Test tube baby gets blood check
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Australian doctors use genetic screening to ensure that a test tube baby's blood is compatible with its mother's.
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HIV testing will soon become part of routine prenatal care and be required for some newborns in New Jersey under a new law that supporters say is putting the state in the forefront of the national fight against HIV transmission to babies.
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A blood test to identify the sex of foetuses at seven weeks could cut the need for further risky tests.
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SINGAPORE : The Health Ministry is reviewing the requirements for pregnant women to be screened for HIV/AIDs, and may make it compulsory.
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Blood from a baby's umbilical cord could  help doctors predict which children will suffer from allergies  and asthma later in their lives, British and American  scientists said on Thursday.
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Oct. 18, 2004 -- Premature babies may be less likely to need blood transfusions if their umbilical cords are cut a bit later than normal.
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A record-breaking baby weighing a minuscule 280 grams has grown up into a healthy young girl, US doctors report this week. But experts fret that the &#39;miracle&#39; baby may raise false hopes among parents about the outlook for their premature infants.
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A simple blood test could tell doctors which women with breast cancer need more aggressive treatment.
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Thirteen-month-old baby leaves hospital after undergoing pioneering life-saving treatment.
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Parents anxious to have souvenir  ultrasounds photographs or film clips of the fetus the womb  should make sure they are done by professionals who follow  strict safety guidelines.
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A simple system that checks how much blood a patient loses during surgery speeds recovery, NHS trials show.
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These days, when it is oh so easy to order sophisticated medical tests, sometimes the best test, and the best treatment, can be low-tech.
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Scientists move closer to a predictive test for the dangerous pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia.
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A blood test has been developed which counts cancer cells in the advanced breast cancer patientâs blood stream and tells whether the treatment is successful.
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NEW YORK  - A slight delay in cutting the  umbilical cord of a preterm infant may reduce the need for  blood transfusions and prevent brain hemorrhage, according to a  new report in.
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Newborns should be screened for heart abnormalities to reduce the risk of cot death, researchers say.
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A simple urine test during pregnancy could someday predict which women are likely to develop dangerously high blood pressure called pre-eclampsia, a condition that kills hundreds of mothers-to-be each year in the United States and leads to 15 percent of all premature births, researchers say.