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New York Study on Birth Defects and Low Birth Weight

Even if they're not disabled, low birth-weight infants still face increased risks of physical and mental problems as teens, U.S. researchers report. It's known that low birth weight increases the risk for major disabilities such as mental retardation and cerebral palsy. This new study shows that low birth weight may also be associated with minor problems in motor skills and in cognitive abilities -- thinking, learning and memory -- that can last into the teen years.

Reporting in the October issue of the journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, researchers at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City conducted intelligence and motor-skills tests on 474 non-disabled teens, average age 16, who weighed less than 2,000 grams (4.5 pounds) at birth.

The results showed that these teens had more motor-skills problems than other teens. While their IQ scores were within the normal range, the average scores of the low birth-weight teens were significantly lower than the average for their age group, the researchers found.

Erbs Palsy

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Did You Know

How birth Injury are caused and the resulting damage?

A child may sustain brain injuries due to a variety of causes, including accidents or other trauma, infection, lack of oxygen, etc. All of these can occur during childbirth.

Birth injury or defect results:

Mental Retardation
Cerebral Palsy
Epilepsy
Autism

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