News tagged with prenatal treatment

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hormone treatment to prevent ambiguous genitalia in baby girls spurs debate

\Each year in the United States, perhaps a few dozen pregnant women learn they are carrying a fetus at risk for a rare disorder known as congenital adrenal hyperplasia. The condition causes an accumulation of male hormones ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 15, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0




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Why men's ring fingers are longer than their index fingers

Biologists at the University of Florida have found a reason why men's ring fingers are generally longer than their index fingers — and why the reverse usually holds true for women.

Biology / Other

created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 28 | with audio podcast

Routine antenatal screening for hepatitis B in an urban NYC population

According to new research at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, high rates of chronic hepatitis B infection (HBV) are found in pregnant minority and immigrant women in the New York City area, and most of them do not receive ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dilemmas of destiny: Genetic predictors of disease can raise thorny ethical issues

Lila (the patient’s name has been changed) was only in her 20s when she learned that she could be at increased risk for breast cancer. A genetic test had revealed that her mother carried a mutation signaling ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microbubbles to light the way to sentinel lymph nodes of breast cancer patients

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego are developing nonsurgical methods for identifying critical lymph nodes to help doctors determine courses of treatment for breast cancer patients. The ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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

Deficits in number processing in children with ADHD and alcohol exposure: Similar but different

In children, the brain is in a constant state of flux as it analyzes and evaluates stimuli from the environment. Fetal alcohol exposure and ADHD represent two disorders that can affect children's ability to learn and process ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unique needs and outcomes of pregnant women with breast cancer identified

Do not delay treatment of breast cancer just because a woman is pregnant, said lead researcher Sibylle Loibl, Dr. med, of the German Breast Group.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Preterm birth rates improve in most states

Eight states earned a better grade on the 2010 March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card and 32 others and the District of Columbia saw their preterm birth rates improve.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Eyeblink conditioning may help in assessing children with fetal alcohol exposure

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is an irreversible disorder in children that affects the learning centers of the brain and results in cognitive and behavioral impairment in the child for life. One of the most pressing ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New report suggests why risk for sudden infant death syndrome is greater in babies of mothers who smoke

The link between maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) may relate to the negative effects of nicotine on the development of brain centers that regulate breathing, according to ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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