News tagged with fetal anomalies
Parents 'avoid pregnancy' rather than face testing choices
Parents of children with genetic conditions may avoid the need to choose whether to undergo pre-natal testing or to abort future pregnancies by simply avoiding subsequent pregnancy altogether, a study has found.
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Current trend is to preserve pregnancy in patients diagnosed with cervical or ovarian cancer
The first paper in The Lancet Series on cancer in pregnancy explores the issues around gynaecological cancers, with cervical and ovarian being the most common. The current trend is to preserve pregnancy wherever possible. The fi ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Preterm birth associated with higher risk of death in early childhood, young adulthood
In a study that included more than 600,000 individuals born in Sweden between 1973-1979, those born preterm (less than 37 weeks gestation) had a higher risk of death during early childhood and young adulthood than persons ...
Sep 20, 2011 |
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In pregnancy, diabetes-obesity combo a major red flag
Type 2 diabetes and obesity in pregnancy is a daunting duo, according to new research published this month in The Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. The study shows that both conditions independently contri ...
Jul 25, 2011 |
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Baby A or Baby B? Packard Children's policy tracks twins’ identities from womb to birth
(PhysOrg.com) -- The trouble sounds drawn from a Shakespearean plot: Twins’ identities get mixed up; confusion ensues.
Apr 11, 2011 |
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Obesity increases the risk of fetal and infant death, and the risk of complications after hysterectomy
Women who are obese during early pregnancy have a significantly increased risk of their baby dying before, during or up to one year after birth, according to research published in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal ...
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Study finds even with fetal lung maturity, babies delivered prior to 39 weeks are at risk
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 despite fetal pulmonary maturity, ...
Feb 11, 2011 |
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Use of 17-hydroxyprogesterone doesn't reduce rate of preterm delivery or complications in twins
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 the use of the hormone 17-Hydroxyprogesterone ...
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Bloody urine after injury in children not always cause for alarm
Few things are more startling to parents than the sight of a child?s bright red-colored urine. Yet, blood in the urine? especially microscopic blood found during routine well-child visits? is fairly common, usually temporary ...
Jan 07, 2011 |
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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 ...
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Nov 16, 2010 |
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Genetic alteration linked with human male infertility
One in seven couples worldwide has difficulty conceiving a child, and male infertility is thought to account for nearly half of those cases. Although the cause of male infertility is often unknown, scientists ...
Sep 30, 2010 |
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