Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is the medical term used to describe a set of physical and mental birth defects that can result from drinking alcohol during pregnancy. When a pregnant women drinks ...

Phenytoin is one of the most frequently prescribed antiepileptic drugs. Although the vast majority of women with epilepsy have normal pregnancy outcomes, certain fetal anomalies and pregnancy ...

It is sickening and OB-GYNs must stop telling women it is OK to drink a little here and there. It is not OK.” The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) reports FASD affects around 40 ...

What is Cushing's syndrome? Cushing's syndrome is a hormonal disorder. It’s caused when you have high levels of the hormone cortisol over a long time. Cushing's syndrome is fairly rare. It most often ...

Vaccines and aborted fetal tissue are linked in some cases. That's because certain vaccines, such as a type of rabies vaccine, are made by cultivating the virus in fetal cells. The Janssen COVID-19 ...

Phenytoin-induced gingival overgrowth is a well known and frequently reported gingival lesion, which was first detected in 1939. This case report consists of phenytoin usage, duration and poor oral ...

The recovery of phenytoin from mixtures containing different phenytoin formulations and protein mixtures was studied. Three phenytoin solutions (40 mg/µL) were prepared, each in triplicate ...

Q: What is Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM)? A: Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) is a medical subspecialty that focuses on the health of pregnant women and their fetuses during pregnancy, labor ...

Phenytoin is one of the most used antiepileptic drugs. Isoniazid, a first-line antitubercular drug, blocks the CYP2C19 enzyme, preventing phenytoin from being metabolised. Concomitant use of phenytoin ...

The issue has also sparked discussion of a phenomenon known as Kessler syndrome. Kessler syndrome is a hypothetical scenario proposed by NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler in 1978, predicting what ...

The event Reddy referred to is a hypothetical phenomenon called Kessler Syndrome. Named for American astrophysicist Donald Kessler and based on his 1978 academic paper, Kessler Syndrome — as the ...

All of this debris floating around in space could lead to a theoretical scenario known as the Kessler Syndrome. Here's what to know about space junk, why it's a problem and what's being done about it.