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  ScienceDaily: Low Birth Weight Linked To Psychological Distress In Adulthood
Low birth weight is associated with adult psychological distress, according to a new study published in the July issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry.
As found in previous studies, low birth weight was associated with an increased risk of cognitive deficit (having an IQ of less than 100) at the age of seven, and with childhood behavioural disorder.
Low birth weight for gestational age is a marker for impaired foetal growth.
www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/07/050701063314.htm   (1742 words)

  
 low birth weight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Low birth weight has long been identified as a problem for Colorado...
Low Birth Weight infants are classified as those infants born weighing 5 pounds, 8...
The low birth weight paradox is a certain observation relating birth weights and...
www.weightloss-101.com /articles/low-birth-weight.html   (291 words)

  
 Men's Sexual Health - Race, Gender Affect Fate of Low Birth Weight Babies
In the study, researchers led by Dr. Steven Morse, from the department of pediatrics at the University of Florida, looked at the death certificates of 5,076 extremely low birth weight infants.
One expert believes that mortality among low birth weight infants is related to the lack of neonatal care.
Copel believes that with proper prenatal care there would be fewer low birth weight infants and better survival among those who are born prematurely.
www.menssexhealth.com /ms/news/529950/main.html   (744 words)

  
 HealthScout-Consumer Health News, Information and Resources Updated Daily-Women-Race, Gender Affect Fate of Low Birth ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
For those born at 501 to 600 grams, the survival rate was 36 percent, and for those born at 601 to 700 grams the survival rate was 62 percent.
However, women who deliver low birth weight infants often haven't received prenatal care, he noted.
Learn about hormones, birth control, pregnancy, menopause, breast exams and much more from womenshealthissues.net.
www.healthscout.com /news/1/529950/main.html   (473 words)

  
 Dr. Koop - Low-Birth-Weight Babies Become Successful Adults   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A Canadian study has good news for parents of babies born at an extremely low birth weight: As these children grow up, they seem to catch up with their normal-birth-weight peers -- graduating from high school, getting jobs, living on their own and entering into adult relationships.
"They were doing just about as well as children born of normal birth weight.
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www.drkoop.com /newsdetail/93/530891.html   (540 words)

  
 Intrauterine Growth Retardation (Low Birth Weight, Small for Gestational Age, Dysmaturity, Intrauterine Growth ...
Intrauterine Growth Retardation (Low Birth Weight, Small for Gestational Age, Dysmaturity, Intrauterine Growth Restriction)
Alternate Names : Low Birth Weight, Small for Gestational Age, Dysmaturity, Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Intrauterine growth retardation, or IUGR, is a condition in which a fetus grows at a slower rate than expected.
www.3-rx.com /intrauterine-growth-retardation/default.php   (288 words)

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