... States is failing hundreds of thousands of its youngest citizens on the day they are born, according to the March of Dimes. In the first of what will be an annual Premature Birth Report Card, the ...
... percent of babies born preterm had a birth defect, according to the research by a team of investigators from the March of Dimes, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and several ...
... those infants were delivered by a cesarean section, (c-section), according to research by investigators from the March of Dimes and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that will ...
... feeding difficulties, temperature instability (hypothermia), jaundice and delayed brain development.
The March of Dimes also is helping to support a large World Health Organization study to evaluate ...
... is troubling," said Joann Petrini, Ph.D., director of the March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center. "Preventing preterm birth is crucial to reducing the nation's infant mortality rate and ...
... cells that forms in the first day of life find direction and purpose, he says.
A grant from the March of Dimes, whose mission is to prevent birth defects and infant mortality, is enabling him to ...
... the relationship between maternal smoking and certain birth defects, Dr. Gary Shaw of the March of Dimes and colleagues from institutes in Norway, Holland, and Texas, studied serum samples collected ...
... lasts 40 weeks. A report released earlier in November by the March of Dimes gives the United States a "D" grade for its rate of preterm births, which increased between 1981 and 2005 from ...
... Last month, the U.S. received a set of grades from the March of Dimes, the nation's leading organization committed to preventing preterm births, that were nothing short of horrible.
... the serious neurological problems associated with late preterm births. Dr. Joann Petrini of the March of Dimes and colleagues from institutions throughout the United States studied more than 140,000 ...
... Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, president of the March of Dimes.
"We are committed to raising public awareness ... palsy and mental retardation.
Last month, the March of Dimes issued its first-ever Premature ...
... said Alan R. Fleischman, M.D., senior vice president and medical director of the March of ... sixth study by SMFM members to be honored by the March of Dimes for innovative research focused on preventing ...
... 's Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children, (ACHDNC). "The March of Dimes and its chapters nationwide can be proud of their leadership role to essentially eliminate the ...
... , full-term infants, according to new statistics from the March of Dimes. The average medical cost for healthy full-term ... ; Alan R. Fleischman, M.D., March of Dimes senior vice president and medical ...
The nation's preterm birth rate declined slightly in 2007 – a finding that the March of Dimes hopes will prove to be the start of a new trend in improved maternal and infant health. The preterm birth ...
