News tagged with newborn health
No differences in survival or neonatal outcomes in pregnancy-associated colorectal cancer
Feb 26, 2009 |
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In one of the first studies to examine maternal and newborn health risks and colorectal cancer, UC Davis researchers have found that women diagnosed with the disease during or shortly after their pregnancies have the same ...
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New Web site promotes interoperable newborn screening data
Sep 15, 2009 |
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) today launched the Newborn Screening Coding and Terminology Guide, an important step toward efficient electronic exchange of standard newborn screening data. The new Web site was created ...
Mental health linked to stillbirth and newborn deaths
Nov 10, 2008 |
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Women with a history of serious mental illness are much more likely to have babies that are stillborn or die within the first month of life, new research reveals.
Survey: Ask permission to use newborn data, parents say
Jul 15, 2009 |
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More than three-quarters of parents would be willing to permit the use of their children's newborn screening samples for research purposes if their permission were obtained beforehand, a University of Michigan survey shows.
States expand newborn screening for life-threatening disorders
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Regardless of where they are born in the United States, nearly all newborns now receive mandated screening for many life-threatening disorders, a remarkable public health advance of the last four years, according to a new ...
Preterm birth rate drops
Mar 18, 2009 |
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The nation's preterm birth rate declined slightly in 2007 - a finding that the March of Dimes hopes will prove to be the start of a new trend in improved maternal and infant health.
Data show a decline in cystic fibrosis since introduction of prenatal carrier screening
Feb 28, 2008 |
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A brief report in the February 28, 2008, New England Journal of Medicine, led by researchers at the New England Newborn Screening Program (NENSP) of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), indicates a decl ...
First anti-seizure drug for newborns to be developed
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the UCL Institute for Child Health are developing the first anti-seizure drug specifically for newborn babies, with the aim of reducing brain damage.
Researchers use newborn blood data to study cerebral palsy
Sep 01, 2009 |
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A statewide team of researchers led by a Michigan State University epidemiologist are hoping Michigan's archive of newborn blood spots will help them uncover the causes of cerebral palsy, the most common disabling motor disorder ...
Newborn vitamin A reduces infant mortality
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 07, 2008 |
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A single, oral dose of vitamin A, given to infants shortly after birth in the developing world can reduce their risk of death by 15 percent, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ...
Boosting Newborns' Immune Responses
Jun 13, 2009 |
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Newborn babies have immature immune systems, making them highly vulnerable to severe infections and unable to mount an effective immune response to most vaccines, thereby frustrating efforts to protect them. ...
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