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Why do doctors still use forceps when they killed our baby?

February 23, 2010 – 7:09 am

With her long eyelashes and black hair, Alexandra was, says her mother Beatrix, ‘the most beautiful thing I could imagine’. The newborn, who weighed 9lb 4oz, had been conceived through IVF after five years of trying (which had involved both parents undergoing surgery) and was a much longed-for child.
So her arrival last June should have [...]

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Artificially created brains could fuel brain injury treatment advances

January 23, 2010 – 10:40 am

South African scientist Henry Markram is developing what he hopes will be “the world’s first fully conscious, artificial human brain,” a Times Live article reported. Not only could the technology lead to extremely accurate diagnosis and efficient, effective treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and other brain dysfunctions, it could also give scientists and doctors a window [...]

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Birth Weights Fell From 1990 to 2005

January 23, 2010 – 10:31 am

Mothers are giving birth to lighter babies in the U.S., and no one is quite sure why.
The finding, published Thursday in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has potentially troubling public-health implications, if the trend continues. Low-birth-weight babies are at higher risk for a host of health problems.
Between 1990 and 2005, the birth weight of [...]

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Shoulder Dislocation Birth Injury Can Now Be Detected by Ultrasound

January 20, 2010 – 6:15 pm

The January issue of Radiology revealed that ultrasounds can now be used to detect posterior shoulder dislocations in infants 3 to 6 months of age with permanent brachial plexus injuries.
The study used during this research found that by using ultrasonography that permanent brachial plexus injuries can be examined. The study was done with 132 infants [...]

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Parents Not Taking Concussions Seriously Enough

January 18, 2010 – 10:26 am

MONDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) — Children who suffer a concussion don’t just have a minor head bump, but a brain injury that parents, coaches and teachers need to take more seriously, Canadian researchers warn.
Parents often believe that concussion injury is mild and doesn’t involve damage to the brain, said [...]

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New Ways to Diagnose Traumatic Brain Injury

November 17, 2009 – 10:42 am

Distinguishing different types of brain injury more quickly could improve treatment.
By Emily Singer
In honor of Veterans Day,Technology Review is again highlighting some recent advances in understanding traumatic brain injury–a central issue for many of the troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. We first highlighted this problem in a feature in 2007, Brain Trauma in Iraq.
This [...]

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