Collaborate Disseminate
Between the 1930s and the 1950s, something sort of strange happened in the United States. The infant mortality rate went into decline, but the number of babies that died within …read more Continue reading Virginia Apgar May Have Saved Your Life
Christina Warren was about 12 years old when she started receiving credit card bills. After that, she started getting collection notices. It was at that point that her parents had to convince the creditors that their daughter’s identity had been stolen. Continue reading Babies’ data being sold to tax fraudsters on the dark web
The Florida doctor is one of the leaders in the fight against the debilitating disease. Continue reading Christine Curry Is Helping Expecting Mothers With Zika Prepare For an Uncertain Future
Newborn humans are both amazingly resilient and frighteningly fragile creatures. A child born with a 40 full weeks of gestation has pretty good odds of surviving the neonatal period these days, and even if he or she comes along a few weeks early, things usually go pretty much smoothly. But those babies that can’t wait to get out and meet the world can run into trouble, and the earlier they’re born, the greater the intervention needed to save them.
We’ve all seen pictures of remarkably tiny babies in incubators, seemingly dwarfed by the gloved hands of an anxious parent who …read more
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The effects are still essentially unknown. Continue reading More Pregnant Moms Are Smoking Weed, and We’re Not Sure What That Means
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About 100 pregnant women in Florida have tested positive for Zika. Doctors expect most of them will be carried to term. Continue reading How American Doctors Are Preparing Families for Children With Zika