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Researchers link two more genes to sudden infant death syndrome

...iac genes to the list of potential links to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), increasing the possibility ...yR2. SIDS -- the sudden, unexplained death of an infant under 1 year old -- is estimated to cause 2,500 infant deaths each year. "Combined with our previous...

UF scientists restore sight to chickens with blinding disease

...hild is born. "There are only a few clues that an infant may have this disease," Semple-Rowland said. "Often parents will notice that their child doesn't seem to be smiling at or looking at faces. Children may also poke or rub their eyes, behaviors clinically known as oculo-digital signs that may produce s...

The structure of a virus infecting bacteria resembles a human virus

...g children. Diarrhoea is one of the main causes of infant mortality in developing countries. By studying the viruses in bacteria, researchers can determine various characteristics about the life cycle of viruses that are much harder to study using dangerous human viruses. The newly described structure of t...

New tool tracks brain development in babies

...." Hypoxic ischemia remains an important cause of infant mortality and morbidity, with an incidence of between one and two per 1,000 live births in the United States. ...

With cochlear implants, earlier use leads to better speech

...part of research that indicates the earlier a deaf infant or toddler receives a cochlear implant, the better his or her spoken language skills at age 3 and a half. The research was conducted by Johanna Grant Nicholas, Ph.D., research associate professor of otolaryngology at Washington University School of M...

Gene variation increases SIDS risk in African Americans

About five percent of deaths from SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) in African Americans can be traced... SIDS -- the sudden and unanticipated death of an infant with no detectable lethal disorder -- is the leading cause of infant deaths in the United States, re...

Component in soy products causes reproductive problems in laboratory mice

...be found in foods containing soy such as soy-based infant formulas as well as over-the-counter dietary supplements. The results of this study conducted by researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, in collaboration with an i...

Pittsburgh researchers discover that certain chemicals in the blood may indicate brain injury

...d because doctors rarely receive a history that an infant has been shaken, the patients are too young to talk, and the symptoms such as vomiting and fussiness are common in many childhood illnesses. Infants who are misdiagnosed may be inadvertently returned to a violent caretaker and be re-injured, someti...

There's something fishy about human brain evolution

...ides both an energy source for the rapidly growing infant grey matter, and also, says Dr. Cunnane, a greater concentration of DHA per pound than at any other time in life. Aquatic foods are also rich in iodine, a key brain nutrient. Iodine is present in much lower amounts from terrestrial food sources such...

Genetic and environmental influences on alcohol consumption among rhesus monkeys

...red) during the first several months of life among infant rhesus monkeys had later effects on alcohol consumption. "Two percent of the total variation in alcohol consumption depended on whether the monkeys had been reared by their mothers or not," he said, "with mother-reared animals drinking significantly...

Infants can organise visual information at just four months

...projected. Overhead cameras recorded how long each infant looked at images on the screen. The infants were shown an array where the stimuli were arranged by similarity in either horizontal lines or vertical columns. For example, for grouping by shape, an array of horizontal lines (or vertical columns) made ...

Birth defects: 8 million annually worldwide

...do expect them to increase as added information on infant mortality and disability is assembled," Prof. Mode...her and poorer nations and at reducing the toll of infant deaths, especially in low- and middle-income countries. "Experience from high-income countries sho...

Infant transplant patients resist infections that kill adult AIDS patients

...e researchers found that over a 10-year-period the infant transplant patients resisted the same infections t...nization. This comparison enabled them to see that infant heart transplant patients had more help from the immune system post transplant -- even though some h...

Brainstem blocks pain to protect key behaviors

... various disorders, Mason suggests, such as sudden infant death syndrome. Overactive OFF cells during sleep could mask the discomfort of oxygen deprivation. Fields suspects that the link between eating and pain relief, in a society where the risks of caloric plenty far exceeds those of predation, may even...

Womb needed for proper brain development

... brain, she explained. The eyelids are closed, the infant is bathed in fluid and minimal sounds are perceived. In contrast, once the premature infant is born, he is necessarily bombarded by a complex environment full of sights, sounds, touches and un...

Number Of Babies Born Prematurely Nears Historic Half Million Mark In U.S.

...s by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. Founded in 1938, the March of Dimes funds programs of research, community services, education, and advocacy to save babies. For more information, visit the March of Dimes Web site at marchofdimes.com or its Spanish language Web site at nac...

Studies clarify risk factors for mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus

...ases, now available online. One study found that infant girls are twice as likely to be infected as infant boys. Both studies provide new information with which to counsel pregnant women infected with HCV. ...

Researchers discover new route to hemoglobin synthesis

...reported, and there is an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome. In the studies, newborns sufferin...e, and to examine the effects of phenobarbitone on infant development. In the 1999 U.S. National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 3.4 percent of pregnant wome...

Opiates Better Than Sedatives For Treating Newborns In Withdrawal

...reported, and there is an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome. In the studies, newborns sufferin...e, and to examine the effects of phenobarbitone on infant development. In the 1999 U.S. National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 3.4 percent of pregnant wome...

Old drug, new tricks: Prospects for slashing the impact of malaria

...o an apparently healthy child during their routine infant immunization visits dramatically reduced the impact of any subsequent malaria infection. Used in this way, Fansidar does not prevent malaria but seems to produce a massive 50% reduction in death, debilitation and complications of malaria, such as sev...

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