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- First Human Study to Show Benefits to Newborns
from Federal Ban on Home Use of Two Insecticides
A federal ban on two insecticides has resulted in a significant reduction in their impact on newborns' birth weight and length, according to a new study funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and other private foundations. The results of the study the first one to demonstrate the benefits of the ban during pregnancy in human subjects will be published in Environmental Health...
National Institutes of Health
- New Study of New York City Residents Shows That Newborns are More Susceptible to DNA Damage from Pollution than Their Mothers
A new study of the effects of combustion-related air pollutants in New York City reveals that babies in the womb are more susceptible than their mothers to DNA damage from such pollution. Despite the protection provided by the placenta, which reduces the fetal dose to an estimated one-tenth the dose of the mother, the levels of DNA damage in the newborns were similar to those found in their mothers. The study was funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), a part...
National Institutes of Health
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- Respiratory Distress In Newborns Could Potentially Be Rare Genetic Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Doctors' Own Fear Of Death Linked To Hastening Death Of Very Sick Newborns
ScienceDaily - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Metabolic Disease Too Easily Missed
ScienceDaily - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Low vitamin D common in pregnancy
Reuters - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:25 EST
- Newborns needing jaundice therapy prone to moles
Reuters - Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:36 EST
Clinical Trials
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- Compassionate Use of Stanate (TM) Stannsoporfin
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00076960 - Recruiting
Neonatal Jaundice; Jaundice; Hyperbilirubinemia
- Effect of Benadryl Sedation During ERCP or EUS
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00240123 - Active, not recruiting
Gallbladder Disease; Gallstones; Pancreatitis; Abdominal Pain; Jaundice
- Endoscopic Versus Percutaneous Drainage For Hilar Block in Gall Bladder Cancer
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00409864 - Active, not recruiting
Gallbladder Cancer; Obstructive Jaundice
- Improving Health Outcomes for New Mothers and Babies
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00360204 - Recruiting
Hyperbilirubinemia; Jaundice; Dehydration; Postpartum Depression
- Effects of Dairy Foods on Mothers and Their Newborns
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00320125 - Active, not recruiting
Pregnancy

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