Survival Rates of Premature Babies Improve

The survival rate of babies born early has witnessed a lot of improvement. Further, premature babies are also making it to three years of age without any major disability, often the case among premature babies. Many of them go on suffer conditions like cerebral palsy or learning disabilities. This improvement could be due to the progress made in neonatal medicine. The survival rates of those born prematurely between 22 and 25 weeks went up from 40% in 1995 to 53% in 2006, a recent insight has revealed. Statistics show that nearly one in 12 babies in the UK is born prematurely. Though, the exact reason for this is not very clear, experts feel it could be due to many contributing factors such as overweight or consuming an unhealthy diet or smoking during pregnancy. Source-Medindia