Vicki Forman's twins weighed only a pound at birth. She thought they should be allowed to die. Doctors disagreed.

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MARQUETTE -- Parents Shane and Sarah Reinfelder get to hold their newborn twins for the first time on Friday. A special moment because it's a miracle little Valerie Marie and Kaylin Joy are even here.

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Infusing the mineral, magnesium, to at risk mothers-to-be, was found to protect preterm babies from developing cerebral palsy, according to scientific analysis on several studies involving 6145 babies.

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March for Babies 2008

Hundreds and hundreds of people arrived at Metro Beach in Harrison Township, Michigan yesterday morning for a common cause - saving babies. And thousands more across the country did the same.

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Skin-to-skin contact between a preemie, born at 28 to 31 weeks, and its mother can lessen the severity of the pain and help the infants recover, McGill University researchers found.

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Premature babies who receive morphine may grow up to be more sensitive to pain, a study on rats suggests. US researchers found rodents given the drug just after birth later needed higher doses of morphine to kill pain than counterparts in a placebo group.

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Today, the National Center for Health Statistics released final birth data for 2005 showing that the preterm birth rate, the percentage of babies born at less than 37 weeks gestation, is continuing its relentless rise, with more than 525,000 babies, or 12.7 percent, born prematur …

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Viagra has been used by doctors on Tyneside as a last resort to save the life of a premature baby. Lewis Goodfellow was born at 24 weeks weighing just 1lb 8oz. One of his lungs had failed and not enough oxygen was able to get into his bloodstream.

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