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...every 800 children born in the U.S. Until now, the genetic disorder could not be detected prenatally until the second trimester. That may change. A new test, still in the early stages of study, can detect it in the first trimester, using the mother's blood and an ultrasound scan of the fetus...
...Yarmuk Hospital, where Najim was rushed when he was shot, exemplifies how things are moving forward. In early April, during the final days of heavy combat, the facility was almost emptied by looters. "They took beds, air-conditioners, linen, food, ultrasound machines, computers--anything they could carry out," says hospital director Mahdi Jasim Moosa. Since then, the hospital has been refurnished. Some equipment was returned by looters under pressure from neighbors and imams. New fittings have been bought with funds raised in a local mosque and donations from welfare organizations like the Red Cross and CARE. The number of shooting...
FETAL HEARTS In a surgical first, doctors fixed a deadly heart-valve defect in a 5-month-old fetus. Guided by ultrasound, they angled a needle-thin catheter into the aortic valve, a spot one-eighth of an inch in diameter in a beating heart the size of a grape. A minuscule balloon was then inflated to enlarge the constricted valve, which had been obstructing the flow of blood to the body. Eleven weeks later, doctors induced early labor, anticipating the need for another operation, but the repair job had worked so well that the 5-lb. 8-oz. healthy...
...Medical makes the most sophisticated digital X-ray, C.T. scan, MRI and ultrasound equipment available, and it runs 40 facilities in 10 countries. Mellor made her mark immediately. Says Hogan: "Dee was able to bring up productivity in the components department almost 20% in the first 18 months. That had never been done before." Of course, fast results aren't always the kind you want, Mellor says, explaining her choice of China over India for producing that C.T. component: "It's a great example of not making the short-term play for a higher profit margin." Class dismissed. --By Jyoti...
...Ultrasound images allow expectant parents to see grainy images of their developing fetus. Soon they may also be able to "feel" the fetus, thanks to a new PC-based ultrasound device called the e-Touch Sono. The system combines data from a regular ultrasound machine with a force-feedback mechanism like those used in some video games. Touch the image of a fetal cheek with a hand-held stylus, and signals sent from the computer to mechanical motors in the stylus will simulate the sensation of pressing against soft skin. Move the stylus across the fetus' face, and you will...