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Aggressive Phototherapy No Bonus for the Tiniest Babies
piggy submitted, created time 3 weeks 1 day (www.medpagetoday.com)
HOUSTON, Oct. 29 -- For infants weighing 1,000 g or less, aggressive phototherapy was no better at reducing death rates or neurodevelopmental impairment than conservative treatment, a randomized trial found.
Aggressive treatment was effective in reducing neurodevelopmental impairment alone, but a subgroup analysis suggested that this benefit may have been offset by a tendency toward an increase in mortality among infants weighing only 501 g to 750 g at birth, said Jon E. Tyson, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Texas, and colleagues 
Genetic technology used to comb mother's blood for fetal DNA
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 month 1 week (www.nature.com)
A blood test that uses next-generation sequencing technology that can identify tiny amounts of fetal DNA floating around in the mother's blood could one day replace more invasive methods as a prenatal test for Down's syndrome and other chromosomal disorders, researchers say.
At present, the two means of pre-natal testing for Down's syndrome, amniocentesis and chorionic villi sampling, both carry a slight risk of miscarriage.
Blocking enzyme could help in rare blood cancer
jerry submitted, created time 2 months 2 days (www.reuters.com)
An enzyme that fights some kinds of cancers may foster the growth of a rare type of leukemia that affects babies, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday in a finding that may lead to new drugs for the hard-to-treat disease. There is also talk of applications in Alzheimer's and diabetes.
The enzyme is called glycogen synthase kinase, or GSK3, and blocking it might be an effective way to treat this type of leukemia--for which chemotherapy is characteristically ineffective. Existing drugs used for bipolar disease seem to do a shaky but effective job.
Maternal flu shots protect newborns: U.S. study
jerry submitted, created time 2 months 3 days (www.reuters.com)
Flu shots given to pregnant women a month or more before delivery will prevent most cases of influenza during the first six months of their babies' lives, researchers said.
C-sections might affect a new mother's ability to bond
Darkfrog submitted, created time 2 months 1 week (well.blogs.nytimes.com)
This is interesting. It's a New York Times writeup of a study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry showing that women who deliver their children vaginally as opposed to by C-section are more responsive to the sound of infants crying a short time after the birth takes place.
There are some flaws in this study. First off, it only involved a small number of women, which increases the likelihood of statistical errors. Second, it does not show how whether this is a case of delayed attachment or stunted attachment. C-section moms might well catch up as time passes
Lack of time on tummy shown to hinder achievement
sea-maid submitted, created time 3 months 2 weeks (www.eurekalert.org)
The American Physical Therapy Association is urging parents and caregivers to ensure that babies get enough "tummy time" throughout the day while they are awake and supervised, in light of a recent survey of therapists who say they've noticed an increase in motor delays in infants who spend too much time on their backs while awake.
Nature takes a look at in-vitro fertilization's past, present and future
Darkfrog submitted, created time 4 months 3 days (www.nature.com)
This article is a comprehensive look at the past and future of artificial babymaking. It covers IVF, the possible use of iPS to make gametes. It covers ethics, public relations, and economics...
The part that I like best? IVF has "gone as far as it can" with regards to what it can do, so the next focus is on making it cheaper. The article discusses the woman in a developing country who, on top of her own wishes for a family, faces discrimination for her infertility
Exposure to PCBs decreases likelihood of giving birth to boys
kavin submitted, created time 4 months 3 days (www.ehjournal.net)
Women exposed to high levels of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls - a group of banned environmental pollutants) are less likely to give birth to male children.
A study published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health found that among women from the San Francisco Bay Area, those exposed to higher levels of PCBs during the 50s and 60s, were significantly more likely to give birth to female children
New insight into SIDS--can seratonin alone cause death?
sea-maid submitted, created time 4 months 2 weeks (www.nature.com)
Mouse model suggests serotonin might play a role in crib death. This research team created mice with unusually high levels of seratonin receptor 1a (Htr1a), a receptor that binds to seratonin, decreasing the free levels of the neurotransmitter. (In other words, a mouse with high levels of receptor 1a will seem like a mouse with low levels of seratonin, even though its ability to produce seratonin is unimpaired.) They found that the mice periodically went into "crisis" states during which their heart rates and body temperatures plummeted
Predicting Success with in Vitro Fertilization
kavin submitted, created time 4 months 2 weeks (www.webmd.com)
Researchers say they can predict with 70% accuracy whether women who have IVF will get pregnant.
July 1, 2008 -- We've come a long way since the first "test tube" baby was born in 1978. Now, researchers are looking at how to predict whether women will become pregnant from in vitro fertilization.
Researchers led by Stanford University Medical Center assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology Mylene Yao, MD, found a 70% accuracy rate in predicting whether a woman who has undergone IVF will become pregnant
Teen "pregnancy pact" has 17 girls expecting
kavin submitted, created time 5 months 2 days (www.msnbc.msn.com)
Girls at a Mass. high school agree to raise their babies together. A Massachusetts city is investigating an apparent teenage "pregnancy pact" that has at least 17 high-school girls expecting babies, four times more than last year, including many aged 16 or younger.
Case-control study of self-reported genitourinary infections and risk of gastroschisis
sea-maid submitted, created time 5 months 4 days (www.bmj.com)
This rare abnormality, commonest among babies of teenage mothers, is increasing: this US study (findings from the national birth defects prevention study, 1997-2003) found a significant association with self-reported infections in early pregnancy. The accompanying editorial agrees that genitourinary infection in early pregnancy can be added to the existing list of risk factors.
Effect of 50 000 IU vitamin A given with BCG vaccine on mortality in infants in Guinea-Bissau
sea-maid submitted, created time 5 months 4 days (www.bmj.com)
Vitamin A supplementation reduces mortality in older children, but a global recommendation of high dose supplementation for all newborn infants may not contribute to better survival, say the authors of this randomised controlled trial. The accompanying editorial says that benefit depends on the setting, baseline infant mortality, and vitamin A deficiency.
CDC: Hospitals Not Promoting Breast-Feeding
jerry submitted, created time 5 months 6 days (www.time.com)
Most U.S. hospitals don't do very well when it comes to promoting breast-feeding, according to the first national report to look at the issue. The average hospital scored 63 out of 100, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
Fetal scalp sampling in labor--better for diagnosing hypoxia?
sea-maid submitted, created time 5 months 2 weeks (www.bmj.com)
Is scalp pH analysis more effective at diagnosing hypoxia in the fetus during labor than scalp lactate analysis? According to this randomised controlled multicenter trial of the two methods, acidemia at birth, operative interventions, low Apgar scores at five minutes, and admissions to neonatal intensive care units did not differ significantly. James P Neilson, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology, asks in an accompanying editorial if less invasive alternatives exist.
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