2015 International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking
The United Nations, together with its member states and affiliate bodies have set 26th of June every year as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The theme for this year’s...
View ArticleReport: No amount of alcohol is safe for pregnant women (The University of...
(Source: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio) Contact: Rosanne Fohn, (210) 567-3026, fohn@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 26. 2015) ― A new clinical report co-authored by Janet...
View ArticleIs It OK to Drink Alcohol While Pregnant? 10 Things You Should Know
Here are the facts. By Nina Bahadur, SELF Image: Jocelyn Runice for SELF On Feb. 1, the CDC released new guidelines urging women of childbearing age to avoid drinking alcohol unless they are using...
View ArticleThe CDC Will Not ‘Rip The Wine Glass’ From Anyone’s Hand, It Is Trying To ...
Women are furious about the CDC’s suggestion that doctors tell women who are of childbearing years, sexually active and not using some form of contraception to abstain from alcohol, as part of an...
View ArticleWestern Cape Health on International Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Day...
(Source: South Africa Government) No amount of alcohol is safe during pregnancy - International FASD Day 2016 Tomorrow, 9 September 2016, marks the commemoration of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder...
View ArticleMouse Study Finds Drinking Alcohol While Pregnant Can Affect Several Generations
A new study finds that drinking alcohol while pregnant causes abnormalities in the brain and behavior that may be passed on for many generations. The new research finds that drinking alcohol during...
View ArticleWhy Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol Ups Risk of Future Addiction
Research has shown that prenatal exposure to alcohol can lead to an increased risk for drug addiction later in life. Now neuroscientists at the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions...
View ArticleCannabis Use During Pregnancy: Is It Safe?
Dr. Stacey Kerr discusses the controversial topic and gives highlights from her clinical experience with expecting mothers. What do we know about marijuana's effects on unborn children? Pamela is newly...
View ArticleBabies cry in the womb and 18 other surprising facts I learned when I became...
My wife and I hold our newborn baby. First came the awe and elation at my wife's pregnancy. We were finally starting a family! In the next moment, an "Oh s--t!" panic sunk in. To counter the fear of...
View ArticleBabies cry in the womb and 18 other surprising facts I learned when I became ...
First came the awe and elation at my wife's pregnancy. We were finally starting a family! In the next moment, an "Oh s--t!" panic sunk in. To counter the fear of becoming new parents we both read. And...
View ArticleBabies cry in the womb, and 18 other surprising facts I learned when I became...
My wife and I hold our newborn baby. First came the awe and elation at my wife's pregnancy. We were finally starting a family! In the next moment, an oh s**t-level panic sunk in. To counter the fear of...
View ArticleCombiMatrix Forms Scientific Advisory Board; Includes Leaders in Reproductive...
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 26, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CombiMatrix Corporation (NASDAQ:CBMX), a molecular diagnostics company specializing in DNA-based testing services for prenatal and postnatal...
View ArticleFluoride — A Little Bit at the Wrong Time Is Devastating
In the U.S., two-thirds of Americans’ tap water contains fluoride, which is added under the guise of preventing cavities. Water fluoridation continues to occur in the majority of the U.S. even as...
View ArticleNatera, Inc. Announces Launch of Vistara Single-Gene Mutation NIPT
SAN CARLOS, Calif., May 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Natera (NASDAQ: NTRA), a leader in genetic testing, announced the launch of Vistara, a non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) to screen single-gene disorders....
View ArticleLost Mothers
by Nina Martin, ProPublica, Emma Cillekens and Alessandra Freitas, special to ProPublica ProPublica Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Donate Lost Mothers An estimated 700 to 900 women in the...
View ArticleMaternal-fetal experts smooth the way for the most challenging pregnancies
October 04, 2017 Jamila Jackson with her daughter, Zoe. Jamila Jackson thought she would never have children. In her early 30s, the mortgage underwriter from Diamond Bar developed uterine fibroids - a...
View ArticleGenetic Tests of Amniotic Fluid Could Guide Timing of Delicate Births...
(Source: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) Wednesday, October 28, 2015 CINCINNATI - Analyzing gene expression of an expectant mother's amniotic fluid could give doctors an important tool...
View ArticleParents are the true genetic engineers
New Delhi [India]: ‘An infant in the mother’s womb is as much in the hands and under the will of the mother, as clay in the hands of the potter, who from it makes whatever pleases him’, says physician...
View ArticleBreath of life: how your risk of heart disease stems back to your time in the...
The history of science is littered with self-experimenters so passionate about their work that they used themselves as human guinea pigs, however ill-advisedly. Sir Joseph Barcroft (1872-1947) was one...
View ArticleSpina Bifida repaired in-utero
November 14, 2017 First in-utero surgery in Canada for the treatment of spina bifida a success TORONTO - In a Canadian first, a team from Mount Sinai Hospital and The Hospital for Sick Children...
View ArticleAn Evolutionarily Conserved Role of Presenilin in Neuronal Protection in the...
Abstract Mutations in the Presenilin genes are the major genetic cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Presenilin and Nicastrin are essential components of γ-secretase, a multi-subunit protease that cleaves...
View ArticleSciCafe Special Event: Zika - What You Need to Know (American Museum of...
(Source: American Museum of Natural History) You've heard the warnings: Zika is coming. There are a slew of guidelines for pregnant women, but how should the rest of us prepare for the arrival of this...
View ArticleBrain & Behavior Research Foundation Awards Distinguished Investigator Grants...
NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced the awarding of its Distinguished Investigator Grants valued at $1.7 million to 17...
View ArticleThe right has a new 20-week abortion ban, and it's still built on junk...
Sarah Wasko / Media Mattters The GOP is set to vote on a 20-week abortion ban -- again The U.S. House is again voting on a 20-week abortion ban. On September 26, members of the House of...
View ArticleBest Candidates for Fetal Spina Bifida Surgery May Be Identified Through...
(Source: UCSF - University of California, San Francisco) Fetuses with enlarged ventricles-the fluid-filled cavities inside the brain-may be less likely than other fetuses to benefit from surgery in the...
View ArticleA Mother’s Immune System, a Child’s Autism
Julia Yellow / Spectrum Judy Van de Water got into autism research precisely because she wasn’t an expert in autism. She is an immunologist, studying the strategies our bodies employ to defend us...
View ArticleStudy examines risk factors for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
A new study assessed risk factors for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and determined that both preterm birth and poor fetal growth were risk factors for the condition. The study was...
View ArticleFlame Retardants Damaging Kids' Brains
Flame retardant chemicals are found in everything from furniture and mattresses to electronics and baby toys. Notorious neurotoxins, these widespread chemicals have been linked to serious health risks...
View ArticlePregnant? Here are Prenatal Tests and Screenings to Expect (Crozer-Keystone...
(Source: Crozer-Keystone Health System) By Karen B. Simon, M.D. When you get pregnant, you'll likely already be familiar with some of the tests your doctors will perform over the next nine months....
View ArticleNIH Research Project Grant: Moving Beyond Standard Assessments: Applying...
(Source: American Society for Reproductive Medicine) December 16 , 2016 by: Department of Health and Human Services Published in NIH This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites grant...
View ArticleSpina Bifida Could Vanish With This Experimental Fetal Stem Cell Therapy
‘It’s early, but it’s certainly enough that we’ve gotten excited about the possibility [of] curing the paralysis associated with this.’ In 1950, Americans were closer to putting a man on the moon than...
View ArticleUltrasound risks raise questions for parents-to-be
In a normal pregnancy, most women get an ultrasound once or twice so doctors can check the fetus for abnormalities and curious parents can learn if they should paint the nursery pink or blue. Zika,...
View ArticleDiscovery of genes linked to preterm birth in landmark study
Study based on data from more than 50,000 women, published today in The New England Journal of Medicine, could lead to new ways to prevent leading cause of infant mortality Wednesday, September 06,...
View ArticlePlacental Problems in Early Pregnancy Associated with 5-Fold Increase in Risk...
(Source: Elsevier BV) First-trimester ultrasound scanning to pinpoint placental vascular disorders may be used to identify women at risk of developing serious obstetric complications. A new study in...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE - 'I stopped drinking at 8 weeks pregnant': Six mothers of kids...
When Natyra Teske was 18 years old, she found out she was eight weeks pregnant. Still in high school in Alberta, Canada, she and her boyfriend were shocked and nervous - but excited. They stocked up on...
View ArticleWhy Giving Birth is Safer in Britain Than in the U.S.
by Kate Womersley, special to ProPublica At 11:58 p.m. this past June 25, Helen Taylor gave birth to her first baby, a boy, at West Suffolk Hospital in the East of England. At 11:59 p.m., with 15...
View ArticleResearchers Say Research Needed on Effects of Cannabis on Human Development...
(Source: GUMC - Georgetown University Medical Center) WASHINGTON (September 29, 2016) - In this new era of legalized marijuana, far too little research has been conducted on the effect of cannabis on...
View ArticleEngland's lost children
Andy was nine years old when he and his half-brother Eddie first went to live with their foster parents, Sharon and Paul Jackson. At the time of the placement, their social worker described Andy as...
View ArticleUK babies with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
Andy was nine years old when he and his half-brother Eddie first went to live with their foster parents, Sharon and Paul Jackson. At the time of the placement, their social worker described Andy as...
View ArticleStaying Healthy in Pregnancy
Family Health Pregnancy is a thing of joy for both the mother to be, husband, and loved ones. It is time of great expectation and at the same time apprehensive as to what you need to do , to see it to...
View ArticleStudies reveal WSU-conceived non-invasive prenatal genetic test is accurate...
(Source: Wayne State University) Print view November 3, 2016 DETROIT - The latest developments in prenatal technology conceived by scientists at the Wayne State University School of Medicine that make...
View ArticleNeuroconnectivity disorder may explain preterm neurodevelopmental conditions...
(Source: Wayne State University) Print view January 13, 2017 Evidence that fetuses at risk for preterm birth have abnormal neuroconnectivity has been revealed for the first time by researchers based at...
View ArticleExtrinsic Repair of Injured Dendrites as a Paradigm for Regeneration by...
Abstract Injury triggers regeneration of axons and dendrites. Research has identified factors required for axonal regeneration outside the CNS, but little is known about regeneration triggered by...
View ArticleGuidelines for Iodine Nutrition Before, During, After Pregnancy
According to the 2011 "Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy and Postpartum," during pregnancy, a woman's need for iodine...
View ArticleA pregnant woman is dying every 5 minutes in India! Here’s why
World Health Organisation recently revealed some startling facts about maternal deaths in India. Their report revealed that every five minutes, at least one Indian woman dies during pregnancy and child...
View Article10 Risks of Smoking During Pregnancy
Cigarette smoke is a toxic mix of more than 7000 chemical compounds, 250 of which are known to be poisonous and 70 that cause cancer. Air tainted with secondhand smoke is dangerous to breathe, whether...
View ArticleCauses of Abortion in First Trimester of Pregnancy
Pregnancy is a time of extreme joy. It is time when you heave a sigh of relief that all your efforts have paid off, and you will be expectant that in nine months’ a live baby would be born. But things...
View ArticleSex Differences in the Brain
“We have raised our children in a gender-neutral household since the day they were born, and we never allowed any sort of weapons, not even a water pistol,” a young mother told me emphatically from the...
View ArticleThe Prescient Placenta
My career has been devoted to studying how early life events affect development, but for many years I focused on infancy and childhood. About 25 years ago, it became clear to me, and to many others,...
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