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Certain Prenatal Medications Can Increase The Risk Of Autism, Finds New Study
The researchers focused on a class of medications called sterol biosynthesis-inhibiting medications, or SBIMs, which are often used to treat conditions like high cholesterol, certain infections, and some respiratory problems.
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Did You Know? High Fever During Pregnancy Can Affect Foetal Development
A high-grade fever disrupts the body's equilibrium because it creates conditions which can harm foetal development by damaging brain and body cell growth.
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Prenatal Infections Silently Harm Babies: How Early Screening During Pregnancy Can Save Lives
Experts say early screening and vaccination can prevent miscarriage, birth defects and lifelong disability. Here's why testing during pregnancy is crucial.
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IIT Madras Captures Images Of Fetal Brain, World's Most Detailed Yet
In a breakthrough in understanding and studying the development of human brain, IIT Madras has released the most detailed, three-dimensional high-resolution images of the foetal brain.
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Understanding Impact Of Childhood Stress
Excessive stress during fetal development or early childhood can have long-term consequences for the brain, from increasing the likelihood of brain disorders and affecting an individual's response to stress as an adult.
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Brain Scans Of Microcephalic Babies Suggest Zika Disrupts Development
Brain scans of 23 Brazilian infants with the birth defect microcephaly showed widespread and severe abnormalities suggesting that Zika may invade fetal nerve cells and disrupt brain development.
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Study Shows How Zika Virus Could Cause Fetal Brain Defects
The Zika virus is capable of quickly infecting and harming developing fetal brain cells, scientists said on Friday in a study that provides insight into how the virus might cause the birth defect microcephaly in fetuses exposed in the womb.
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Prenatal stress affects a child's brain
Children whose mothers are exposed to severe or moderate stress during pregnancy may have long-term effects on their intellectual development
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Certain Prenatal Medications Can Increase The Risk Of Autism, Finds New Study
The researchers focused on a class of medications called sterol biosynthesis-inhibiting medications, or SBIMs, which are often used to treat conditions like high cholesterol, certain infections, and some respiratory problems.
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Did You Know? High Fever During Pregnancy Can Affect Foetal Development
A high-grade fever disrupts the body's equilibrium because it creates conditions which can harm foetal development by damaging brain and body cell growth.
-
Prenatal Infections Silently Harm Babies: How Early Screening During Pregnancy Can Save Lives
Experts say early screening and vaccination can prevent miscarriage, birth defects and lifelong disability. Here's why testing during pregnancy is crucial.
-
IIT Madras Captures Images Of Fetal Brain, World's Most Detailed Yet
In a breakthrough in understanding and studying the development of human brain, IIT Madras has released the most detailed, three-dimensional high-resolution images of the foetal brain.
-
Understanding Impact Of Childhood Stress
Excessive stress during fetal development or early childhood can have long-term consequences for the brain, from increasing the likelihood of brain disorders and affecting an individual's response to stress as an adult.
-
Brain Scans Of Microcephalic Babies Suggest Zika Disrupts Development
Brain scans of 23 Brazilian infants with the birth defect microcephaly showed widespread and severe abnormalities suggesting that Zika may invade fetal nerve cells and disrupt brain development.
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Study Shows How Zika Virus Could Cause Fetal Brain Defects
The Zika virus is capable of quickly infecting and harming developing fetal brain cells, scientists said on Friday in a study that provides insight into how the virus might cause the birth defect microcephaly in fetuses exposed in the womb.
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Prenatal stress affects a child's brain
Children whose mothers are exposed to severe or moderate stress during pregnancy may have long-term effects on their intellectual development
