Premature Birth

• Major new Calgary study tackles ‘really big problem’ of premature births

  Researchers hope a new blood test will identify risks in pregnant women.

  Health

  May 5, 2021
  
• NICU nurse cares for baby, finds out dad was patient 30 years ago

  While looking through old baby photos, the new parents discovered the shocking similarity.

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  Feb 19, 2020
  
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• Baby born 117 days after stroke leaves Czech mother brain-dead

  Czech doctors believe they have set a new record. having delivered a healthy baby girl nearly four months after a stroke left her mother brain-dead.

  Health

  Sep 3, 2019
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• Gardens of Grace fills gaps for grieving parents, advocates for better support

  The non-profit aims to offer community-led peer support and information for parents who lost their children.

  Health

  Mar 21, 2019
• Faith-healing parents plead guilty to negligent homicide in baby’s death

  It marked the fifth criminal case in Clackamas County, south of Portland, involving the death of a child from the religious community known as the Followers of Christ Church.

  Health

  Jul 10, 2018
• ‘Dad’s Night’ planned to help fathers of premature, sick babies at IWK Health Centre

  The event brings together new dad's who presently have children at the NICU with other fathers who have gone through the same experience.

  Canada

  Jun 15, 2018
• World Prematurity Day: 1 in 10 babies born prematurely in Quebec

  The birth of a baby is one of the most joyful times in a family's life but for some, life hangs in the balance if the baby is born prematurely.

  Health

  Nov 17, 2017
• Women with insomnia more likely to deliver premature babies: study

  The study found women with sleep disorders were about twice as likely to deliver babies more than six weeks early.

  Health

  Aug 10, 2017
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• Preemie Power spreading message in Moncton

  Moncton's Preemie Power is spreading premature birth awareness ahead of World Prematurity Day

  Health

  Nov 14, 2016
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• Possible culprit in preterm births discovered: Researchers

  Researchers have uncovered a surprising possible trigger for some preterm births: calcium buildup in the womb, similar to the kind that stiffens older people's arteries or causes kidney stones.

  Health

  Nov 9, 2016