News tagged with congenital defects


Alpha-fetoprotein can affect the development of rat colons?

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created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mammalian alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a single-chain glycoprotein and altered serum AFP levels have been observed concurrent with aberrant growth manifestations in some congenital defects and cancer. The gut development during ...


Study examines effect of heart surgery on employment

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created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new studying appearing in Congenital Heart Disease compares the careers and long-term occupational successes of men and women who underwent surgery for congenital heart disease to those of the general population. The pr ...





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New gene linked to congenital heart defects

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the UC San Diego School of Medicine and colleagues have identified a new gene, ETS-1, that is linked to human congenital heart defects. The landmark study, recently published online in the ...


Folic acid to prevent congenital heart defects

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created May 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Canadian policy of fortifying grain products with folic acid has already proved to be effective in preventing neural tube defects. The latest article published in the British Medical Journal by a group of researchers from t ...


Increased risk of birth defects after PCE exposure

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exposure to tetrachloroethylene (also known as perchlorethylene, PCE) may cause congenital birth defects. A study of expectant women exposed to PCE in drinking water, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental He ...


Genetic defect links respiratory disease and congenital heart disease

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created Jun 11, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The same genetic defect that causes a rare respiratory disease may also lead to some types of congenital heart disease, according to a study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.


Don't block folic acid in early pregnancy

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using medication that reduces or blocks the actions of folic acid during the first trimester of pregnancy (weeks 1-12), increases the risk that the growing baby will develop abnormalities. This conclusion was reached by a ...


Oxygen test has potential to detect some critical congenital heart defects in newborns

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created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A test that measures oxygen levels in newborns can detect "critical" congenital heart disease, but there are variables involved with the test that require more study before it is adopted for universal newborn screening, according ...


Brain malformations significantly associated with preterm birth

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created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine provides for the first time a solid scientific answer for the long-standing question of whether there is an association between preterm birth and brain malformations.


Embryology study offers clues to birth defects (w/Video)

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created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gregg Duester, Ph.D., professor of developmental biology at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), along with Xianling Zhao, Ph.D., and colleagues, have clarified the role that retinoic acid plays in limb development. ...


New study suggests two causes for bowel disease in infants

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created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the Stanford University School of Medicine is helping physicians unravel the cause of a deadly and mysterious bowel disease that strikes medically fragile newborn babies. ...


ACC/AHA guidelines break new ground in adult congenital heart disease

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created Nov 07, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

These days most children born with congenital heart disease live well into adulthood, thanks to innovative surgical, interventional and medical treatments. That means that not only are cardiologists caring for a growing number ...



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