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Autism In Premature Babies Five Times More Likely
A new study on autism has demonstrated that the risk of developing autism among children who were born prematurely is five times greater than among kids born after a full-term pregnancy. The new study, published in the journal Pediatrics, found that five out of every 100 young adults born weighing less than four and a half pounds had autism. This is significantly higher than the estimate by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that one out of every 100 eight-year-old kids has autism. The professor who led the study, Jennifer Pinto-Martin of the University of Pennsylvania, says she “was surprised”. “I knew it would be higher than the general population…but I thought the rate would be about double”, she said. Those with autism in the study also showed a higher prevalence for other psychiatric disorders, such as phobias and attention-deficit disorder. Pinto-Martin said that although her study did not…
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Forceps Cause Deadly Head Injury
Giving birth can be a traumatic experience even when everything goes right. People hope the doctor assisting in the birth will ease the process as much as possible, and ensure the healthy delivery of their child. Unfortunately, even highly skilled doctors make mistakes, and mistakes during birth can have disastrous results. A baby boy died in Ireland one week after his birth by emergency Caesarean due to brain trauma last month. There were complications in Daniel McGovern’s birth that led to a doctor attempting to extract him with forceps. The doctor was unsuccessful with the forceps and had to deliver the boy by Caesarean. After McGovern was delivered, it was discovered that he had a prominent traumatic lesion on his head with bleeding within the skull. Birth defects and baby brain injuries can occur for a variety of reasons, and often they are accidental. In this case, the doctor used…
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Blanket Puts The Chill On Infant Brain Damage
While a new technique called therapeutic hypothermia might sound a little scary, it is giving hope to infants at risk for brain injury where there have not been many options. Doctors have started wrapping at-risk newborns in cooling blankets to prevent brain damage, and it is proving to be quite effective. The cooling wraps circulate water that keeps the baby’s arms and trunk area at 33.5 degrees, down from the standard 37 degrees. They are kept at this temperature for 3 days, after which they are slowly warmed back up over a 24-hour period. The cooling blanket can reduce the chance of brain injury by 25 percent. Doctors still do not know why lowering body temperature slows damage to the brain, but the theory is that lower temperature slows the rate at which damage can occur. According to Dr. Amit Mathur, neonatal ICU medical director at St. Louis Children’s Center,…
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