More Birth & Genetic Disorders News

• Report Shows Dangerous Chemical Can Leach from Baby Bottles

  Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Environmental health organizations in the United States and Canada are ...

• Birth Problems Linked to Teenage Fathers

  Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that seems to turn conventional wisdom on ...

• Eye Blinks May ID Fetal Alcohol Exposure

  Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Eye blinking may help doctors identify children exposed to alcohol ...

• Epsom Salt Cut Cerebral Palsy Rate in Half Among Preemies

  Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- An infusion of Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) given just before ...

• Secondhand Smoke Worsens Lung Function in Cystic Fibrosis Patients

  Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to secondhand smoke worsens lung function in people with ...

• Next Generation of Parents More Likely to Back Genetic Testing

  Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Even though most U.S. medical groups are opposed, many people ...

• Chemical Signals Go Awry in Fragile X Syndrome

  Jan. 15 (HealthDay News) -- New information about how brain cells are affected in Fragile ...

• Years-Long Search Unlocks Deadly Genetic Disease

  Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Ann Messer knew something was wrong while she was still ...

• Body Abnormalities, Childhood Cancer May Share Genes

  Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Dutch scientists have discovered that children who have cancer also ...

• Fragile X Syndrome Corrected in Mice

  Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- By targeting one gene, scientists have been able to correct ...

• Fetal Alcohol Exposure May Prime Offspring for Alcoholism

  Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Rats exposed to alcohol while still in the womb learn ...

• Kuvan Sanctioned for PKU

  Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A drug called Kuvan (sapropterin dihydrochloride) has been approved for ...

• Fetal Exposure to Arsenic Affects Genes

  Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Children of women exposed to arsenic-contaminated water during pregnancy have ...

• Lung Transplants May Not Help Most Cystic Fibrosis Children

  Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Hardly any of the children who receive lung transplants because ...

• Experts Release New Cystic Fibrosis Guidelines

  Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Experts on Thursday issued new clinical standards for the treatment ...

• Caffeine Therapy Boosts Preemies' Outcomes

  Nov. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Some adults joke they couldn't live without their morning coffee, ...

• Folic Acid Fortification Cuts Babies' Heart Risks

  Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Canadian public health measures that spurred folic acid intake among ...

• Urinary Tract Infection May Raise Birth Defect Risk

  Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women who had a urinary tract infection (UTI) from ...

• Global Gene Map Clears New Milestone

  Oct. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The second phase of the HapMap Project -- created to ...