Teenie Preemies

08/22/2012

A study conducted in Mongolian schoolchildren found that vitamin D supplementation decreased the risk of respiratory infections among those who had low blood levels of vitamin D at the start of the study.

08/17/2012

I knew my first delivery would be cesarean because of my placenta previa, yet for my second delivery, I was told that if I delivered before 32 weeks, I would have another cesarean to decrease traum...

08/08/2012

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), in collaboration with a number of national partners, launched a public awareness campaign called “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” The campaign aims to educate parents about ...

08/03/2012

Premature babies are more likely to survive when born in high-level NICUs than in hospitals without such facilities. This fact is known yet the benefit of being born with access to these NICUs is ...

07/24/2012

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07/19/2012

Parents should avoid using benzocaine products to relieve teething pain for children under 2. They are at risk for the disease methemoglobinemia.

07/19/2012

Join the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition for our latest Emerging Science Webinar: Powerhouse Nutrients for Pregnancy and Lactation. The webinar will take place on Thursday, June 21st from 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern Time. Our speaker, Mary Harris, PhD, RD, will share the most recent ev...

07/19/2012

As a scientist, I spent many hours on my feet during my first pregnancy, and my baby had very poor growth (hyperemesis didn’t help). Once I was put on strict bedrest for placenta complicatio...

07/19/2012

The SELECT (Safety and Effectiveness of Lucinactant vs. Exosurf in a Clinical Trial) trial was Discovery Labs' pivotal Phase 3 RDS prevention trial that enrolled 1294 patients. It was designed as a multinational, multi-center, randomized trial to demonstrate the safety and efficacy ...

07/13/2012

Preemies Today is continuing to send well wishes to Kenna Moore, the world’s fourth-smallest surviving baby! She was discharged from Presbyterian Hemby Children’s Hospital in Charlotte...

07/12/2012

07/12/2012

a couple of events going on this month... 1st is the Teenie Preemie Pajama Jam July 27th at evolution noght club off montano and 4th and on July 30th and 31st All Day at Chilis off san mateo will donate 10% of your purchase when you come in with our flier