Fetal Heart Rate Yields Clues To Children’s Later Development

Variations in heart rate patterns provide information on how the nervous system functions in adults and children. Obstetricians have long considered heart rate patterns to be important indicators of fetal well-being during the prenatal period as well as in labor and delivery. Now a new study has found that heart rate patterns before birth also predict the rate at which children develop through their toddler years. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Pediatrics on November 18th, 2007