Does elevated first-trimester nuchal translucency increase the risk of congenital heart defects?
Increased first trimester nuchal translucency measurement was associated with a higher risk of major congenital heart defect in chromosomally normal pregnancies. The practical implications of our findings are that patients with unexplained elevations of nuchal translucency may need referral for a fetal echocardiogram.
The reduced GLUT 4 content of insulin sensitive tissues from MSG-treated obese mice is recovered by a 20% loss in weight. This mechanism can be involved in the observed increase of insulin sensitivity.