Children's health
17 Mar 2006
Genes affecting blood pressure change as children become adults
As children transform into adults some of the genes involved in controlling their blood pressure change as well, according to a study of more than 500 pairs of twins. The study of black and white identical and fraternal twins showed that changes in gene expression between ages 14 and…
Children's health
17 Mar 2006
Course of bipolar disorder in youths described for the first time
Children with bipolar disorder experience more enduring and rapidly changing symptoms of the disease than adults, according to a study that, for the first time, maps the clinical progression of each of the three sub-types of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents. The findings were published today by researchers from…
Children's health
09 Mar 2006
Two-minute test could prevent needless caesareans
A speedy new biosensor to indicate oxygen starvation in unborn children could help prevent women in labour from undergoing unnecessary caesarean sections, its inventors claim. Dangerous oxygen starvation, or “fetal hypoxia”, currently takes time to detect so many doctors proceed to caesarean surgery rather than risk a child’s life.
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