MeSH tree: C10.228.140.624
Global health research has long shown the devastating consequences that maternal deaths have on families and communities in developing countries where maternal mortality rates are high. But this insight is rare in the United ...
Sep 26, 2025
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Each year, some babies experience a lack of oxygen before or during birth, which can lead to brain injury—a medical condition known as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). To date, therapeutic hypothermia remains the ...
Jun 17, 2025
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First described 60 years ago, chronic myoclonus following cerebral anoxia is now known as Lance-Adams syndrome. This is a severe disorder whose mechanisms were, until now, poorly understood. Geoffroy Vellieux, Vincent Navarro, ...
Jun 16, 2025
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Erythropoietin, a treatment for newborns with critically low levels of oxygen or blood supply to the brain at birth, does not prevent death or disability, according to a new multinational study. The research was presented ...
Apr 25, 2025
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Health officials are warning about a rise in injuries linked to the misuse of nitrous oxide, aka laughing gas.
Mar 17, 2025
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Lowering the body temperature of preterm infants (born at 33 to 35 weeks of pregnancy) with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)—a type of brain damage caused by oxygen loss—offers no benefits over standard care, according ...
Feb 26, 2025
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Brain injuries are a leading cause of death and long-term disability in infants. Among the most common is neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), which affects one to three in 1,000 live births per year and accounts ...
Jan 31, 2025
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Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is one of the leading causes of newborn mortality and morbidity worldwide, and lowering the baby's body temperature—called therapeutic hypothermia—is often used as a treatment.
Nov 20, 2024
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When people think of a concussion or a traumatic brain injury caused by intimate partner violence (IPV), they might picture people in a heterosexual relationship, or a man hurting a woman.
Jul 18, 2024
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A recent study by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital reveals insights that could lead to new treatments for a serious brain bleeding condition that's common in newborns with very low birth weight. The findings ...
Jul 9, 2024
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