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U.S. Health Leaders Aim to Cut Premature Birth Rate
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Title U.S. Health Leaders Aim to Cut Premature Birth Rate
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/576305?src=rss
Description U.S. health leaders this week are crafting a blueprint on how to reverse the worrisome steady increase in babies being delivered prematurely, with one in every eight U.S. infants now born pre-term. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Date Jun 20, 2008
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