NEW YORK, Oct. 22 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * Drug Prevents Congenital Heart Block Recurrence in a High-Risk Pregnancy * C ongenital heart block, sometimes referred to as cardiac neonatal lupus, is a rare, potentially life-threatening condition that affects babies born to mothers with specific autoantibodies--called anti-SSA/Ro antibodies--which can attack the fetal hea  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Oct. 23 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * Extinction rates have slowed across many plant and animal groups, study shows Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on extrapolating extinctions from the past 500 years into the future and the idea that extinction rates are rapidly accelerating. A new study by Kristen Saban and John Wiens with the University of Arizona Dep  more