News tagged with fetal malformations

Treating Depression in Pregnancy

A new report from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which is published by Elsevier in the September-October 2009 issue of General Hospital Psychiatry, explores ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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New insight into the regulation of stem cells and cancer cells

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have gained new insight into the delicate relationship between two proteins that, when out of balance, can prevent the normal development of stem cells in the heart and may also be important ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mutant mouse reveals new wrinkle in genetic code

(PhysOrg.com) -- Call it a mystery with a stubby tail: an odd-looking mouse discovered through a U.S. government breeding program in the 1940s that had a short, kinky tail and an extra set of ribs in its neck ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study proves benefits of spina bifida surgery

Results of a landmark, seven-year National Institutes of Health-funded trial, Management of Myelomeningocele Study (MOMS), demonstrate clear benefit for babies who undergo fetal surgery to treat spina bifida, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Fetal surgery is more effective than operating after birth: study

Thirty years ago, the first human fetal surgery was performed at the University of California, San Francisco. Now, a randomized controlled trial has proven definitively that fetal surgery can help certain ...

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created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drug's likelihood of causing birth defects predicted by model

(PhysOrg.com) -- When pregnant women need medications, there is often concern about possible effects on the fetus. Although some drugs are clearly recognized to cause birth defects (thalidomide being a notorious example), ...

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Model predicts a drug's likelihood of causing birth defects

When pregnant women need medications, there is often concern about possible effects on the fetus. Although some drugs are clearly recognized to cause birth defects (thalidomide being a notorious example), and others are generally ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Researchers design more accurate method of determining premature infants' risk of illness

Stanford University researchers have developed a revolutionary, non-invasive way of quickly predicting the future health of premature infants, an innovation that could better target specialized medical intervention ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Protein Malfunction Linked to a Form of Mental Retardation

Malfunction of a protein has been linked to a form of mental retardation that affects up to one out of every 500 males, says Nasser K. Yaghi, a Texas A&M University magna cum laude biology graduate who was selected to participate ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

FDA accepts historical controls for epilepsy monotherapy studies

New York University researchers revealed that data from previously completed withdrawal to monotherapy studies for antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) provide a valid control for future studies, obviating the need for placebo/pseudo-placebo ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Little is understood about alcohol's effect on fetal development, researchers say

It's long been known that alcohol use in pregnancy can lead to children with mental retardation and birth defects, but researchers who study fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) have not made definitive progress on preventing the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 16, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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