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Twins taken 25 miles from new mother  -  25 Mar 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,A spokesman for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said that when Miss Rayner gave birth, only one neonatal intensive care cot was available at St James's

Baby boys more likely to die than girls: study  -  25 Mar 2008
AFP..."Changes in obstetrical practice and neonatal medicine that saved all but the weakest babies have benefited boys more than girls because boys were more

Discovery may bring special treatment for male babies  -  25 Mar 2008
EurekAlert (press release),These findings were published in the journals Archives of Disease in Childhood, Fetal and Neonatal Edition and Pediatric Research.

Kaiser Opens New Hospital in SF Valley  -  25 Mar 2008
ktla 5,The labor and delivery department covers an entire floor, with 13 labor and delivery suites and a 24-bed neonatal intensive care unit.

Male Infant Fatality Rate Higher Than Female Infants  -  25 Mar 2008
RedOrbit,Researchers attribute the lowered infant mortality rate to improved methods of neonatal care. The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the

Baby boys in developed nations more likely to die than baby girls  -  25 Mar 2008
Thaindian.com,Due to this they concluded that having neonatal ICUs and delivering through a C-section could help save the lives of baby boys.

Raised by Wolves  -  25 Mar 2008
SunHerald.com,The women recently toured Memorial Hospital at Gulfport's neonatal intensive-care unit and decided to help buy a new, specialized isolet for the unit.

Boys More Likely to Die in Infancy Despite Healthcare Advances  -  25 Mar 2008
MedPage Today,..."Changes in obstetrical practice and neonatal medicine that saved all but the weakest babies have benefited boys more than girls because boys were more

Hoag, CHOC Strike Deal for Children Care  -  25 Mar 2008
Orange County Business Journal,In a memo to employees, Hoag said that its neonatal intensive care unit will continue to serve newborn babies and wouldn’t be affected by the transfer.

Male Infant Death More Likely  -  25 Mar 2008
InjuryBoard.com,Conditions such as neonatal respiratory distress syndrome are linked to pre-term birth - occuring in infants whose lungs are underdeveloped - and making it

Baby super-centre a step closer  -  25 Mar 2008
Bolton News,The extension will cost £2 million and takes the hospital one step closer to becoming one of three neonatal, baby and children's super-centres in Greater

Radio DJ shows his Heart in charity run  -  25 Mar 2008
Maidenhead Advertiser,Mr John will be raising money on April 13 for The Stillbirth and Neonatal Deaths Society (SANDS) in memory of Megan, the daughter of his friends Chris and

Where nurses are bullied, the quality of patient care declines  -  25 Mar 2008
News-Medical.net,A new article published in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing reviews the psychological and social issues related to bullying in the

Director Rob Cohen and wife welcome triplets  -  25 Mar 2008
Celebrity Baby Blog,They’re now in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit where they will stay for the next month before coming home. Barbara is terrific and coming home from the

Now, nurses to take care of neonatal units  -  Mar 18, 2008
The Statesman,KOLKATA, March 18: Realising a shortage of doctors will continue to be a major hurdle to run neonatal care units in the state, the experts,

Money main reason for doctor exodus  -  Mar 23, 2008
TVNZ,Knight saves the lives of New Zealand's most vulnerable as the clinical head of Auckland Hospital's neonatal unit. He has served the hospital for 24 years,

PerkinElmer Achieves Milestone In Global Deployment Of  -  Mar 24, 2008
Laboratory Network,The Specimen Gate product portfolio is a critical element of both neonatal and prenatal screening programs, many of which are implemented at the state or

£750000 boost for vital baby unit  -  Mar 24, 2008
Lancashire Evening Post,Sarah Hardacre, 20, of Fulwood, Preston, knows only too well how vital the neonatal unit is. Sarah, who works as a chef at Fulwood barracks, gave birth to

Neonatal jaundice is common but often harmless  -  Mar 19, 2008
The Post,Signs of severe hyperbilirubinemia or neonatal jaundice include listlessness, high-pitched crying, apnea (periods of not breathing) and arching of the back.

PerkinElmer Elects John Sherwin Director, Lab Operations For ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),...including PerkinElmer Genetics Inc., a neonatal screening reference laboratory, and NTD Laboratories, a reference laboratory specializing in prenatal

Double joy for couple after rare condition is treated  -  Mar 23, 2008
GulfNews,..."Similarly in Neonatal Hemochromatosis the mother produces antibodies that attack and destroy the liver of her unborn child, for reasons that are still

A LIFELINE FOR OUR SOLDIERS  -  Mar 23, 2008
Chandigarh Newsline,From Cardiac Care Unit (CCU), Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to physiotherapy department, all have been equipped with modern machines.

Tupelo hospital project to expand neonatal intensive care  -  Mar 18, 2008
SunHerald.com,AP A $15 million expansion project at North Mississippi Medical Center Women's Hospital is for its newly designed neonatal intensive care unit.

Three babies ill after virus outbreak at ERI neonatal unit  -  Mar 3, 2008
Scotsman,By GARETH ROSE THREE babies have fallen ill following an infection outbreak at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary neonatal unit. It is understood that all the

Two tragedies, one cause  -  Mar 23, 2008
Calcutta Telegraph,At the Ahmedabad municipal hospital, initial reports said the warmer in which premature babies or those suffering from neonatal jaundice had been kept,

PMC auxiliary's auction to benefit new neonatal intensive care unit  -  Mar 15, 2008
Pocono Record,The Auxiliary of the Pocono Medical Center's 20th annual auction will benefit development of a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the hospital for

Maternity crisis splits triplets  -  Mar 21, 2008
BBC News,..."Of that you can expect at least 10% to require some kind of neonatal care. "We have 17 cots that provide intensive and high dependency care and then I have

Cross-border care  -  Mar 21, 2008
Spokane Journal of Business,The Spokane area’s other two major hospitals, Holy Family Hospital and Valley Hospital & Medical Center, don’t offer neonatal intensive care services.

Neonatal Jaundice – Get Full Information With Its Therapies  -  Mar 12, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,Is counted as a normal phenomenon in most of the cases and this type of neonatal jaundice is expected to disappear after few days and that too without any

Intensive care cot boost following major investment  -  Mar 21, 2008
This Is Lancashire,By Citizen reporter A major three quarter of a million pound investment in neonatal services at the Royal Preston Hospital, part of Lancashire Teaching

Regional meeting on Neonatal Tetanus Eradication kicked off  -  Mar 11, 2008
Yemen News Agency,She pointed out that the meeting would contribute in boosting national role for getting rid of neonatal tetanus via making use of experiences of

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Sierra Vista Medical Center gets ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
KSBY,The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit will be expanded from 16 licensed beds to 22. As the community continues to grow, the need for more space in the NICU

Little love bunny  -  Mar 22, 2008
Peoria Journal Star,Pat Hegwood, patient care manager for St. Francis' neonatal unit, said central Illinois is a very generous community and it just took the help of Wilson and

300 delegates attend neonatal symposium  -  Mar 6, 2008
Gulf Times,THE Second International Neonatal Cardio-Respiratory Symposium got under way yesterday at the Hamad Training Centre with a colourful opening ceremony.

HMC hosts conference on neonatal disorders  -  Mar 6, 2008
Peninsula On-line,Doha • The three-day International Conference on Neonatal Cardio-Respiratory disorders began here at the Hamad General Hospital (HMC) premises yesterday.

Neonatal Biomarkers Signal Fetal Alcohol Syndrome  -  Mar 6, 2008
MedPage Today,Levels of fatty acid ethyl esters in the neonatal meconium correlate significantly with neurodevelopmental deficits at age 2, reported Jennifer Peterson,

CAS Medical Systems, Inc. Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance for ...  -  Feb 28, 2008
CNNMoney.com (press release)CASMED is the first and only company currently in the marketplace to have received FDA regulatory clearance for Cerebral Oximetry for use in Neonatal and

Program will help families with babies in neonatal unit  -  Mar 5, 2008
Daily Mail - Charleston,May went home four days later to her three older children, leaving the twins in the neonatal intensive care unit. "It was a horrible feeling," she said.

Procedural Pain Guidelines for the Newborn in the United Kingdom  -  Mar 18, 2008
Medscape (subscription)Experience in a neonatal intensive care unit affects painresponse. Pediatrics 1996; 98: 5-925. Anand KJ. Clinical importance of pain and stress in preterm

The G53D Mutation in Kir6.2 (KCNJ11) Is Associated with Neonatal ...  -  Mar 6, 2008
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,Context: Mutations in the Kir6.2 subunit (KCNJ11) of the ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K ATP ) underlie neonatal diabetes mellitus.

Local Children's Miracle Network champion could help raise ...  -  Mar 22, 2008
MyWestTexas.com,He was hospitalized for more than three months at Medical Center Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit. Within two weeks of his birth, John Ross developed

A Neonatal Niche  -  Feb 26, 2008
SmithsonianThis was in 1980, when neonatal care was fairly new. "We were what I call Rube Goldberg nurses," says Rogone. "We would take things and make things because

Sharon in line for top honour  -  Mar 20, 2008
Ipswich Evening Star,She showed she was a very dedicated nurse who is an asset to the neonatal unit and who we believe deserves this recognition as she is a very hardworking

Phototherapy for Neonatal Jaundice  -  Feb 27, 2008
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of

Pinpointing When A Fetus Develops Male Genitalia, And Birth ...  -  Mar 13, 2008
Science Daily (press release)These defects were associated with a decreased ano-genital distance, leading to the suggestion that measuring human neonatal AGD could provide a noninvasive

Premature triplets split up due to care shortages  -  Mar 20, 2008
Cambridge Evening News,PREMATURE triplets were sent to three different hospitals 48 hours after they were born because of neonatal care shortages. Alistair, Harry and Rosie German

Somanetics 1Q Profit Falls on Costs  -  Mar 18, 2008
Houston Chronicle,...the quarter as the company began shipments of its new sensors for cerebral and somatic monitoring in pediatriac and neonatal intensive care units.

Toronto CEO donates to West Bank hospital  -  Mar 18, 2008
Globe and Mail,...to the Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem, which provides low-cost or free obstetrical care and runs the town's only neonatal intensive-care unit.

Viewpoint: Beating the E.coli bug  -  Mar 17, 2008
Belfast Telegraph,However, some strains can be nasty, causing gastroenteritis, neonatal meningitis and even septicaemia and pneumonia. As most people are aware,

Registered Nurse - RN  -  Mar 21, 2008
ADVANCE,With Charleston's only Level One Trauma Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Transplant Services, we are the leader in advanced health care.

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