Premature Birth

The stunning case of an baby who was declared dead, only to be found whimpering in the morgue nearly 12 hours later, has riveted Argentina. The family said it plans to sue the Hospital Perrando where the little girl named Luz Milagros was born and later...

Late in the pilot of "Boardwalk Empire," Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) peers into a fortune teller's shop, watching her read someone's palm. The camera frames him through the glass front door, the writing on the door standing out in front......

Lace up your sneakers and take a walk for the tiniest members of our society on April 17 in the March of Dimes 2011 March for Babies -- the nation’s oldest fundraiser honoring healthy babies and those who need help to survive and thrive. Locally,...

Residents of all ages will hit the pavement Sunday morning in support of healthy babies in Crystal Lake as a part of the March for …...

Darrell Armstrong may work for the Dallas Mavericks, but his heart will always be with Orlando. Before Tuesday's Mavericks-Orlando Magic contest, Armstrong took time to visit with families who had been supported by his Darrell Armstrong Foundation for...

Fifth grade students from Renbrook School in West Hartford raised over $6,300 for the March of Dimes by earning dollars with every book they read in March. The students read books in school and at home as participants in the March of Dimes Reading...

There were 11,256 bottles of wine in the cellar of Antoine's Restaurant on the morning of Aug. 29 when Hurricane Katrina struck, some of them rare, most of them expensive and all of them ruined when the power failed, the air conditioning died and the...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having a short cervix increases a pregnant woman's chance of delivering prematurely, and a new study suggests going on bed rest does nothing to allay that risk. Researchers found that women were more than twice as likely to...

For some babies, the liquid is life saving. Now more will be able to receive human breast milk when the area's first milk depot — a place where nursing moms can drop off donated breast milk for other women's infants — opens Tuesday at...

In recent weeks, the March of Dimes has held its annual March for Babies walks across the Chicago area. The walks benefit community programs and research aimed at helping pregnant moms reach full-term pregnancy. According to the March of Dimes, 1 in 9...

When the international child welfare organization Save The Children began crunching the data for its latest report on mortality rates of newborn babies, it came up with a locally stunning finding: Of the largest counties in the United States, Lehigh...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued its strongest warning against the use of a drug prescribed off-label to prevent preterm labor, saying it appears to be ineffective at delaying premature births and poses serious health risks for pregnant...