Neonatal

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- Smoking during pregnancy increases cancer risk in child - 3.3
- Teenage fathers have babies with birth problems - 3
- Water aerobics in pregnancy help pregnant women during labor - 2.9
- Early C-section babies have health problems - 2.6
- 40 times increase in drug affected newborn babies - 2.5
- Fertility treatment twins face higher risk - 2.1
- Nicotine gum for pregnant smokers - 2

Neonatal articles

Antenatal syphilis screening may reduce adverse pregnancy outcomes
About 2·1 million pregnant women have active syphilis every year. Without screening and treatment, 69% of these women will have an adverse outcome of pregnancy. The objectives of this study were to review the literature systematically to determine the effectiveness of screening interventions to prevent congenital syphilis and other adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Birth weights in US have declined
Birth weights in US have declined during the past 15 years, revealed by researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute's Department of Population Medicine.

Fertility treatment twins face higher risk
Twins born as a result of assisted reproductive technology (ART) are more likely to be admitted to neonatal intensive care and to be hospitalised in their first three years of life than spontaneously conceived twins, according to new research in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction.

40 times increase in drug affected newborn babies
The number of newborns suffering serious drug withdrawal symptoms (Neonatal Withdrawal Syndrome - NWS) is now more than 40 times higher than in 1980, revealed by a A new Australian study.

Pregnant urged to give up smoking before 15 week
Women who stop smoking before week 15 of pregnancy cut their risk of spontaneous premature birth and having small babies to the same as non-smokers, according to research published on bmj.com today.

Smoking during pregnancy increases cancer risk in child
New research by the Cancer Institute NSW has provided the strongest indication yet that smoking during pregnancy increases a child's likelihood of developing cancer.

Early C-section babies have health problems
A new study has found that babies delivered by elective Caesarean section before 39 weeks of pregnancy, to mothers who previously had an elective C-section, are much more likely to have serious health problems than newborns delivered under the same circumstances at 39 weeks.

Water aerobics in pregnancy help pregnant women during labor
A course of water aerobics classes has been shown to reduce the amount of pain-killing medication women request during labor.

Effects of a first miscarriage on future pregnancies
Miscarriage (or spontaneous pregnancy loss) is defined as pregnancy loss before 24 completed weeks of gestation. There is a 20% (one in five) risk of pregnancies ending in a miscarriage in the first three months and one in 100 women have recurrent miscarriages (three or more successive miscarriages).

Nicotine gum for pregnant smokers
Nicotine gum might help pregnant women to reduce the number of cigarettes they smoke, which could reduce their risk of having premature or low-birthweight infants.

Teenage fathers have babies with birth problems
Teenage fathers carry an increased risk of adverse birth outcomes, whereas advanced paternal age is not an independent risk factor for adverse birth outcomes, revealed by researchers in a study published in Human Reproduction.

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