Immigration crackdowns damage health — even for unborn children

Our unborn children at risk?

T he study by Ang et al. (1) in this issue of PNAS strikes a precautionary note, in that it presents experimental evidence that prolonged continuous ultrasound (US) exposure may cause mild disruption in neuronal migration to the cerebral cortex in fetal mice. The authors (1) suggest that such neuronal heterotopia may result in anomalies in brain circuitry and synaptic activity. Does this study ...

Are sildenafil derivatives useful even in unborn males?

A s noted by Romo et al, 1 the past decade has witnessed an increased incidence, in the general population, of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), currently averaged at 5.13% of all newborns. An elegant survey by Hutter et al 2 subsequently highlighted the major causes of intrauterine hypoxia often associated with IUGR. Those authors additionally argued in favor of an important role for int...

Generic isotretinoin: a new risk for unborn children.

Immigration detention and health.

ike all rich nations, Australia has experienced an increase in people crossing its national borders without the documents authorising them to do so. Since 1992, Australia has had a policy of mandatory detention for these people. About a third of the people in immigration detention are asylum seekers who are requesting sanctuary under the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of ...

Immigration policy and health care.