Healthy Pregnancy
Dr. Ed McCabe, Chief of the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, talks about some of the things women can do to have a healthy pregnancy. He states that the incidence of neural tube defects could be reduced by 50 to 75% if pregnant women would take a...
Helping Families Cope
Dr. Ed McCabe, Chief of the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, talks about his role in helping families cope when they learn they are going to have a child with a genetic abnormality of some type. "My main job in those situations," Dr. McCabe expla...
Newborn Hearing Screening
Dr. Ed McCabe, Chief of the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, talks about a screening process that can identify children who have genetic deafness before they leave the newborn nursery.
Prenatal Care and Postnatal Activities
Dr. Ed McCabe, Chief of the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, discusses his views concerning prenatal care and postnatal activities. He recommends that every woman take folic acid to reduce the risk of neural tube defects. His suggestions for the ...
Newborn Screening
Dr. Ed McCabe, Chief of the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, talks about the state of newborn screening in the United States. He notes that, at the time of his interview, all states screened for PKU (phenylketonuria) and hypothyroidism. Dr. McCab...
Disease and Ethnicity
Dr. Ed McCabe, Chief of the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, talks about the link between certain genetic disorders and ethnicity. He focuses on Tay-Sachs disease, which shows up most commonly among Ashkenazi Jews and French Canadians of southeas...
Diabetes and Pregnancy
Dr. Ed McCabe, Chief of the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, talks about some of the reasons prenatal care is so important. He notes that there is an increased risk of diabetes during pregnancy, adding that all pregnant women should be monitored,...
Causes of Mental Retardation
Dr. Ed McCabe, Chief of the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, talks about prenatal tests that can be done to test for signs of mental retardation in the fetus. "Down's Syndrome is certainly one that we're very aware of and that we know how to test...
Family's Struggle, A
Dr. Ed McCabe, Chief of the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, talks about the challenges faced by a Colorado family in which two children were afflicted by a serious genetic disorder.
Purposes of Genetic Testing
Dr. Ed McCabe, Chief of the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, explains that genetic testing is done to facilitate the diagnosis of genetic diseases like heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Such testing can be invaluable in encouraging individuals ...