Breakthrough Test for Down Syndrome
    Breakthrough Test for Down Syndrome

    A new technique could revolutionize diagnosis using a new test for Down syndrome in a way that mothers will love. All it takes is 1/2 tsp of the mother's blood for stunningly accurate results. Then No…

    Down Syndrome Testing and Vegetarians
    Down Syndrome Testing and Vegetarians

    Dr. Greene's take on Down Syndrome testing for vegetarian moms... Pregnant women who are vegetarians may be unnecessarily worried by prenatal screening tests, according to a study from the Chang Gung …

    Can She Hear Me?
    Can She Hear Me?

    Most babies with hearing loss are not diagnosed until they are 1½ to 3 years old, unless a routine screening hearing test is done. These simple tests are recommended for all babies. However, about 1 o…

    Cheap Genetic Testing At Home?
    Cheap Genetic Testing At Home?

    A brilliant idea may bring expensive medical tests into reach using nothing more exotic than home computer with a CD drive. Up until now, many specific protein tests have relied on $100,000 fluorescen…

    Diabetes Options for Children
    Diabetes Options for Children

    On Tuesday, August 27, 2002, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it had approved the Glucowatch for use in children and teens with diabetes. (It had been approved for adults in 20…

    Photoscreening to Test the Vision of Babies, Toddlers, and Children with Developmental Delays
    Photoscreening to Test the Vision of Babies, Toddlers, and Children with Developmental Delays

    Dr. Greene's take on photoscreening... Cover one eye, and read these letters? Testing the vision of babies, toddlers, and children with developmental delays can be difficult and inaccurate. It's also …

    Butterbur - An Effective Natural Remedy for Allergies? Is It Safe? Or Does It Cause Liver Cancer? What You Need to Know
    Butterbur – An Effective Natural Remedy for Allergies? Is It Safe? Or Does It Cause Liver Cancer? What You Need to Know

    Petasites is a shrub with incredibly huge leaves, up to 3 feet in diameter, usually found in low-lying wet areas and marshes. The plant is sometimes called butterbur, perhaps because the large, soft l…

    A Blood Test for Behavior Problems
    A Blood Test for Behavior Problems

    We know that lead is both a powerful and treatable cause of toxicity to children's brains and nervous systems. Because so many children with developmental and behavioral problems have high blood lead …

    Human skin cells under a microscope. 21st century diagnosis uses updated methods.
    Diagnosis in the 21st Century

    The Lancet chronicles a story of deductive reasoning, genetic medicine, and international cooperation. A physician relative of the deceased kept wondering if the death might have been not due to alcoh…

    Emergency Medical Test for Appendicitis
    Emergency Medical Test for Appendicitis

    Your child is doubled over in pain. Concern has brought you both to the Emergency Room, but after initial evaluation, the situation still isn't clear. Is this appendicitis or not? An exciting report i…

    Fast Facts about Rotaviruses
    Fast Facts about Rotaviruses

    Rotaviruses are the leading cause of both routine vomiting and diarrheal illnesses and of severe, life-threatening diarrhea in every country in the world. Click here to read more about rotaviruses. (m…

    Fast Facts about Pertussis
    Fast Facts about Pertussis

    Pertussis is commonly known as whooping cough. Pertussis is caused by bacteria that attach themselves to the cilia (little hairs) that line the respiratory tract. These bacteria produce a potent toxin…

    Fast Facts about Trisomy 13
    Fast Facts about Trisomy 13

    Trisomy 13 (also called Patau Syndrome) occurs in up to 1 out of 5,000 newborns (Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation, Saunders 1988). (more…)…

    Fast Facts about Group A Strep
    Fast Facts about Group A Strep

    More than 100 different types of Group A Strep have been identified. (more…)…