UK News 07-01-2005 who: Professor of Paediatrics Kate Costeloe what: Says almost half of very premature babies suffer from disabilities where: University of London, LONDON when: Wednesday snippet: A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine and reported in The Times says "that although 54 per cent of children born between 20 and 25 weeks` gestation had no, or at worst mild, problems, 46 per cent suffered from moderate to severe disabilities, including cerebral palsy, low intelligence, blindness and deafness". [... more]

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