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Slightly Early Births Linked To Autism, Dyslexia

By Kate Kelland, tinyurl.com/26lfftc

Babies born just 1 or 2

weeks before their 40-week gestation due date are more likely to develop

learning difficulties such as autism or dyslexia, according to a British

study published on Tuesday.

The findings show that even

babies born at 39 weeks -- the point at which many women choose to have a

Caesarean section delivery -- have an increased risk of a developing a

learning disability compared with babies born a week later at 40 weeks.

Scientists in Scotland, analysing the birth

history of more than 400,000 schoolchildren, found that while babies born at

40 weeks have a 4 percent risk of learning difficulties, those born at 37 to

39 weeks of gestation have a 5.1 percent risk.

" There was an increasing risk of special

educational needs as the gestation date fell, so as deliveries got earlier,

the risk went up, " said Jill Pell, an expert in public health and health

policy Glasgow University, who led the study.

" Even being just a week early put the

risk up. "

It is already known that a baby born

prematurely -- for example at 24 weeks of gestation -- is more likely to have

learning difficulties. But the risks for babies born in the 24 to 40 week

range had not previously been studied.

According to the World Health Organisation,

more and more women worldwide are delivering by caesarean section and a

" significant proportion " of these surgical procedures are performed

without any clear medical need.

Around a third of babies are born between 37

and 39 weeks of gestation, either by caesarean section or natural vaginal

delivery.

Rates of autism have also been rising, with

worldwide prevalence estimated at between 1 to 2 people in every thousand,

although experts say this may be partly due to better diagnosis.

Pell noted this rise but said it would be

" a leap too far " to link her findings directly to rates of autism,

since autism was only one of a range of

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