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Ultrasound Might Affect Newborn Brain Development
8 August 2006

Medical News Today, 8 Aug 2006, Christian Nordqvist
If studies on pregnant mice also apply to humans, exposing a pregnant mother to ultrasound for over 30 minutes could adversely affect the baby's brain development, say scientists from Yale University, USA. They found that some nerve cells did not make their way to the correct parts of the developing brain. Continue reading...

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