When mice are born lacking the master gene Atoh1, none breathe well and all die in the newborn period. Why and how this occurs could provide new answers about sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), but the solution has remained ...
Sep 6, 2012
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(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have gained insight into how second-hand tobacco smoke damages the earliest stages of human embryonic development.
Mar 16, 2012
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Poets might scoff at the notion that heart and brain are closely related, but scientists led by those at Baylor College of Medicine (www.bcm.edu) say a genetic defect that affects the brain can stop a heart.
Dec 14, 2011
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NIH-funded scientists have developed a strain of mice with a built-in off switch that can selectively shut down the animals' serotonin-producing cells, which make up a brain network controlling breathing, temperature regulation, ...
Jul 28, 2011
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(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the Stony Brook University School of Medicine in New York, led by Lauren Hale, released a new study in the August issue of Pediatrics that shows bed-sharing or co-sleeping with your toddler ...
(Medical Xpress) -- In a new study published in Pediatrics, lead researcher Dr. Fern Hauck from the University School of Medicine analyzed previous sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, studies and agrees that breastfeeding ...
Sudden cardiac death is always a shocking, tragic event, especially when it occurs at a young age. But, for the first time, scientists are unraveling how genetic defects can help predict the risk of dying suddenly in individuals ...
May 10, 2011
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The sudden, unexpected and medically unexplained death of an infant during sleep, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), is not yet fully understood. A European research group has now presented a new explanatory model in an ...
Jul 29, 2024
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For the first time in two decades, the infant mortality rate in the United States has risen, new government data shows.
Jul 25, 2024
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In a new study, researchers examined whether blood platelets, which have serotonin (5-HT) and 14–3–3 signaling pathways similar to brain neurons, are abnormal in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). About 40% of SIDS ...
May 20, 2024
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