Surgeon general meeting aims to lower preterm birth

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 06/16/2008 - 12:08

WASHINGTON (AP) -- One in eight babies - well over half a million a year - are born premature, a toll that's risen steadily for two decades with no sign of stopping....

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