Fortifying food with folic acid benefits babies
...e reduced from an average of 4.36 defects per 1000 births between 1991 and 1997, prior to fortification, to an average of 0.96 defects per 1000 births between 1998 and 2001, once fortification was introduced. Over the study period, the number of women...OutFoxed! New research may redefine late-stage cardiac development
...se (CHD), are present in about one percent of live births and are the most common malformations in newborns. A team of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine researchers, led by Edward E. Morrisey, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, have been investigating how the heart develops from its earliest...Gene linked to cleft lip and palate identified
...out cleft palate) occurs in about 1 in every 1,000 births in the U.S., or more than 4,000 babies each year. A cleft is an opening or separation in a body structure. Clefts that occur in the oral-facial region often involve the upper lip, the roof of the mouth (hard palate), or the soft tissue in the back ...Scientist who discovered Sly syndrome finds new research path to explore for treating the disease
..." Sly Syndrome occurs in less than one in 250,000 births and is a progressive disorder that ranges in severity to extremely severe - resulting in death - to mild. It is caused by the deficiency of an enzyme called beta-glucuronidase, which leads to an accumulation of protein-sugar molecules known as mucopo...OHSU researchers discover possible method for early detection, prevention of premature birth
...y treatment could likely prevent numerous pre-term births and the problems associated with them. The work is...the American Medical Association . "Preterm births are a major public health problem and are common in the United States with more than 10 percent of b...New research suggests previously unrecognized mechanism by which blood vessels are patterned
...r defects are present in about one percent of live births and are the most common malformations in newborns. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have recently identified new signaling pathways that may lead to a better understanding of how this deadly disease forms. Jonathan...Only 21 states offer newborn screening tests recommended by March of Dimes
...ut 1.3 million of the approximately 4 million live births in the U.S. "This means that only about 32 percent of the babies born in this country are receiving the recommended screening," Dr. Howse says. Fourteen states, plus the District of Columbia, currently offer tests for six to eight of the conditions ...Germans must research the history of reproductive medicine during the Nazi era
...at Germany has one of the higher rates of multiple births in Europe, because doctors have to transfer all th...regardless of the embryo's quality 40% of all ART births in Germany are multiple births, which carry risks for both the mother and the babies. Cloning, surr...Assisted reproduction can't compensate for waiting too long to start a family
...we find that ART will make up for only half of the births lost by postponing a first attempt at pregnancy fr... remain childless. For those over 40 the number of births through ART is only slightly higher that it would be if they had tried for another two years to conc...Research gives hope to preemies and Crohn's patients
... nutritional sciences. "Last year, 11.6 percent of births in the United States were preterm infants, and removing necrotized intestine is the most common surgical emergency in preemies. "Surgery saves their lives, but with so much intestine removed, they're unable to digest or absorb nutrients. They can't ...Motion that powers sperm provides key to unravelling rare genetic disorder
...cessive disease that affects one in around 100,000 births in the UK. The first obvious symptom of BBS is children are born with extra fingers or toes but sufferers go on to dramatically gain weight, lose their eye sight and develop kidney problems. Half of individuals also exhibit some degree of learning d...Research into cetacean reproduction leads to birth of killer whales by artificial insemination
...iety of San Diego has culminated in the first live births of any cetacean--the group of marine mammals that includes whales and dolphins--by means of artificial insemination. In a report set for publication in the journal Biology of Reproduction, the team, headed by Dr. Todd R. Robeck, based at SeaWorld San......, and cited prematurity which affects over 470,000 births each year as a major cause of the rise. The March of Dimes, formerly known as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, funded Dr. Jonas Salk's groundbreaking work on the Salk polio vaccine and then, through its volunteers and health ne...Case researchers substantiate bacterial link to preterm birth through mice studies
...tronger link between the oral bacteria and preterm births and its transmission to the placenta through the b... according to Han, is that the number of premature births has remained constant over the past 20 years. Han wants to find the reason why women give birth ear...Equine cloning's triple play sheds light on calcium, cell signaling, human disease
...3, marked the first successful equine cloning. The births June 9 of Utah Pioneer and July 27 of Idaho Star, two more mules cloned from the same fetal mule skin cell line, added to the success of the University of Idaho-Utah State University project. All three mule foals were born unassisted after prototypic...Advances in equine cloning may aid insight into human diseases
...y. After prototypical pregnancies for equines, the births of the foals in May, June and July last year were normal and unassisted and the each foal stood within 20 minutes of birth....Two-drug approach might shorten painful labor, reduce Caesarean sections
...ecology in 2002 noted that more than 40 percent of births in community hospitals are induced in the absence of medical necessity. Caesarean sections now account for about 25 percent of all births, mostly because of fetal stress resulting from a failure of the cervix to soften and expand. Labor currently is ...New advances in thrombosis help further understanding of disease prevention
...noxaparin significantly increased the rate of live births compared to patients' historical rates of live birth (81.4 percent versus 28.2 percent for 40 mg and 76.5 percent versus 28.3 percent for 80 mg). Treatment with enoxaparin was also shown to decrease the rate of preeclampsia and placental abruption. ...Genetic info of cloned pigs may help babies before birth
...e recently weaned and are in excellent health. The births themselves are not particularly remarkable for Pie...ffects between five and eight percent of all human births in the United States and results in low birth-weight. "These children then have a high predispositio...Effects of maternal myasthenia gravis on pregnancy and birth examined
ST. PAUL, MN ? A 33-year study of all births by women in Norway with Myasthenia Gravis (MG) con...of Norway, based on compulsory notification of all births in the country. The study included 127 births by women with MG and the 1.9 million births by women w...