Dwight Rouse discusses the ability of Progesterone to prevent pre-term labor.
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Emily Defranco of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis discusses her research on pre-term births and how spacing pregnancies at least 12 months apart can decrease a woman’s risk of having a pre-term delivery.
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Rice MBA student describing first two weeks of “boot camp.”