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Study finds US birth weights inch down a bit
WASHINGTON - U.S. newborns are arriving a little smaller, says puzzling new Harvard research that can't explain why. Fatter mothers tend to produce heavier babies, and obesity is soaring. Yet the study of nearly 37 million births shows newborns were a bit lighter in 2005 than in 1990, ending a half-century of rising birth weights.
Source:(AP)
2010-01-24
Exercise During Pregnancy Keeps Newborn Size Normal
MONDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Along with keeping mom healthy, regular exercise during pregnancy helps prevent excessive newborn weight, a new study shows.
Source:(HealthDay News)
2009-09-23
Doctors baffled by Indian village of over 200 sets of twins
KODINJI, India (Reuters Life!) - Walk around Kodinji village and you'll think that you have double vision.
Nations:India Source:(Reuters)
2009-08-05
Call for autopsy to unravel tragedy of stillbirth
WASHINGTON - Adding to the devastation of her daughter Clare being stillborn is the fact that Erin Fogarty Owen doesn't know why: What went wrong in a pregnancy that seemed textbook? And that unknown means Owen is facing her new pregnancy with as much fear as joy, repeating what she calls sanity sonograms for reassurance that this baby's still fine.
Source:(AP)
2009-03-02
California woman makes history with healthy octuplets
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - In only the second time in US medical history, a woman in California has given birth to eight babies, who remain in intensive care but are in a stable condition.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2009 U.S. Octuplet Birth Source:(AFP)
2009-01-27
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