Epsom Salts May Protect Premature Babies

Preliminary data suggests that Epsom salts given intravenously to women about to deliver extremely premature babies help reduce brain damage and death among the infants, Australian researchers reported Tuesday. Children born before 30 weeks' gestation -- about two months early -- run a higher risk of death and brain problems, including cerebral palsy, said the report published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.

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