Children with congenital heart disease (CHD) often have neurodevelopmental impairment. Until fairly recently, this was thought to stem from complications of cardiac surgery or reduced oxygen supply to the brain due to the ...
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Pregnant women sacrifice many of life's simple pleasures - caffeine, sushi, a glass of wine - in the hope that their baby will be born healthy. But according to a provocative new field of research, what happens during pregnancy ...
Nov 23, 2011
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In the aftermath of a heart attack, cells within the region most affected shut down. They stop beating. And they become entombed in scar tissue. But now, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have demonstrated that this ...
Aug 22, 2013
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(Medical Xpress) -- In one of the first studies to examine the reasons for the rising number of women delivering their babies by cesarean section, Yale School of Medicine researchers found that while half of the increase ...
Jun 22, 2011
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Pregnant women who develop high blood pressure, or have small babies, may have hearts that pump less blood with each beat.
Jul 9, 2018
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Hearts 'run' on electrical pulses—and when doctors measure the electrical activity in a person's heart in order to determine his or hers heart condition, they generally rely on electrocardiography (ECG):
Nov 2, 2018
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Higher blood sugar early in pregnancy raises the baby's risk of a congenital heart defect, even among mothers who do not have diabetes, according to a study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dec 15, 2017
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Every year, thousands of babies are born with severely malformed hearts, disorders known collectively as congenital heart disease. Many of these defects can be repaired though surgery, but researchers don't understand what ...
May 12, 2013
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Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital have identified a potential new cause for unexplained miscarriages in mice.
Nov 1, 2011
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Researchers at King's College London have developed a new method for helping detect congenital heart disease of a baby in pregnant mothers using MRI. Existing in-utero approaches are compromised by fetal motion, but the novel ...
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