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Quitting smoking during pregnancy lowers risk of preterm births
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Apr, 20 (ANI): A recent study claims that smoking during pregnancy can have negative health impacts. According to researchers smoking during pregnancy can result in low birth weight, delayed intrauterine development, preterm birth, infant mortality, and long-term dev
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India to have maximum number of births on new year day
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Prediction of the United Nations about India to be the world's most populous country in the 21st century may soon turn into a reality as the nation is likely to produce as many as 69,944 babies on New Year's Day. Globally, around 18 per cent of total baby bir
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Omega-3 fatty acids can reduce risk of premature birth
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 16 (ANI): According to a study, pregnant women should increase the intake of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) to reduce the risk of premature births.
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Still births are caused by secondhand smoke
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] July 21 (ANI): In developing countries around the world especially in Asia, secondhand smoke causes thousands of still births every year.
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India makes groundbreaking reduction in MMR, says WHO
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): India has made groundbreaking progress in reducing maternal mortality ratio (MMR), from 556 per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 130 per 100000 live births in 2016.
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Experts call for screening of heart defects among newborns
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): According to the National Family Health Survey, the infant mortality rate (IMR) in India stands at 34 per 1000 live births. About 10 percent of these infant deaths can be attributed to congenital heart diseases (CHD) alone.
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Microbial bacteria can help identify signs of premature births
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Jan. 24 (ANI): It came to light with a recent study that changes to the communities of microbes living in the reproductive tract of pregnant women could help to spot those at risk of giving birth prematurely.
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India registers significant decline in Infant Mortality Rate, gender gap
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday informed that Infant Mortality Rate, IMR in India has declined by three points, from 37 per 1000 live births in 2015 to 34 per 1000 live births in 2016, compared to two points decline last year.
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World Contraception Day: The right birth control method for you
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 26 (ANI): If statistics are anything to go by, the maternal mortality ratio in India is 174/100,000 live births. About 45,000 Indian women die of pregnancy and related complications every year.
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America's new dads are getting older
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 31 (ANI): The average age of newborns' fathers in the United States has grown by 3.5 years over the past four decades, according to a new study.
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Demographic design of the proxy war in the Kashmir Valley
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 01, (ANI): Affected with Pakistan sponsored Terrorism, Kashmir valley of India's Jammu and Kashmir state has witnessed double number of births annually since Census 2001. Fertility Tables published by Census 2011 indicate that there were 85,157 live births in the
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Outdoor Air Pollution linked with one million preterm births per year in I
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI-NewsVoir): The research, led by a team from The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of York, found that in 2010, about 2.7 million preterm births globally, or 18 per cent of all preterm births, were associated with outdoor exposure to fine p
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