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Newborn Hearing Screening Programs May Benefit From The Standardization Of Testing Protocols
May 17, 2006 — Researchers have identified several changes that could be made to existing newborn screening tests for hearing defects that could advance the standard of care in detecting deaf infants, according to ... > full story -
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Infants Can Organise Visual Information At Just Four Months
April 29, 2006 — Research investigating attention in infancy has revealed that, at just four months old, babies are able to organise visual information in at least three different ways, according to brightness, ... > full story -
Congenital Rubella Syndrome Nearly Eradicated In United States
April 8, 2006 — Congenital rubella syndrome, a birth defect caused by the rubella virus (also known as German measles), has practically been eliminated in the US, according to a statement published in the April 2006 ... > full story -
Increased Cognitive Control In Tourette's Syndrome
March 27, 2006 — Though the repetitive vocal and motor tics characteristic of Tourette's syndrome may suggest an inability to control involuntary actions at the cognitive level, researchers have now found evidence ... > full story -
X Chromosomes Key To Sex Differences In Health
March 22, 2006 — Females have two X chromosomes and males only have one -- and this simple fact, along with the occurrence of what geneticists call mosaicism, may not only explain why women are less susceptible than ... > full story -
Chromosome Rearrangements Not As Random As Believed
February 18, 2006 — As the human genome gradually yields up its secrets, scientists are finding some genetic events, such as rearrangements in chromosomes, are less random than they had previously thought. Originating ... > full story -
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Preemies Defy Odds And Overcome Difficulties By Adulthood: Study
February 13, 2006 — As young adults, the majority of extremely low birth-weight infants are attaining similar levels of education, employment and independence as normal birth-weight infants, according to a study by ... > full story -
Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy Appears Associated With Withdrawal Symptoms In Newborns
February 6, 2006 — Almost one-third of 60 newborn infants whose mothers took antidepressants during pregnancy experienced neonatal abstinence syndrome, a type of withdrawal with symptoms that include high-pitched ... > full story -
Treatment Of Down Syndrome In Mice Restores Nerve Growth In Cerebellum
January 31, 2006 — Researchers at Johns Hopkins restored the normal growth of specific nerve cells in the cerebellum of mouse models of Down syndrome that were stunted by this genetic condition. The cerebellum is the ... > full story -
Study Implicates Defective Synapse Generator In Onset Of Alzheimer's; Finding Links Age-Related Brain Disease To Down Syndrome
January 26, 2006 — A new UCLA/Veterans Affairs study implicates defects in the machinery that creates connections between brain cells as responsible for the onset of Alzheimer's disease. The defect in PAK enzyme ... > full story
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