BBC News - A study has linked a small number of cases of cerebral palsy to antibiotics given to women in premature labour.
The UK study found 35 cases of cerebral palsy in 769 children of women without early broken waters given antibiotics.
This compared with 12 cases among 735 children of women not given the drugs. Advice is being sent to the study's 4,148 mothers and a helpline set up.
Medical experts stressed pregnant women should not feel concerned about taking antibiotics to treat infections.
The Oracle study was the largest trial in the world into premature labour and was set up to investigate whether giving antibiotics - which might tackle an underlying symptomless infection - to women with signs of premature labour would improve outcomes for babies.
One in eight babies in the UK is born prematurely and prematurity is the leading cause of disability and of infant death in the first month after birth.
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