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Deaths from the Mexican influenza epidemic have the cytokine storm pattern of young, healthy adults. Inflammatory cytokines can be blocked by anti-inflammatory foods.

Folic acid has been shown to decrease a mother's chance of neural tube defects. New research also suggests that folic acid may reduce preterm birth.

A definition of gestational diabetes, how it is diagnosed, the treatments and the complications that can occur if the disease is left uncontrolled.

Because organs and organ systems of premature infants aren't fully developed, these infants are at risk for a host of health problems.

Mixed connective tissue disease is a distinct syndrome with features of arthritis, lupus, poymyositis and scleroderma that can progress to lupus or scleroderma.

An infant born at 38 to 42 gestational weeks is considered full-term. When a baby is delivered before 37 weeks, the infant is considered a premature birth, or preemie.

The 37th week of pregnancy is usually the arrival date for a premature baby, or preemie. Preemies need extra special care in the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU.

Tick-borne diseases can be caused by bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and rickettsia. Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a rickettsial disease, can be fatal.

Platelets are fragments of larger cells found in the bone marrow. While they don't possess a nucleus and their lives are short, these "cells" serve a vital role.