Improving health at birth

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Two news researach projects have found significant ways toi improve pregnancy outcome.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill found that administering magnesium sulfate intravenously could not only "halt [early] contractions" and preeclampsia, but it is also believed to reduce blood vessel constriction in the infants' brains. Treatment was associated with a 50% reduction in cerebral palsy.
A University of Texas Medical Branch team has found that folic acid "might cut the chances of delivering a premature baby by half or more.

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