Kristie McNealy, MD

Every day throughout November, I have dedicated myself to publishing a post in honor of Prematurity Awareness Month. I haven’t been working alone though. All over the web, parents and relatives of preemies have been doing their part to raise awareness by sharing their own thoughts and experiences of prematurity. Today, I’m [...]

In honor of Prematurity Awareness Day, the March of Dimes released their national 2008 Premature Birth Report Card today.  They gave each state, and the country as a whole, a letter grade based on how their premature birth rate compared to the Healthy People 2010 goal of 7.6%.  Not surprisingly, with a premature birth rate [...]

Yesterday, in my first post for Prematurity Awareness Month, I encouraged you to sign the March of Dimes Petition for Preemies.  In the US, more babies die from premature birth than from any other cause, and the Petition for Preemies was started to urge Congress, the President, employers and healthcare providers to make a real [...]