Low birth weights News

THURSDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Newborns with a low birth weight due to their mother's poor nutrition during pregnancy may be "programmed" to eat more, research in animals suggests. The finding may help explain the connection between low bi...

THURSDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- Families caring for extremely low birth weight babies generally face a higher chance of having to cope with developmental difficulties, but researchers who have tracked the tiniest babies have come upon some g...

TUESDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- A protein from cow's milk could reduce by about two-thirds the rate of serious blood infections in babies born weighing less than 3.3 pounds. That's the conclusion of a study published in the Oct. 7 issue of the...

MONDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Low birth weight babies have a much greater risk of developing kidney disease later in life, according to researchers who reviewed 32 observational studies. The meta-analysis found that people who were less than ...

THURSDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- Respiratory problems experienced by low birth weight infants can persist into adulthood, U.S. researchers report. Young adults with a history of low birth weight (less than 5.5 pounds at birth) have an increase...

THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- As if expectant mothers don't have enough to worry about, new research suggests that a woman's exposure to phthalates, a chemical compound found in many plastics, may be linked to low birth weight in infants. ...

MONDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- A mechanism linking smoking during pregnancy to low birth weight has been identified by Danish researchers. They found that smoking during pregnancy lowers production of an enzyme called endothelial nitric oxide ...