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Births and Birth Registration in Mreyjeh

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 1972
The birth registration system in Mreyjeh was investigated to determine its usefulness to health clinics in initiating maternal and child care. Because Lebanon is divided into many subdistricts and because all births are to be registered with the mukhtar of that district by a specific time the study has shown that the data is incorrect and incomplete.
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Giving birth gives birth to neurons

Science, 2023
In mice, pregnancy results in new neurons that support recognition of ...
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Every birth a healthy birth

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2012
Progress in understanding and combating pneumonia, diarrhea, and other childhood illnesses has substantially reduced the percentage of children who die worldwide
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The Contribution of Birth Defects to Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2007
To assess the impact of birth defects on preterm birth and low birth weight.Data from a large, prospective multi-center trial, the First and Second Trimester Evaluation of Risk (FASTER) Trial, were examined. All live births at more than 24 weeks of gestation with data on outcome and confounders were divided into two comparison groups: 1) those with a ...
Siobhan M, Dolan, Susan J, Gross, Irwin R, Merkatz, Vincent, Faber, Lisa M, Sullivan, Fergal D, Malone, T Flint, Porter, David A, Nyberg, Christine H, Comstock, Gary D V, Hankins, Keith, Eddleman, Lorraine, Dugoff, Sabrina D, Craigo, Ilan, Timor-Tritsch, Stephen R, Carr, Honor M, Wolfe, Diana W, Bianchi, Mary E, D'Alton   +17 more
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Birth weight in live births and stillbirths

Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2016
ABSTRACTObjectiveTo establish a normal range of birth weights for gestational age at delivery and to compare the proportion of live births and stillbirths that are classified as small‐for‐gestational age (SGA) according to our normal range vs that of the INTERGROWTH‐21st standard.MethodsThe study population comprised 113 019 live births and 437 (0.4 ...
L C Y, Poon, M Y, Tan, G, Yerlikaya, A, Syngelaki, K H, Nicolaides   +4 more
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The birth of asthma

Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 1978
Abstract “Conditioning” procedures involving reciprocal inhibition, altered perception associated with hypnosis etc. were successful in greatly reducing or eliminating asthma in many subjects. This was so whatever the trigger (including allergy) and in spite of the failure of previously given orthodox treatments.
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Birth weight in children with birth defects

Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology, 2011
Birth defects (BDs) are a serious public health problem in Mexico. The objective of this paper was to identify the frequency of newborns (NBs) that are born small for gestational age with a birth defect.A cross-sectional study of NBs from hospitals part of the Mexican Institute of Social Security in Chihuahua, Mexico, was conducted. NBs were classified
Sonia, Montes-Núñez, Dora Virginia, Chávez-Corral, Sandra, Reza-López, Luz Helena, Sanin, Brenda, Acosta-Maldonado, Margarita, Levario-Carrillo   +5 more
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The practices of birth attendants and the safety of birth

Midwifery, 1986
Abstract Modern maternity services are organised on the assumption that birth is made safer by the use of obstetric interventions based on advances in science and technology. When results are impartially analysed, however, it is consistently found that on balance birth is made less safe by the indiscriminate use of even these sophisticated ...
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Birthing postures and birth canal lacerations

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2016
This study was performed to assess the differences in the birth canal lacerations following the lateral and fours posture deliveries compared with those following the supine posture deliveries.We examined the birth canal lacerations of our "low risk" pregnant women under the midwife-led delivery care at Japanese Red Cross Katsushika Maternity Hospital ...
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The birth of nanoChina

Nature Nanotechnology, 2007
With new research centres opening in Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, close links between government-funded laboratories and industry, and a plentiful supply of researchers, China is set to become a major player in nanotechnology.
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