U.S. gets low marks for rise in premature birth rate
Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 13:42
in Health & Medicine
March of Dimes score is a D. Fueling the rise could be later motherhood, more multiple births and an increase in C-sections. 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.
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