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Tana Ramsay joined Tuesday’s Loose Women to mark World Prematurity Day, twenty years after she gave birth to her twins, Jack and Holly, prematurely. Tana and her husband, chef Gordon, are parents to Jack and Holly, Megan 22, Tilly, 18 and Oscar, 19 months. They lost their son Rocky when Tana was five months pregnant … Read more
A couple who lost four babies in two years have welcomed miracle triplets – after spending $6,000 on surgery to prevent premature labor. Crystal Milutinovic, 29, from Ohio, is over the moon after giving birth to Malina, Kostadin and Aleksija, now two months, on September 10. She and husband Marco, also 29, endured two years … Read more
The risk of premature death — including from cancer or cardiovascular disease — is reduced by around a quarter among those who eat chilli peppers, a study found. Researchers from the US found that the anti-inflammatory properties of capsaicin — the compound that gives peppers their fiery taste — may have wide health benefits. These include … Read more
Every two degree rise in temperature increases the risk that pregnant women will give birth prematurely or have a stillbirth by 5% Researchers looked at the link between high temperatures and birth outcomes – preterm birth, birth weight and stillbirths – across 70 studies The risk of pregnant women giving birth prematurely or having a stillbirth rose … Read more
A premature baby stuck in America for five months with a 10 per cent chance of survival is now thriving back in the UK. Lily Borrill, who has just celebrated her first birthday, was born in Baltimore, US, at 25 weeks gestation weighing just 1lb 11oz while her distraught parents were on holiday. She hit … Read more
Scientists discover an ‘off switch’ for vision loss in premature babies and diabetics that prevents blood vessels growing over the retina Researchers found a protein linked to the regression of blood vessels in mice These blood vessels in mouse eyes naturally disappear soon after they are born As they disappear levels of the protein found … Read more
Twitter to remove or label tweets about election rigging or premature results to combat misinformation Twitter announced it will remove or label misleading tweets starting next week The firm will sniff out those with false information regarding the election This includes election rigging, premature results and vote tallying By Afp and Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com … Read more
Mothers who give birth to premature babies are at nearly TWICE the risk of dying early compared to other women, study finds An Icahn School of Medicine study reviewed records on more than two million women Swedish who gave birth between 1973 and 2015 Women who delivered before they were 37 weeks pregnant were 1.7 … Read more
Women who have a premature baby are twice as likely to die young, new study suggests Greatest risk of death highest in the first decade after birth but persists 40 years Study published in British Medical Journal and led by Swedish Research Council The findings show ‘clinical follow-up’ is needed to check for chronic disorders … Read more
A premature baby born during lockdown helped his father pop the question with a note left on a hospital neonatal ward. When mother Sian Stafford, 26, was called back to the incubator to see that two-day-old Cobie had been taken off his breathing machine she initially missed the note. But after father John Sellors, 29, … Read more