Can hearing test predict susceptibility to SIDS?

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The researchers, affiliated with hospitals in Providence and Seattle, examined hearing tests for 31 babies who died of SIDS from 1993 to 2005, and compared them with screenings for 31 healthy babies born during the same period.

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Young babies risk SIDS when sitting

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According to a new study, very young babies face a small risk of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, when seated, and not only when they are lying down.

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Dysgerminoma in three patients with Swyer syndrome

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"In Patients with Swyer syndrome the risk of dysgerminoma is high and gonadectomy is recommended. Also 5% of dysgerminomas are discovered in phenotypic female and 46 XY karyotype, thus in adolescent with dysgerminoimas and amenorrhea, karyotype should be done."

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New SIDS Research To Study Protein Link

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An Australia-first study led by the University of Adelaide could help identify the cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), one of the world's most tragic medical mysteries. Paediatric pathologist Professor Roger Byard has launched a joint research project with the University of Aarhus in Denmark to study the presence of a protein found in some babies who have died from SIDS. The project will investigate whether changes in brain levels of Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) in infants may be a marker for potentially deadly breathing difficulties

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