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Gene For Dyslexia Identified

...gene in question is responsible for disturbing the fetal nerve cell movement during brain development. "However, the development of a drug to combat dyslexia is very far off," Schumacher said....

Seroxat Heart Abnormalities Risk Doubted

... ultrasound and echocardiogram, which can rule out fetal cardiac problems in early pregnancy. Antidepressants should never be stopped abruptly as this can have serious ramifications for the mother," he added....

Birth Defects Link With ACE Inhibitor Use, FDA Reports

...ew ACE inhibitors were a possible cause of adverse fetal outcomes when exposure occurred later in pregnancy, but it has not been well studied in the first trimester,’ Cooper said. ‘We were very surprised that even after controlling for other risk factors, the TennCare records we examined showed a clear inc...

Placental Protein Leads To The Onset Of Preeclampsia - Researcher Finds

...ies worldwide and is a major cause of maternal and fetal mortality, particularly in developing nations. ‘...e onset of seizures, as well as the development of fetal growth restriction and the HELLP syndrome. HELLP, which stands for hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes...

Birth Defects Caused By Deficiencies In Cell Signaling Pathway

...roblems in the formation of multiple organs during fetal development. br>...

Prostate Cancer Risk Linked To Early Estrogen Exposure

...ated, turns up in human blood and in placental and fetal tissues in even higher concentrations. In this study, a research team led by Dr. Gail Prins of the University of Illinois at Chicago and Dr. Shuk-Mei Ho of the University of Cincinnati exposed rats to low doses of estradiol, a natural estrogen, or ...

Children Benefited By Moderate Maternal Stress?

... in the expectant mother might prove beneficial to fetal maturation,// according to research conducted at the Johns Hopkins University and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The study is published in the May/June 2006 edition of the journal Child Development. "We found that mod...

Ultimate Destination of anti-depressant, Prozac

...he possible effects of Prozac and related drugs on fetal and adolescent brain development. The researchers are currently using the approach and tools they’ve developed to explore whether other treatments for depression--including other drugs and deep brain stimulation--act in the same way as Prozac or in...

Risk of Heart Disease Greater from Mom than Dad

... from mothers may be due to genetics, some form of fetal programming of metabolism and other heart-disease risk factors, or the sharing of risky habits and behaviors during childhood. br>...

Preeclampsia Risk Can't Be Overcome By Taking Antioxidants

...an assistant professor in the division of maternal fetal medicine at Magee Women's Hospital at the University of Pittsburgh, said that the trial addressed only low-risk groups and found "vitamin supplementation showed no apparent benefit in reducing the rate of preeclampsia or poor infant outcomes." Addi...

Limiting milk can hamper Babies’ Growt

.... The negative impacts of this dietary practice in fetal development would definitely alter the outlook of mothers-to-be as well as health professionals. The study chose a cup of milk as the benchmark as this contains about 2.5 micrograms of vitamin D. although this by itself is significantly below the d...

Alcohol Intake During Pregnancy Is Bad For The Baby’s Hear

...an dysregulation in human kids. These kids develop fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) later in their life. They suffer from a variety of behavioral alterations such as altered sleeping,eating patterns, attention deficits, depression symptoms, abnormal brain wave activity, fragmented rapid eye movemen...

Concerns About Popular Anti-Ulcer Pill Used For Inducing Labor

... can be confident that there are really no adverse fetal effects that can be attributed to misoprostol.' To...redicts Dr. Deborah Wing, a specialist in maternal fetal medicine at the University of California, Irvine. 'Because of the highly litigious nature of medical...

Government Hospital’s Poor Functioning Claims Lives Of 138 Infant

...eriod. The team observed that early detection of fetal distress and proper neonatal resuscitation could have prevented many of the deaths caused by birth asphyxia and that facilities for investigation were not utilized nor expert opinion sought in most cases. About 800 children, till the age of 12, are...

Rubella- a Thing of the Past in US

...to her fetus. The early 1960s saw more than 11,000 fetal deaths due to rubella and about 20,000 infants with congenital rubella syndrome. Since then, a more effective vaccine, developed in the 1970s has helped to eliminate the transmission of rubella from an expectant mothers to her unborn child. There w...

To Wait Or Not

...nitoring as inductions often increases the risk of fetal distress or even a ruptured uterus. The chances of Caesarean birth, with long recovery periods are also increased. According to the guidelines of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' induced labor is recommended in cases of mat...

Use Of Alcohol During Pregnancy Affects Newborns

...29 percent were delivered by Caesarean section for fetal distress compared with 14 percent for the other babies, and they were 1.6 times more likely to be transferred to the special care unit. It seems critical to get the message to women before they become pregnant that alcohol and pregnancy do not mix,...

Expect Your Baby in Just 39 Weeks!

...erm period is attributed to better capabilities in fetal monitoring, that has given rise to medically assisted deliveries. As a result there are fewer stillbirths, delivery-related deaths, and delivery-related medical problems. Nancy Green, Medical director of MD feels, there is widespread concern that s...

Fetal Neural Grafts Improves Motor and Cognitive Function in Huntington Patients

...'s disease// who previously received intracerebral fetal neural grafts had improvements in both motor and cognitive function. But the same investigators reported today that the improvements in Huntington's disease patients plateaued after two years and then began to decline over the next two to four yea...

Mercury Exposure Does Not Affect Intellectual Development

...igned a study to analyze the effects of mercury on fetal development and the long-term effects of the same. The determination of mercury content of the mother’s hair provided a good indication of the level of exposure to mercury. No significant side effects were however documented even when the child ha...

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