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Now is the Best Time in History to Be Born Early!

Now is the Best Time in History to Be Born Early!

  • Post author:Erica Zahn
  • Post published:August 3, 2016
  • Post category:neonatal respiratory distress syndrome/Rare Disease

Fifty years ago, a baby born at 22 weeks didn't have a very significant chance for survival. It wasn't until the early 1970s that specialized equipment was developed to take…

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How to Keep Your Unborn Baby Safe From RDS

How to Keep Your Unborn Baby Safe From RDS

  • Post author:PW Blogger
  • Post published:July 19, 2016
  • Post category:neonatal respiratory distress syndrome/Rare Disease

Do you know the most common reason people are hospitalized?  No, it's not a heart attack. It's not pneumonia. It's childbirth! Every year in the United States, about 4 million…

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Bringing Awareness: Neonatal RDS

Bringing Awareness: Neonatal RDS

  • Post author:Kristen Lord
  • Post published:July 14, 2016
  • Post category:neonatal respiratory distress syndrome/Rare Disease

With less than 200,000 cases per year, Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome (or Neonatal RDS) occurs when a child's lungs have not fully developed and are lacking the substance surfactant, which helps…

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Vaccine Vanquishes Stillbirth in Pregnant Women

Vaccine Vanquishes Stillbirth in Pregnant Women

  • Post author:Ronald Ledsen
  • Post published:June 29, 2016
  • Post category:neonatal respiratory distress syndrome/Rare Disease

You really have to feel for the poor flu vaccine. Not only is it a target of the inexplicable “anti-vax” movement that would have us believe all vaccines are the…

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