News tagged with birth defect
Childhood cancer survivors' exposure to chemotherapy, radiation does not increase risk of birth defects in their childre
A large, retrospective study shows that children of childhood cancer survivors who received prior treatment involving radiation to testes or ovaries and/or chemotherapy with alkylating agents do not have an increased risk ...
Cancer
Dec 12, 2011 |
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How patients will respond to immunomodulator therapy for multiple myeloma
Research on the same protein that was a primary mediator of the birth defects caused by thalidomide now holds hope in the battle against multiple myeloma, says the study's senior investigator, Keith Stewart, M.B., Ch.B. of ...
Cancer
Dec 11, 2011 |
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One for you, one for me: Researchers gain new insight into the chromosome separation process
Each time a cell divides -- and it takes millions of cell divisions to create a fully grown human body from a single fertilized cell -- its chromosomes have to be accurately divvied up between both daughter ...
Genetics
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Partnership sees cervical vaccines for poorer countries
A major campaigner in vaccines for poorer countries announced plans on Thursday for innoculating up to two million women and girls against cervical cancer by 2015.
Cancer
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Study links pollutants to a 450 percent increase in risk of birth defects
Pesticides and pollutants are related to an alarming 450 percent increase in the risk of spina bifida and anencephaly in rural China, according to scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and Peking ...
Health
Oct 19, 2011 |
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High blood pressure in early pregnancy raises risk of birth defects, irrespective of medication
Women with high blood pressure (hypertension) in the early stages of pregnancy are more likely to have babies with birth defects, irrespective of commonly prescribed medicines for their condition, finds new research published ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Study finds clue to birth defects in babies of mothers with diabetes
In a paper published today in Diabetologia, a team at Joslin Diabetes Center, headed by Mary R. Loeken, PhD, has identified the enzyme AMP kinase (AMPK) as key to the molecular mechanism that significantly increases the ri ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Mouse experiments show fickle functions for folic acid
(Medical Xpress) -- Dietary folic acid helps prevent a subset of neurological birth defects in humans -- although the precise mechanism by which it prevents them is unclear. Now, researchers have found that certain genetic ...
Genetics
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Overall quality of pregnant woman's diet affects risk for two birth defects, study shows
The overall quality of a pregnant woman's diet is linked with risk for two types of serious birth defects, a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has shown. In the study, women who ate better before and ...
Health
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Ohio researchers moving ahead with work to grow new ears
Kyle Figuray eyed the reflection of his ear with intense fascination.
Medical research
Sep 30, 2011 |
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China hospital separates conjoined twins
A Chinese hospital said Tuesday it had successfully separated four-month-old conjoined twin girls in a "challenging" six-hour operation.
Other
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Children with congenital heart disease at risk from harmful toxins
Babies and toddlers with congenital heart disease are at an increased risk of having harmful toxins in their blood, particularly following surgery, according to research by a team at Imperial College London.
Cardiology
Aug 26, 2011 |
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Newest screen for newborns will indicate heart problems
About 1 in every 120 babies are born with congenital heart disease (CHD), of which about 25 percent is critical, requiring special care early in life. CHD is responsible for more deaths in the first year of life than any ...
Cardiology
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Birth defects linked to coal and pesticides
(Medical Xpress) -- According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pregnant mothers who are exposed to pesticides and smoke are as much as four times more likely to give birth ...
Health
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Deformed limbs linked to smoking in pregnancy
Missing or deformed limbs, clubfoot, facial disorders and gastrointestinal problems are some of the most common birth defects found to be associated with smoking during pregnancy, according to a major new report led by scientists ...
Health
Jul 11, 2011 |
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