Preterm birth and low birth weight were associated with lower intelligence quotient (IQ), poorer academic performance, and a greater need for special educational support. Stronger associations were ...

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Scientists have found that two factors related to birth are linked to lower intelligence scores and poorer educational outcomes later in life. Babies born before 37 weeks of gestation, known as ...

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine establish an ad hoc committee to provide an overview of the current status of the ...

People who give birth to infants less than 5.5 pounds may be more likely to have memory and thinking problems later in life than people who give birth to infants who do not have a low birth weight, ...

Children conceived through medically assisted reproduction are more likely to be born premature and are at greater risk of being born small than naturally conceived babies, according to new research ...

Birth weight serves as an important determinant of infant health in the future. Low birth weight is associated with a higher mortality rate, as well as can make an infant more susceptible to ...