Researchers find blood marker that could help identify newborns with SIDS
Scientists say that babies who died of sudden infant death syndrome had lower levels of an enzyme called butyrylcholinesterase shortly after birth. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - May 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nancy Lapid Source Type: news
Researchers identify enzyme that could be connected to SIDS
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - May 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Healthwatch Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated CBSN Boston Syndicated Local Dr. Mallika Marshall SIDS Source Type: news
Low Butyrylcholinesterase: A Possible Biomarker of SIDS Risk? Low Butyrylcholinesterase: A Possible Biomarker of SIDS Risk?
A previously unidentified cholinergic deficit may be present at birth in babies at risk for sudden infant death syndrome, according to researchers.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
New Research Offers Clues as to Why Some Babies Die of SIDS
The study could pave the way for newborn screening — but the results still need to be corroborated by further research. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Knvul Sheikh Tags: Babies and Infants Infant Mortality Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Content Type: Service Children and Childhood Research Sleep Source Type: news
Study identifies potential biomarker for SIDS, but a test for it is a long way off
Australian researchers say they've identified one potential biomarker for sudden infant death syndrome, known as SIDS, but experts caution that it's just one piece of the puzzle. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - May 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study identifies potential biomarker for SIDS, but a test for it is a long way off
Australian researchers say they've identified one potential biomarker for sudden infant death syndrome, known as SIDS, but experts caution that it's just one piece of the puzzle. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New study could help explain sudden infant death syndrome
More than 1,000 babies in the U.S. die of SIDS each year, according to the CDC. #cdc (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Enzyme in babies ’ blood linked to risk of sudden infant death syndrome
Scientists find babies who died from Sids had lower levels of BChE on average, but say link ‘needs more investigation’Scientists may have come a step closer to uncovering the causes for sudden infant death syndrome in a study that has been hailed as a significant advance by the British scientist whose work underpinned the Back to Sleep campaign of the 1990s.The study is the first to identify a biochemical marker in the blood that is linked to the risk of Sids, sometimes called cot death, when an apparently healthy infant dies during their sleep. Although the test is not accurate enough to be used in newborn screening, ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 13, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Sudden infant death syndrome Health Biology Science Source Type: news
Groundbreaking new study finds possible explanation for SIDS
A medical research breakthrough might have just solved the mystery of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome . #breakthrough (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'World-first' breakthrough sees scientists find a way of spotting babies at risk of sudden death
An Australian expert inspired to unravel the mystery of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by the death of her son has found a way to spot babies at risk dying from cot death. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Are Some Mast Cell Disorders?
Discussion
Mast cells (MCs) were first discovered by Paul Ehrlich in 1878. Previously in 1869, Nettleship and Tay described a toddler with chronic urticaria and a brown skin lesion which is believed to be the first reported case of mastocytosis. Urticaria pigmentosa was a term first used by Sangster in 1878, and in 1936 the term mastocytosis was used.
“Mast cells first evolved 500 million years ago in Ascidians (sea squirts), providing host innate immunity against bacteria and parasites….MCs gained additional functions regulating inflammation, wound healing, coagulation, adaptive immunity and acute allergic res...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 21, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
A box to put the baby in: UK parent perceptions of two baby box programmes promoted for infant sleep - Ball HL, Taylor CE, Yuill CM.
Between 2016 and 2019, two different infant sleeping-box interventions were implemented in England: (1) shallow polypropylene baby boxes were distributed via a feasibility study to families with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) risk factors; and (2) a c... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
What Are the Clinical Characteristics of the Most Common Skeletal Dysplasia?
Discussion
With more than 200 skeletal dysplasias and multiple variations even for one dysplasia, it can be difficult for the general practitioner to know a lot of specific information about all the skeletal dysplasias. Achondroplasia (ACP) is the most common skeletal dysplasia and specifically short-limbed dwarfism. The incidence is about 1 in 15-40,000 live births. ACP is autosomal dominant with about 80% arising from new mutations with a single nucleotide substitution in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) gene on chromosome 4. This gene regulates the conversion of cartilage to bone, with the problem showing...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 1, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Could genetics hold the key to preventing SIDS?
(University of South Australia) A state-of-the-art genetic biobank could hold the key to preventing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), potentially saving the lives of hundreds of babies who die from the devastating condition each year. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
A 5-year retrospective study on infant homicide presenting as cot death: are we missing infant homicides? - Tse R, Ioelu L, Chen M, McCarthy S, Glenn C, Kesha K, Morrow P, Stables S.
Being found dead in cot or bed is the most common presentation encountered with infant deaths. These deaths are often associated with unsafe sleep environment. The postmortem examination in such cases is often negative, and along with family objections, cu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 3, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
