Health bulletin
Baby heart defect test could save lives
A quick and cheap test could save the lives of babies born with congenital heart defects — such as holes between chambers in the heart and valve defects. A study on 20,055 newborns, published in The Lancet, showed testing oxygen in the blood was more successful than other checks available. The researchers have called for the oxygen test to be used in hospitals as cases go commonly unnoticed.
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