News tagged with neonatal screening
Carrier screening associated with decrease in incidence of cystic fibrosis
An increase in the number of screened carriers for cystic fibrosis (CF) was associated with a decrease in the number of children born with CF in northeast Italy, according to a study in the December 16 issue of JAMA.
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Dec 16, 2009 |
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Researchers develop low-cost medical ventilators for global disasters
(PhysOrg.com) -- Matthew Callaghan, MD, had an epiphany about medical device design during a pandemic planning meeting, when his hospital was drafting a worst-case scenario protocol to decide which types of ...
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Third trimester group B streptococcus test doesn't accurately predict presence during labor
In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will present findings that show that many women are having different ...
Feb 11, 2011 |
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Study finds children with autism have mitochondrial dysfunction
Children with autism are far more likely to have deficits in their ability to produce cellular energy than are typically developing children, a new study by researchers at UC Davis has found. The study, published today in ...
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Nov 30, 2010 |
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Growth defects in cystic fibrosis may start before birth
A new study using a pig model of cystic fibrosis (CF) suggests that low levels of a growth promoting hormone at or before birth may contribute to growth defects in patients with CF.
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Nov 09, 2010 |
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Simple blood test may diagnose deadly Niemann-Pick type C disease (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A fatal genetic disorder that frequently takes years to diagnose may soon be detectable with a simple blood test, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the ...
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Nov 03, 2010 |
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Prenatal treatment of congenital toxoplasmosis could reduce the risk of brain damage
Prenatal treatment of congenital toxoplasmosis with antibiotics might substantially reduce the proportion of infected fetuses that develop serious neurological sequelae (brain damage, epilepsy, deafness, blindness, or developmental ...
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Oct 12, 2010 |
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Depression during pregnancy increases risk for preterm birth and low birth weight
Clinical depression puts pregnant women at increased risk of delivering prematurely and of giving birth to below-normal weight infants, according to a report published Oct. 4 in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
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Oct 04, 2010 |
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Experts recommend universal screening of newborns for congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Today, The Endocrine Society released a new clinical practice guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). The guideline features a series of evidence-based clinical recommendations developed ...
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Sep 07, 2010 |
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Scientists identify key molecular regulator of cardiac hypertrophy
Scientists have identified a key molecular regulator of cardiac hypertrophy (enlargement of the heart) that may provide a therapeutic target for a major risk factor of heart failure and early death.
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Jul 18, 2010 |
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Ongoing pregnancy rates from vitrified eggs as good as those from fresh
Embryos derived from oocytes (eggs) cryopreserved by the vitrification method are just as likely to produce an on-going pregnancy as those involving fresh oocytes, the 26th annual meeting of the European Society of Human ...
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Jun 30, 2010 |
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