Study: Gender, other factors guide preemies' survival
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_he_me/extreme_preemies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080416/capt.31d3dc07545a454eb2454a0aa27212d5.extreme_preemies_tnbw101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=G7rKYUSDe3zCxxZZ.sGuog--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Clara Elaine Tuley, born Jan. 4, 2008, was 1-pound 6-ounces when she was delivered by emergency Caesarean section, to Jolene Tuley, left, who was 23 1/2 weeks into her pregnancy. Clara, who is shown with her parents Jolene and Sean Tuley of Mount Juliet, Tenn., at Vanderbuilt Children's Hospital, in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, April 15, 2008, is now 5-pounds 5-ounces and is scheduled to go home soon. (AP Photo/Bill Waugh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Doctors now have a better way of helping parents make an agonizing decision ? whether to take heroic steps to save a very premature baby. The number of weeks in the womb has generally been the chief factor.</p><br clear="all"/>

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