Kristie McNealy, MD

Tonight, Grey’s Anatomy (Hello, my name is Kristie, and I’m a Grey’s Anatomy addict…) opened with a baby being delivered 10 weeks premature by emergency c-section. Mom had been in an auto accident, and both mom and baby had bleeding on their brains. When the baby is failing, and her death seems imminent, Karev picks [...]

A study recently published in the Fetal & Neonatal Edition of Archives of Disease in Childhood reveals that premature infants are being exposed to surprisingly high levels of non-drug ingredients found in liquid medications. These ingredients, known as excipients, are chemicals added to medicines to improve their taste, absorption and to prolong their shelf-life. Excipients [...]

A study of 800 pregnant women published in the journal Human Reproduction found that pregnant moms who were severely depressed had twice the risk of having a preemie, while women with less severe symptoms of depression had a 60% higher risk for preterm delivery. The study was carried out by the research arm of Kaiser [...]