#lowbirthweight — Public Fediverse posts
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Inside a Kenyan Maternity Ward Being Starved by US Foreign Aid Cuts
The Trump administration's decision to cut funding for World Food Program operations has left families desperate.https://murica.website/2025/12/inside-a-kenyan-maternity-ward-being-starved-by-us-foreign-aid-cuts/
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U.S.-born Black Minnesotans who experienced greater segregation, and wider inequalities in education, income, employment, and incarceration were more likely to have premature or low birth weight babies. Improving birth outcomes requires a multisectoral approach. #NICHDImpact #HealthDisparities #Segregation #Income #Neighborhoods #Minnesota #Incarceration #Premature #LowBirthWeight
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Women living in a predominantly Black neighborhood gave birth to infants that weighted less, on average, than women living neighborhoods where less than 75% of the residents were Black. #HealthDisparities #LowBirthWeight #RacialSegregation #Neighborhoods #NICHImpact
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Sight-saving drug to be offered to premature babies, announces NHS | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-newborn-sight-retinopathy-drug-b2368855.html#RetinopathyOfPrematurity
#ROP
#Retinopathy
#PrematureBabies
#Sight
#NHS
#LowBirthWeight
#Retina
#Ranibizumab
#VascularEndothelialGrowthFactor -
Sight-saving drug to be offered to premature babies, announces NHS | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-newborn-sight-retinopathy-drug-b2368855.html#RetinopathyOfPrematurity
#ROP
#Retinopathy
#PrematureBabies
#Sight
#NHS
#LowBirthWeight
#Retina
#Ranibizumab
#VascularEndothelialGrowthFactor -
Sight-saving drug to be offered to premature babies, announces NHS | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-newborn-sight-retinopathy-drug-b2368855.html#RetinopathyOfPrematurity
#ROP
#Retinopathy
#PrematureBabies
#Sight
#NHS
#LowBirthWeight
#Retina
#Ranibizumab
#VascularEndothelialGrowthFactor -
Sight-saving drug to be offered to premature babies, announces NHS | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-newborn-sight-retinopathy-drug-b2368855.html#RetinopathyOfPrematurity
#ROP
#Retinopathy
#PrematureBabies
#Sight
#NHS
#LowBirthWeight
#Retina
#Ranibizumab
#VascularEndothelialGrowthFactor -
Sight-saving drug to be offered to premature babies, announces NHS | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-newborn-sight-retinopathy-drug-b2368855.html#RetinopathyOfPrematurity
#ROP
#Retinopathy
#PrematureBabies
#Sight
#NHS
#LowBirthWeight
#Retina
#Ranibizumab
#VascularEndothelialGrowthFactor -
New evidence: incarceration of birth fathers during pregnancy increases their child’s risk of premature birth, low birthweight, small size, and NICU admission.
#LowBirthweight #MassIncarceration #Incarceration #Fathers #NICHDimpact
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Women living in a predominantly Black neighborhood gave birth to infants that weighted less, on average, than women living neighborhoods where less than 75% of the residents were Black.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34378455
#HealthDisparities #LowBirthWeight #RacialSegregation #NICHImpact #RacialDisparities #InfantHealth #Neighborhoods #ResidentialSegregation