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Neonatal cholestasis is prolonged elevation of conjugated serum bilirubin (more than 20% of total bilirubin) beyond first 14 days of life. After extensive evaluation a diagnosis of either biliary atresia or neonatal hepatitis is made in 70-80% of cases. Neonatal hepatitis and biliary atresia form a...
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PMID: 12349647
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Developments in medical technology have increased the possibility of diagnosing severe structural abnormalties in the fetus. If these occur, a woman may request termination of her pregnancy. This raises serious ethical and legal questions, in particular if the anomalies are discovered in the third t...
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PMID: 11657241
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Folate deficiency is one of today's most common vitamin deficiencies in women. Women who consume a low level of folate during pregnancy are at risk for poor pregnancy outcomes including birth defects. Birth defects are the leading cause of fetal and infant deaths throughout the world. Neural tube...
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PMID: 12179656
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In the Fall of 1997 the leading Swedish newspaper, Dagens Nyheter, created a media hype over the Swedish policy of compulsory sterilisation that had been in operation between 1935 and 1975. In the discussion that followed, the moral condemnation of our medical past was unanimous. However, the reason...
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PMID: 11656691
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I further consider the disabilities advocates' objection, ultimately concluding that it is misplaced; neither individual actions nor general practices of this type necessarily express disrespectful messages....
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PMID: 11655298
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We must do whatever is necessary to prolong life worth living. But I also reject the view that the side-effects of overpopulation always outweigh the value of realizing potential happiness. So I advocate a middle position, which I do not identify precisely. Even from this middle position, however, p...
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PMID: 11655333
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I shall argue, first, that Rachels' view is exposed to very serious objections, and secondly, that his arguments in support of his position involve a crucial assumption, which cannot be sustained, concerning the relation between, on the one hand, propositions about good-making and bad-making propert...
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PMID: 11655328
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This article reports the results of a survey, by mailed questionnaire, of the attitudes among a sample of the Danish population towards abortion for social and genetic reasons. Of 1080 questionnaires sent to a random sample of persons between 18 and 45 years, 731 (68%) were completed and returned. A...
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PMID: 11655122
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