What The Study Did: This study looked at whether going to sleep on your back in the third trimester of pregnancy was associated with average lower birth weights.
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Authors: Lesley M.E. McCowan, M.D., of the University of Auckland in New Zealand, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.12614)
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