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The first countywide maternal tobacco use findings from San Bernardino County. Loma Linda, Ca (PRWEB) May 01, 2013 Researchers at Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) have conducted a study that documents the impact of mothers who smoke during pregnancy on adverse birth outcomes in San Bernardino County. “Estimating the Impact of Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy: The San Bernardino County Experience” has been published in the online edition of the “Journal of Community Health.”...
South Florida drug rehab center, Into Action Treatment, supports the March of Dimes walk, focusing on helping the health of mothers and babies. Miami, Florida (PRWEB) May 01, 2013 Into Action Treatment recently supported the March of Dimes walk, which was to raise awareness and increase the health of mothers and babies. This is especially important to Into Action as they continue their work to help their clients recover from drug addiction. They see the March of Dimes as an important...
Children's signature event has raised more than $15 million since its inception in 1992 MINNEAPOLIS, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 1,000 people filled The Historic Milwaukee Road Depot on Saturday, April 27 and raised more than $2.2 million for The Mother Baby Center, a partnership between Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, the largest neonatal program in the region, and Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minnesota's largest obstetrical center. The event broke a...
New Yorkers Walk Together for Stronger, Healthier Babies NEW YORK, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Two-time Super Bowl MVP, Eli Manning, kicked off March for Babies in Manhattan this morning. Manning was joined by March of Dimes Foundation President, Dr. Jennifer L. Howse and GE Aviation's General Manager, Bill Fitzgerald, who is the 2013 National March for Babies Chairman. Thousands of New Yorkers turned out for the March of Dimes largest annual fundraising event. Started in 1970,...
New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis points to a common species of bacteria as an important contributor to bacterial vaginosis, a condition linked to preterm birth and increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases. The condition affects one in every three women, making it more common than yeast infections. But bacterial vaginosis often does not cause significant symptoms, leaving many women unaware they have it. “Bacterial vaginosis can precipitate...
Preventing Preterm Births Saves Babies' Lives WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Babies in the United States had a better chance of surviving infancy in 2011 than ever before. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the US infant mortality rate fell in 2011 to 6.05 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births, an all-time low. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130214/DC59689LOGO) The infant mortality rate declined in part because...
Sprout shares some of their most popular healthy products to support a good cause. Irvine, CA (PRWEB) April 20, 2013 The March of Dimes in St. Cloud, MN hosted an April 13, 2013 event for one of their biggest fundraising efforts, The March for Babies. March for Babies is a day of remembrance to those who have lost babies in the NICU. Although Sprout did not have an operator in the Saint Cloud area, they still wanted to help in any way possible and decided to do so by sharing their...
National initiative raises funds for March of Dimes efforts to help moms have full-term pregnancies and healthy babies. SAN ANTONIO, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Seventy-five years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt founded the March of Dimes to "lead, direct and unify" the fight against polio. What President Roosevelt, a polio survivor himself, likely could not have envisioned was that just three-quarters of a century later, polio would be eliminated from the United States....
Celebrities, Entertainment and Sports Stars Commemorate 75 Years of Stronger, Healthier Babies WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrities from music, film, television, and sports are lending their star power to bring attention to this year's March for Babies, the March of Dimes premier fundraising event that will take place in 750 communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico in most communities at the end of April. (To view the...
Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut (RMACT) sponsors March of Dimes' annual fundraiser "March for Babies" in Fairfield and Danbury, CT. Danbury, CT (PRWEB) April 16, 2013 For the fourth consecutive year, Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut (RMACT) is sponsoring the March of Dimes and its annual fundraiser, “March for Babies.” Like March of Dimes, RMACT believes in the power of education and necessity of research for widespread healthy pregnancies....
Latest Preterm birth Reference Libraries
Labor Induction is a process of giving an artificial start to birth with medical intervention or other methods. When an induction is not performed for emergency or other medical reasons, the method is considered an elective process. The decision to induce labor has increased in recent years due to its convenience or because it easily accommodates busy schedules. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, however, say that labor should only be induced when it is more risky...
