premature birth
premature delivery

Nearly half of all premature births have no known cause.

Their first daughter, born in 1953, died five days after a premature birth.

They are given when delivery would result in premature birth.

And the rate of premature birth has grown by 27 percent since 1981.

The premature birth had taken a toll on her baby's health.

Two hours later, she gave premature birth to a lovely baby girl.

She died later that year after complications from a premature birth.

Premature birth also raises a child's risk for hearing problems.

By his own account, he was a premature birth, arriving two months early.

Even now, there are lingering effects of his premature birth.

"Is the procedure effective enough to risk those premature births?"

Premature birth can be caused by a problem with the fetus, the mother, or both.

The need to prevent premature births is a compelling one.

"Likely to be a genetic factor with the premature birth, then," she said.

"There's no history of premature births in her family," said Peter.

The woman may be given drugs to prevent premature birth, which could require a stay in the hospital.

Their son Scott died in infancy following a premature birth.

Efforts to reduce premature births need to be at the top of our health care agenda.

The baby died some time after the premature birth.

He could have been there to stop his wife from killing a man and nearly losing her own life by giving premature birth.

Blacks have higher rates of premature births than do whites.

While harmless to the woman, it could promote premature births, she said.

It was a premature birth, a confused and disoriented being.

As you and I are well aware, premature birth runs strongly on both sides of our family.

The study did not include life style factors, like smoking, that might increase the risk of premature birth.

The risks associated with premature delivery, however, are far greater.

The marked difference was independent of the medical reason for premature delivery.

In addition, women with hepatitis B are more likely to have a premature delivery.

Marijuana use can cause premature delivery, small size, and low birth weight.

Consumption is also known to help prevent premature delivery and low birth weight.

Whichever you have, it can cause low birth weight or premature delivery of the baby.

There is some evidence that taking fish oil during the last ten weeks of pregnancy can help prevent premature delivery.

Criminal operations, therefore, are not a conspicuous cause of premature delivery.

Q. You mentioned stress as a factor in premature deliveries.

"That's one good thing about premature delivery," he said.

Marijuana will slow the fetal growth rate and can result in premature delivery.

"Basically, it's an infection in the mother that led to premature delivery.

But doctors need to look for new remedies for the problem of premature delivery, he said.

This is called premature delivery or fetal demise and requires immediate medical attention.

This group had healthier pregnancies with fewer complications and premature deliveries.

Too much caffeine during pregnancy might cause premature delivery, low birth weight, and harm to the baby.

In point of frequency, premature delivery ranks far below either abortion or miscarriage.

Women with severe disease are more likely to have a premature delivery and a baby with a low birth weight.

For this study 160 women at risk of premature delivery were randomly allocated to the trial drug or placebo (80 each).

Q. If we know so much about what is going wrong in premature deliveries, why haven't attempts to prevent them been successful?

In addition, certain treatments have the potential to weaken the cervix and may slightly increase the rate of premature delivery.

It is estimated that one-third of these low birth weight deliveries are due to premature delivery.

Jiang has a premature delivery, but is nonetheless very weak.

Infections during pregnancy can lead to premature delivery, serious infection of the newborn, or even stillbirth.

High doses of caffeine have also been linked with miscarriage, premature delivery, and low birth weight.