News tagged with prenatal
Could prenatal DNA testing open Pandora's box?
(AP) -- Imagine being pregnant and taking a simple blood test that lays bare the DNA of your fetus. And suppose that DNA could reveal not only medical conditions like Down syndrome, but also things like eye ...
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Comfort or conflict: Earlier Down syndrome test
(AP) -- The results of the blood test revealed only a risk, but when she saw them, she still threw up. Now she had to find out for sure.
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Millions of girls lost to selective abortion in India: study
Sex selection of foetuses in India has led to 7.1 million fewer girls than boys up to age six, a gender gap that has widened by more than a million in a decade, according to a study released Tuesday.
May 24, 2011 |
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How plants absorb pollutants
The environmental concern is great when considering the role of toxic contaminants in the plant-soil relationship. Understanding plant's absorption and accumulation of these contaminants from the soil would be incredibly ...
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Adolescent offspring of women who drank alcohol during first trimester
Alcohol use during pregnancy is common and is associated with significant threats to the health and development of exposed offspring. Despite warnings from the Surgeon General to limit alcohol use if pregnant or contemplating ...
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Comparing profiles of learning and memory impairments in two groups of children
While children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are known to have deficits in verbal learning and recall, the specifics of these deficits remain unclear. This study compared the verbal learning and memory performance ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Researchers question whether genius might be a result of hormonal influences
A longstanding debate as to whether genius is a byproduct of good genes or good environment has an upstart challenger that may take the discussion in an entirely new direction. University of Alberta researcher Marty Mrazik ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 11, 2011 |
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Medical mystery endures: Black babies at twice risk of whites for death, study indicates
African-American women are significantly more likely to lose a baby in the first year of life than white women, in an enduring medical mystery. It exists at all income and education levels, but is widest among more affluent, ...
Mar 02, 2011 |
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Opinions about prenatal screening invisible
What pregnant women think about routine ultrasound tests for fetal abnormalities is largely ignored by the health profession says a Victoria University graduate who has completed some of New Zealand's only research into prenatal ...
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Exposure to mobile phones before and after birth linked to kids' behavioral problems: study
Pregnant mums who regularly use mobile phones may be more likely to have kids with behavioural problems, particularly if those children start using mobile phones early themselves, suggests research published online in the ...
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Use of DHA fish oil capsules does not decrease postpartum depression in mothers
In contrast to the findings of some studies and the recommendations that pregnant women increase their intake of fish oil via dietary docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) because of the possible benefits, a randomized trial that included ...
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Two studies present new data on effects of alcohol during pregnancy
Scientific data continue to indicate that higher intake of alcohol during pregnancy adversely affects the fetus, and could lead to very severe developmental or other problems in the child. However, most recent publications ...
Oct 15, 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 ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 12, 2010 |
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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 ...
Aug 15, 2010 |
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Cheap, simple, noninvasive blood test may replace invasive diagnostic techniques in early pregnancy
Researchers in The Netherlands believe they are on the verge of developing a simple, prenatal blood test that would be able to detect accurately chromosomal abnormalities in the developing foetus. At present, the only reliable ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 29, 2010 |
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