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12/07/97
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Food Fortification Plan Likely to Reduce Birth Defects Risks
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The U.S. Government's plan to fortify grains with the vitamin folic acid to help prevent a devastating class of birth defects is likely to reduce the risk of these defects substantially, according to an early study by researchers in Ireland and at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). |
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11/24/97
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Study Confirms Deficit in the Brainstem of SIDS Victims
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Researchers have discovered that some infants who have died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) show abnormalities in not just one -- but two -- receptors located in an area of the brainstem thought to be involved in the control of breathing, carbon dioxide sensitivity, and blood pressure responses. |
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10/15/97
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Patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Sought for Research at NIH
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Researchers at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) are recruiting women with polycystic ovarian syndrome for a new treatment for the infertility associated with that condition. |
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07/22/97
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Study Finds Moderate Doses of Vitamin A Before and During Pregnancy Do Not Pose Risk of Birth Defects
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Contrary to what many researchers had feared, doses of vitamin A commonly taken during pregnancy do not increase the chances that a woman will have a child with a birth defect, according to a study conducted by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). |
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07/09/97
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Study Finds Calcium Does Not Prevent Potentially Fatal Disorder of Pregnancy
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Contrary to prevailing medical opinion, taking high doses of calcium during pregnancy does not prevent preeclampsia in women who do not have any risk factors for the disease, according to the largest, most comprehensive clinical trial of its kind to date. |
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07/02/97
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Federal Government Issues Key Report of Well Being on Nation's Children
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A new Federal report being issued today provides a composite picture of the well-being of the nation's children. |
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06/10/97
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Currently Recommended Folate Intake may be Insufficient for Large Group of People
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A study of Irish women indicates that current dietary standards for the nutrient folateknown to prevent a devastating class of birth defects and possibly cardiovascular diseasedo not take into account the increased folate requirements of a large minority of people genetically at risk for folate deficiency. |
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05/30/97
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NIH Launches International Network on Biology and Brain Development in Autism
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Two institutes of the National Institutes of Health announced that they will put in place a five year, $27 million, international collaborative network to study the neurobiology and genetics of autism. |
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04/10/97
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NICHD-Funded Researchers Find Possible Mechanism of Preeclampsia
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A team of investigators has discovered that preeclampsia--a life threatening complication of pregnancy--results from a failure of the placenta to invade the wall of the uterus and to appropriately mimic the tissue which lines blood vessels. |
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03/26/97
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Pediatric ACTG Protocol 185
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Enrollment has been stopped in a clinical trial of mother to child HIV transmission, Pediatric ACTG Protocol 185, due to a welcome but unexpectedly low rate of infant infection which made comparison of the standard and experimental treatments impossible. |
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03/20/97
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Clinton Administration Announces Expanded BTS Campaign
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The Clinton Administration announced today that Tipper Gore will lead an expanded public education effort designed to help prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). |
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03/01/97
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CPSC Safety Alert - Soft Bedding May Be Hazardous to Babies
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To prevent infant deaths due to soft bedding, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development are revising their recommendations on safe bedding practices when putting infants down to sleep. |
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03/01/97
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NICHD Winter Alert to Parents of Newborn Infants
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The cold, fall weather is bringing out the heavy clothes and blankets -- and also a warning to parents of infants from Tipper Gore, national spokesperson for the "Back to Sleep" campaign, a public-private initiative to raise awareness that placing babies on their backs to sleep can reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). |
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03/01/97
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Reduction in SIDS Deaths Helps Bring Low Infant Mortality
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Saying that more than 50 percent of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) mortality may be preventable if babies are placed to sleep on their sides or backs, HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala today announced that deaths due to SIDS fell 30 percent between 1992 and 1995. |
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02/26/97
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Inhaled Treatment Effective for Hypoxic Respiratory Failure in Newborns
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Treatment with inhaled nitric oxide is an effective therapy for hypoxic respiratory failure in term and near-term infants, according to the lead article in the February 27, 1997 New England Journal of Medicine. |
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