Mounting number of premature and low birth weight babies are an issue of growing concern among the health officials of Calgary. Premature babies accounted for 9.3 per cent of births in 2004. That’s up from 8 per cent in 1999. Meanwhile, low...

Pregnant women who take vitamin supplements can reduce the risk of having an underweight baby. A study was conducted on over 8,500 women in Tanzania; half of them received vitamin supplements and the rest got placebos. The percentage of low...