European folic acid policies are not effective enough
... recommending supplementation of folic acid before conception and during early pregnancy in planned pregnancies are not effective enough, say the authors. They explain that many women may not receive or respond to health promotion messages stressing the need to commence supplementation before conception, or may...Spina bifida: 70% of cases preventable by folic-acid supplementation
...e by folic-acid supplementation around the time of conception and during early pregnancy. Spina bifida results from failure of fusion of the neural tube (the embryonic form of the brain and spinal cord), and is one of the most common malformations of human structure. The causes of this disorder are varied, incl...Infections in low-birth-weight infants are associated with impaired neurodevelopment and growth
...urned for follow-up between 18 and 22 months after conception and were assessed for cognitive and neuromotor development, neurologic status, vision and hearing, and growth (weight, length, and head circumference). Compared with uninfected infants, infected infants were significantly more likely to have adverse...Boston College's Mahoney to receive GSA's 2004 Maxwell A. Pollack Award
...als who are mid-career and actively engaged in the conception and development of innovative programs that demonstrate excellence in translating research into practical application or policy are eligible for this prize. The winner traditionally presents a lecture at the Annual Scientific Meeting the following ye...Fetal tissue restores lost sight
...The guidelines are meant to prevent the deliberate conception and termination for treatment of a particular person," says Stephen Minger, head of the stem cell laboratory at King's College London. In the US no such guidelines exist. Some of the other groups trying to develop treatments for degenerative eye dise...Teenage hormone therapy to reduce adult height of tall girls linked to reduced fertility
...ffect was seen as both a reduced per cycle rate of conception in those who conceived, and as an increase in the risk of experiencing infertility. The availability of infertility treatments is likely to have contributed to the finding that women who were treated for tall stature had only a small decrease in the ...Schizophrenia risk higher in children of older fathers
...rong association between increased paternal age at conception and their offspring's risk of schizophrenia, which remained even after taking account of a range of other factors that could have affected the results. Overall, 15.5% of cases of schizophrenia in this group may have been due to the patient having a ...Deadline for the $10,000 Maxwell A. Pollack Award has been extended
...(s) who are mid-career and actively engaged in the conception and development of innovative programs that demonstrate excellence in translating research into practical application or policy are eligible for this award. This award carries a cash prize and symbol totaling $10,000 and covers travel expenses to Th...Enoxaparin prevents stillbirth in pregnant women with clotting disorder
...ive measure, beginning at least one month prior to conception and continuing throughout the pregnancy. The results of enoxaparin use were impressive. Of the women on the drug, 86 percent had a normal live birth. In addition, no significant side effects were seen in these mothers or their newborns. The group tak...Still time to apply for the $10,000 Maxwell A. Pollack Award!
...(s) who are mid-career and actively engaged in the conception and development of innovative programs that demonstrate excellence in translating research into practical application or policy are eligible for this award. This award carries a cash prize and symbol totaling $10,000 and covers travel expenses to Th...Now accepting nominations for the $10,000 Maxwell A. Pollack Award
...(s) who are mid-career and actively engaged in the conception and development of innovative programs that demonstrate excellence in translating research into practical application or policy are eligible for this award. This award carries a cash prize and symbol totaling $10,000 and covers travel expenses to ...Are our brains wired for race or gender bias?
...robiological process by which the brain builds the conception of his or her own identity, or self. Citing a large body of research, they show that an individual tends to have marked preference for attributes associated with oneself. One such example is "the name letter effect" the degree to which people ex...Hansen to present the Gerontological Society of America's 2003 Maxwell A. Pollack Award lecture
...als who are mid-career and actively engaged in the conception and development of innovative programs that demonstrate excellence in translating research into practical application or policy are eligible for this prize. The award is made possible through a generous grant from The New York Community Trust's Maxwe...McConnell to receive The Gerontological Society of America's 2003 Maxwell A. Pollack Award
...als who are mid-career and actively engaged in the conception and development of innovative programs that demonstrate excellence in translating research into practical application or policy are eligible for this prize. The winner traditionally presents a lecture at the Annual Scientific Meeting the following ye...Concerns over national policy on infertility treatment
...he NHS. The debate about publicly funding assisted conception is in essence a debate about values and priorities rather than a debate about what works, writes Richard Ashcroft of Imperial College London. Under a publicly funded NHS it is a political decision, not a clinical one, about how far we as a society wa...Taking painkillers during pregnancy increases risk of miscarriage
...risk was much higher when NSAIDs were taken around conception or were used for longer than a week. Taking account of other factors, including drinking alcohol or coffee, did not change the results. Aspirin was similarly associated with an increased risk of miscarriage but paracetamol was not, regardless of timi...In 15 seconds, new test will ID presence of 25 most common mutations of cystic fibrosis
... year recommended that all individuals considering conception be screened for the presence of a mutated CF gene. The group examined all known mutations and identified those most prevalent for each ethnic group, and have recommended screening for the 25 which are most likely to occur (the "ACOG 25"). Each of th...Deadline for $10,000 Maxwell A. Pollack Award has been extended!
...(s) who are mid-career and actively engaged in the conception and development of innovative programs that demonstrate excellence in translating research into practical application or policy are eligible for this award. This award carries a cash prize of $10,000 and covers travel expenses to The Gerontological...Playful therapy garments for children receive patent
...e process as a framework to guide the project from conception through evaluation. Boles first developed her design framework in 1982 to meet the criteria of other scholars in the field of clothing and textiles. It has subsequently been used in design coursework and research. For example, it was used to identify...Dont turn to assisted reproduction too quickly warns US expert
...e primarily to declines in the per menstrual cycle conception rate and not to an increase in the proportion of couples unable to achieve an unassisted pregnancy. Now his team has extended their research using data from the European Fecundability Study to see what the implications are for fertility rates overall...