High rates of low birth-weight babies, lower rates of breastfeeding, and exposure to toxins are some factors.

We shall be comparing the development of low birth-weight babies in each area, and also looking at their siblings.

New research links these periodontal bacteria to heart disease, diabetes, low birth-weight babies, and other nastiness you'd expect from bacteria running wild in the bloodstream.

An earlier trial in low birth-weight babies showed that zinc reduced their mortality by 34%.

Low birth-weight babies exposed to cocaine reacted much more slowly to the prick and cried less frequently and with lower amplitude.

Studies show that low birth-weight babies may have a high risk of developing diabetes, and prenatal trauma can impede brain development.

The percentage of low birth-weight babies, those born weighing less than 2,500 grams, was the same in both groups, 16 percent.

Feeding problems are more prevalent among low birth-weight babies.

On the other hand, I don't want to overstate the payoff because medical research has done virtually nothing to lower the incidence of low birth-weight babies.

During this period, the black community also experienced an increase in fetal death rates, low birth-weight babies, weapons arrests, and the number of children in foster care.