Word: nicu
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...this "Eastern Partnership" - which nudges them towards European norms of democracy, open markets and the rule of law - is also jeopardized by the crisis. "When E.U. member states themselves are entering dire straits, it will also be increasingly difficult to commit more E.U. funding for the neighbors," says Nicu Popescu from the European Council on Foreign Relations. (Read: "How One Man Plans to Sink the European Union...
What immediately draws your eye at the hospital is the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)--where up to 30 babies at a time spend their first days and weeks tangled in tubes and wires, struggling to keep warm and learning what full-term babies already know: how to breathe, suckle and swallow. Zachary Sean Noble is one of the smallest. Born three months early at 1 lb. 7 oz.--as light and fragile as a carton of eggs--he can breathe only with the help of a ventilator. As he sleeps, his tiny chest heaves and the translucent fingertips...
...that its rate of preterm births--1 in 7--is one of the highest in the nation. The Chandler Medical Center's is even higher, a stunning 27%. But that's in large part because so many high-risk patients are transported to its state-of-the-art NICU facility, designed to accommodate the most vulnerable newborns. Like many other teaching hospitals, the medical center could be viewed as a victim of its success. But Dr. James Ferguson, chair of the University of Kentucky's department of obstetrics and gynecology and a seasoned professor who flashes a smile when...