When Marie Hiagler had her first child, Brianna, she was born just like any normal child. Soon after her birth, however, her mother found that something was not so normal–Brianna spit up whatever she drank. She also threw up whatever she managed to swallow. The Interpreter movie download Dr. Dolittle 2 movie Her confused doctors said the child suffered from terrible reflux. Brianna failed to progress like other infants her age; she never was able to crawl of even roll over. After Brianna turned 1, a doctor found calcification in her brain area and diagnosed her with cerebral palsy, but the child didn’t gain weight and had a much smaller head than children with cerebral palsy. Eventually Brianna was diagnosed with an aggressive form of a rare premature aging disease called Cockayne Syndrome. Bugsy Malone download Punisher: War Zone movie download Penelope video Love and Bullets divx We Own the…
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November 26, 2008California hospital specializes in treating the infant brain
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Nation gets a "D" in new March of Dimes report
November 19, 2008Our country is failing hundreds of thousands of its youngest citizens on the day they are born, according to the March of Dimes. Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy hd In the first of what will be an annual Premature Birth Report Card, the nation received a “D” and not a single state earned an “A,” when the March of Dimes compared actual preterm birth rates to the national Healthy People 2010 objective. The only state to earn a “B” was Vermont. Eight others earned a “C,” 23 states earned a “D,” and 18 states, including Texas, plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia got failing grades of “F.” War Wolves video The National Healthy People 2010 preterm birth objective is to lower the rate to 7.6 percent of all live births. Latest available data (2005) show that the national preterm birth rate is 12.7 percent. In Texas, the…
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