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New system monitors fetal heartbeat: Noninvasive technique could prevent complications

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny fluctuations in a fetus’s heartbeat can indicate distress, but currently there is no way to detect such subtle variations except during labor, when it could be too late to prevent serious or even fatal ...





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Moms-to-be warned over use of fetal heart rate monitors

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mums-to-be are being advised not to use personal monitors (Doppler devices) to listen to their baby's heartbeat at home over fears that they may lead to delays in seeking help for reduced fetal movements.


Baby's mp3 heart monitor

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new type of fetal heart monitor could save the lives of unborn infants in complicated pregnancies, according to a study published in the International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation.


Specific genetic cause of fetal alcohol-related developmental disorders found

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alcohol consumption by pregnant women hinders brain development in their children by interfering with the genetic processes that control thyroid hormone levels in the fetal brain, a new animal study found.


Study reveals second pathway to feeling your heartbeat

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A new study suggests that the inner sense of our cardiovascular state, our "interoceptive awareness" of the heart pounding, relies on two independent pathways, contrary to what had been asserted by prominent researchers.


Pregnancy And The Flu: A Link To Schizophrenia

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

When mothers become infected with influenza during their pregnancy, it may increase the risk for schizophrenia in their offspring. Influenza is a very common virus and so there has been substantial concern about this association. ...


Fetal short-term memory found in 30-week-old fetuses

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Memory probably begins during the prenatal period, but little is known about the exact timing or for how long memory lasts. Now in a new study from the Netherlands, scientists have found fetal short-term memory in fetuses ...


New approach to sickle-cell disease shows promise in mice

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new genetic approach to treating sickle cell disease is showing promising results in mice, report researchers from Children's Hospital Boston. By inactivating a gene they previously discovered to be important in the laboratory, ...


Scientists uncover new mechanism regulating fetal growth and neonatal survival

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dr. Sylvain Meloche, Principal Investigator at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the Université de Montréal, and his colleagues have uncovered the critical role played by the protein ...


Red grape skin extract could be new treatment for sickle cell disease patients

Red grape skin extract could be new treatment for sickle cell disease patients

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

An extract in red grape skin may be a new treatment for sickle cell disease, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.


Simple new way to analyze sleep disorders

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Sleep is such an essential part of human existence that we spend about a third of our lives doing it -- some more successfully than others. Sleep disorders afflict some 50-70 million people in the United States and are a ...



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