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...that mothers who lived through a hurricane during their pregnancy - particularly at the mid-gestational point - had a greater likelihood of giving birth to an autistic child than other women. "What would be involved here would be the mother's level of [the stress hormone] cortisol," says Purpura. "Between fetus and mother, the placenta acts as a very good barrier for maternal cortisol, except when the stress is extreme...
...recognizes and appreciates its status as a premier institution that should facilitate intellectual exchange—including debate on this issue itself. Critics of Notre Dame’s choice have chosen to engage the issue intelligently: One image designed to protest the speech depicts a Shepard Fairey-style fetus underlined with the word “HUMAN,” invoking the popular representation of Obama during the election. This deployment of popular liberal imagery against a Democrat suggests that opponents to Obama’s speech are cognizant of the iconographic profile of their political adversaries...
...police explored the site further, more bones were uncovered. A week later, three bodies were confirmed, then six, including a woman who was four months pregnant. The count now stands at 13, including the fetus, making it the largest crime scene Albuquerque police have ever seen. "These are not complete remains," says John Walsh, a spokesman with the Albuquerque Police Department. "They are components of remains and we are working on identifying them." (See TIME's Top 25 Crimes of the Century...
...concentration, simply put, is about how humans develop,” he added. “How does a fertilized egg turn into an embryo, turn into a fetus, turn into an adult...
...issue may be one of screening: because ultrasound monitoring of obese patients is much more difficult than the monitoring of thinner women, it could lead to more missed cases of deformities like neural-tube defects. "We know that it is much harder to get good visibility of the fetus in scanning women who are obese, and more babies may be born with spina bifida and other abnormalities in these women," says Rankin. (Read "The Year in Medicine 2008: From...