Prenatal parental stress linked to behaviour problems in toddlers
Expectant parents’ emotional struggles predict emotional and behavioural problems in 2-year-olds, new research shows. The same study reveals, for the
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More people born with a single lower heart chamber survive; but, face challenges
The Fontan procedure has allowed more people born with only one ventricle — the lower pumping chamber of the heart
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Mining 25 years of data uncovers a new predictor of age of onset for Huntington disease
Investigators at the University of British Columbia (UBC)/Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics (CMMT) and BC Children’s Hospital have examined
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Opioid Use Could Be Linked To The Rise Of Infants Being Born With Intestines Outside Of The Body
The opioid crisis has continually spread throughout the United States in recent years becoming an epidemic. One of the many
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Speeding up genetic diagnosis of Huntington’s disease
People with Huntington’s disease suffer from jerky body movements and decreasing mental abilities. The condition usually leads to death 15-20
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Autism and zinc deficiency in early development: Mechanistic link found between zinc, autism risk genes and abnormal neuronal connections associated with autism spectrum disorders
The emergence of autism in children has not only been linked to genes encoding synaptic proteins — among others —
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Calm the immune system, halt premature birth: Potential treatment could stop many cases of premature labor and birth
Premature birth is the leading cause of infant death and disability in the U.S., and costs billions in dollars and
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Scientists pinpoint pathway that impacts features of autism
A team of scientists at Florida Atlantic University has uncovered a brain-signaling pathway that can be pharmacologically manipulated in genetically
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Enlarged genotype-phenotype correlation for a deletion in neurofibromatosis type 1: Examination of a larger group of patients extends the clinical manifestations first described 11 years ago for this three-base pair deletion
International collaborative research led by Ludwine Messiaen, Ph.D., shows that while a three-base pair, in-frame deletion called p.Met992del in the
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Pregnant women with heart disease should give birth at no later than 40 weeks gestation
Pregnant women with heart disease should give birth at no later than 40 weeks gestation. That is one of the
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