Kristie McNealy, MD

In a time when the preterm birth rate in the rest of the United states is steadily climbing, a carefully coordinated prenatal care program at UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Parkland Memorial Hospital has cut it’s number of preterm deliveries by more than half!
In 1988, 10.4% of babies were born premature, which is close to the [...]

On January 26th, 2009, a 33-year-old woman named Nadya Suleman gave birth to octuplets, 9 weeks premature. The fact that this pregnancy was carried all the way to 30+ weeks is a miracle, but beyond that it looks like more of a nightmare.
According to statements made by Suleman’s mother, Angela Suleman, the woman chose [...]

We already know that researchers are finding an increased incidence of autistic traits in preemie toddlers, and now a much larger study has found a high rate of positive autism screening tests in preemies at the age of two.  The new study, carried out at 14 hospitals in 5 states, studied babies born more than [...]