Sentences with phrase «than infants born»

Barker found that infants carried to full term with birth weights between 8.5 and 9.5 pounds had a 45 percent lower risk of developing heart disease later in life than infants born at 5.5 pounds.

Research has found that babies born to women vaccinated against flu had a 70 percent lower risk of getting the flu before 6 months of age than infants born to moms who didn't get a flu shot.

Not exact matches

Biblical literalism is a powerful force today; it tends to imprison people in attitudes that were suitable enough when science and technology were little dreamt of but which fail to illuminate a society in which, for instance, it is desirable, because of the effects of modern hygiene on death rates, for women to bear, on the average, perhaps a third as many infants as were appropriate two or three thousand or even two hundred years ago, a society in which war might mean something like the end of the species, or at least vastly closer to that than any war of the past could be.

One in five U.S. children are now born into poverty and the infant - mortality rate in parts of Detroit is higher than in Honduras, but the structural causes of poverty go unreported and remain invisible.

The fertilized ovum can be recognized as having some intrinsic value but less than that of the newly born infant.

Research indicates that some infants, particularly those born at less than 37 weeks gestation, may be subject to transient episodes of bradycardia, apnea, and oxygen desaturation when traveling in a standard car safety seat.

But infants born later were significantly smaller than babies born at lower elevations.

Today alone, over 11,000 children will be born in the United States, and more than half of these infants will be to first - time parents.

In a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, researchers led by Anita Kozyrskyj found that babies born by C - section harbored a different set of microbes in their digestive tracts than those born vaginally, and that infants who were breast - fed had a different recipe of bacteria in their guts than those who were given formula.

«A minority (fewer than 10 %) of newly born infants require active resuscitative interventions to establish a vigorous cry or regular respirations, maintain a heart rate > 100 beats per minute (bpm), and achieve good color and tone.»

Less than 1 percent of infants are born with a port - wine stain.

Although we are superior in saving the lives of infants born severely premature, women are 70 % more likely to die in childbirth in the United States than in Europe.

If these «late preterm infants» have no other health problems, they generally do significantly better than those born earlier, though they still face a higher risk of problems than babies who are born later in pregnancy.

Late preterm infants are usually healthier than babies born earlier, and they're almost as likely to survive as full - term babies.

His book is a tinderbox that will infuriate both the pro-C-section lobbyists (babies born this way are five times more likely to suffer allergies he points out) and the natural birthers (infant death globally between birth and 28 days appears twice as high after planned homebirth than hospital birth).

Between 1981 and 2006, the percentage of infants born preterm (less than 37 weeks) rose by more than one - third but has been on the decline since.

Many twins and multiples are born premature, and the risk of SIDS is higher for premature babies than for infants born at full term.

It found that infants born by C - section had more DNA methylation in their white blood cells than babies delivered vaginally.

Among infants born during 2010 — 2013, the gap in breastfeeding initiation between black and white infants was 17.2 percentage points, only slightly less than the 19.9 percentage point difference between black and white infants born during 2003 — 2006 (a timeframe when the methodology only included the landline sample)(4).

Infants born before the 37th week of pregnancy are premature, which places them at a higher risk for complications than full - term babies, explains HealthyChildren.org, a website published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The staff, which includes developmental pediatricians, neonatologists, a nurse practitioner, a psychologist, a psychometrist, and a nutritionist provide services for infants who were born weighing less than 1250 grams, discharged on oxygen or a monitor, or who had other special problems as a newborn.

The secret to mother - baby bonding might be breast milk, according to new research that determines that breast - feeding mothers are more likely than formula - feeding moms to bond with their infants in the months after they're born.

In the Philippines, where an infant born at home will generally stay at home regardless of birth weight, low birthweight infants were breastfed far longer when born at home than when born in hospitals.

Specifically, it depends on the age of the infant, as premature infants absorb medications at a different rate than those born at full - term.

One thing I recall about the first year after Ryan was born, was that, it was still the Ben show, essentially that Ryan fed, and napped on the go much more than Ben did as an infant, because Ben was in charge, I mean he had a personality and we needed to make sure that he got his energy out.

Every year, more than 20 million infants are born weighing less than 2.5 kg — over 96 % of them in developing countries.

They also tend to be born at a lower weight than term infants.

Twin infants born prematurely are less likely than twins born at term to be breastfed (Ostlund 2010).

Of 2128 women who delivered a live infant, we excluded 45 children born at a gestational age of less than 34 weeks, 325 children who were missing breastfeeding status at age 6 months and breastfeeding duration at age 12 months, and 446 children who were missing cognitive measures at ages 3 and 7 years.

About 10 percent of infants worldwide are born prematurely and about 15 percent of them weigh less than 1,500 grams and are classified as having very low birth weight (VLBW).

A separate study found infants whose gestation lengths were less than 38 weeks had microbiome communities that were low in Bifidobacterium and took 3 to 6 months to reach a normal Bifidiobacterium - rich community as compared to infants born at 40 or more weeks [9].

In Massachusetts, the breastfeeding initiation rate among term infants in 2002 was 76 %, while the initiation rate among premature infants was 68 %.1 Moreover, infants with the lowest gestational ages had the lowest breastfeeding rates (56 % initiation among infants born between 24 and 27 weeks compared with 69 % among infants born at 36 weeks» gestational age).1 Nationally, breastfeeding rates are lowest, 2,3 and rates of prematurity highest, 4 among African American infants, suggesting that breastfeeding rates nationally in premature infants will be lower than average.1

In a previous study of 24 healthy women, vaginal microbiome composition became less diverse between the second and third trimesters of pregnancy and just before delivery was enriched with Lactobacillus species, likely contributing to vertical transmission of these bacteria during vaginal birth.21 In a study of 10 newborns in Venezuela, within hours of delivery, the intestinal tracts of infants born vaginally were colonized by Lactobacillus and Prevotella, whereas infants delivered operatively acquired bacteria present on the mother's skin and the hospital environment, such as Staphylococcus, Proprionibacterium, and Corynebacterium.15 Quiz Ref ID Our findings, based on a large group of 6 - week - old infants, indicated that Lactobacillus also contributes to the microbial environment of the gut but to a lesser extent than Bifidobacteria, Bacteroides, and Streptococcus.

A new Canadian study finds that the microbiome of infants born via unplanned Cesarean had increased bacterial richness and diversity, more similar to that of vaginally born infants than planned Cesarean [10].

Infants born within two years of their older siblings have more than twice the risk of dying compared with infants born more than two years after their sInfants born within two years of their older siblings have more than twice the risk of dying compared with infants born more than two years after their sinfants born more than two years after their sibling.

Maternal supplementation, for some micronutrients, when needed benefits fetal development and is a much safer approach to micro nutritional needs than supplementing new born and young infants.

Participants were also less likely to smoke than mothers of infants born in 1998 — 2000 [27].

Less than one percent of Korean infants are born at home which indicates that Korea likely has the lowest annual rate of natural births.

Cobedding of twins and other infants of multiple gestation is a frequent practice, both in the hospital setting and at home.174 However, the benefits of cobedding twins and higher - order multiples have not been established.175, — , 177 Twins and higher - order multiples are often born prematurely and with low birth weight, so they are at increased risk of SIDS.101, 102 Furthermore, there is increased potential for overheating and rebreathing while cobedding, and size discordance might increase the risk of accidental suffocation.176 Most cobedded twins are placed on their sides rather than supine.174 Finally, cobedding of twins and higher - order multiples in the hospital setting might encourage parents to continue this practice at home.176 Because the evidence for the benefits of cobedding twins and higher - order multiples is not compelling and because of the increased risk of SIDS and suffocation, the AAP believes that it is prudent to provide separate sleep areas for these infants to decrease the risk of SIDS and accidental suffocation.

Infants born prematurely have an increased risk of SIDS, 101,102 and the association between prone sleep position and SIDS among low birth weight infants is equal to, or perhaps even stronger than, the association among those born at term.69 Therefore, preterm infants should be placed supine for sleep as soon as their clinical status has stabInfants born prematurely have an increased risk of SIDS, 101,102 and the association between prone sleep position and SIDS among low birth weight infants is equal to, or perhaps even stronger than, the association among those born at term.69 Therefore, preterm infants should be placed supine for sleep as soon as their clinical status has stabinfants is equal to, or perhaps even stronger than, the association among those born at term.69 Therefore, preterm infants should be placed supine for sleep as soon as their clinical status has stabinfants should be placed supine for sleep as soon as their clinical status has stabilized.

The authors reported that researchers and quality improvement executives tracking outcomes for very low birthweight infants (those born weighing less than 1,500 grams) have increasingly used the general term «human milk feeding» to refer to both MOM and DHM, seemingly ignoring the fundamental, scientific differences between the two.

Preterm infants are at increased risk of SIDS, 12,13 and the association between prone sleep position and SIDS among low birth weight infants is equal to, or perhaps even stronger than, the association among those born at term.14 Preterm infants and other infants in the NICU should be placed in the supine position for sleep as soon as the infant is medically stable and significantly before the infant's anticipated discharge, by 32 weeks» postmenstrual age.15 NICU personnel should endorse safe - sleeping guidelines with parents of infants from the time of admission to the NICU.

5 to 7 baby clothes, 2 to 3 clothes slightly bigger than infant size, in case your baby is born above average size

Even babies born just a few weeks early have higher rates of hospitalization and illness than full - term infants.

They found that infants born within 1 kilometer of a well were 25 % more likely to have low birth weights (less than 2500 grams or 5.5 pounds) than infants more than 3 kilometers away, they report today in Science Advances.

Now, health economist Janet Currie at Princeton University and her colleagues have tried to overcome those problems by looking at birth certificates for all 1.1 million infants born in Pennsylvania between 2004 and 2013 — a period that spanned the drilling of thousands of fracking wells in the state, which now has more than 10,000 of them.

For example, studies of newly born infants found that girls attended more to a female face than infant boys, whereas boys attended more to a moving object, such as a mobile.

Also, concentrations of vaccine - induced pertussis antibodies in infants born to mothers immunized with Tdap during pregnancy were significantly higher at birth and at age 2 months than in infants whose mothers were immunized postpartum.

The American Academy of Pediatrics, along with the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and the American Association of Certified Orthoptists recommend screening for ROP in infants born at less than 30 weeks of gestation or those with a birth weight of less than 1500 grams (or those with a birth weight of less than 2000 grams with an unstable clinical course).

The researchers selected 138 infants born at LPCH who spent less than 35 weeks in the womb and weighed less than 2 kg.