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Premature birth (also known as preterm birth, or premie) is defined medically as childbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation. Most pregnancies last about 40 weeks. Premature babies are sometimes called preemies. About 12 percent of babies in the United States — or 1 in 8 — are born prematurely each year. In 2003, more than 490,000 babies in the U.S. were born prematurely. The shorter the term of pregnancy is, the greater the risks of complications. Infants born prem ...
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Premature Babies Organizations
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
- National Center for Health Statistics
- American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org/
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
- National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation http://www.marchofdimes.com/
- Merck & Co., Inc.
- National Eye Institute http://www.nei.nih.gov/
- University of Wisconsin Medical School, Dept. of Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics http://www.abp.org/
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