The unusual medical mystery has doctors around the world scratching their heads.
TORONTO -- A puzzling trend among pregnant women has doctors around the world scratching their heads, and a group of Canadian scientists is trying to crack the medical mystery.
“It is definitely surprising,” Dr. Jon Dorling, a neonatologist at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, told CTV News. “We would have expected that the increased stress from the pandemic … would have made it worse rather than better.” Preterm birth is the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide and can lead to a higher risk of cerebral palsy, vision loss and hearing problems. But doctors don’t have a complete understanding of what triggers early birth.Now, a group of researchers with the University of Manitoba is leading an international study in hopes of learning whether or not the trend is a statistical blip or part of a larger phenomenon linked to the way life has changed under COVID-19.
Researchers plan to survey 19 countries and enlist dozens of doctors to dig into birthing statistics.
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