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Babies born only a week early are at higher risk of a host of serious health problems from autism to deafness, research has shown.
A study of hundreds of thousands of British schoolchildren found that those born at 39 weeks are more likely to need extra help in the classroom than those delivered after a full 40 weeks in the womb.
The findings are particularly worrying because one in five babies in England and
Wales is born at 39 weeks.
Babies born one week early at risk of serious health problems
Seeded on Wed Jun 9, 2010 2:01 AM EDT
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I was born at 28 weeks back in 1966 . 3.6 lbs... wonder what that did ? short attention span in school to be sure. my math skills stink.
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