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Folic acid good habit for health  -  25 Mar 2008
Rocky Mountain News,It can cut in half the chances of serious brain and spine birth defects, according to the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Take stock of your health  -  25 Mar 2008
Daily News Transcript,Dr. Murray Feingold is the physician in chief of the National Birth Defects Center, medical editor of WBZ-TV and WBZ radio, and president of the Genesis

Lowell Five partners with March of Dimes  -  25 Mar 2008
Wilmington Advocate,The March of Dimes mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant morality. March of Dimes carries out

March of Dimes gives grant to Pitt County Health Department  -  25 Mar 2008
WNCT,The March of Dimes has always tried to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.

March of Dimes Ambassador Family reaches out  -  25 Mar 2008
WALB-TV,Albany -- The 2008 March of Dimes Ambassador Family for Albany is asking the community to rally to help prevent birth defects. Three year old twins Andre

Dangerous Psych Drugs and Pregnancy: Help Stop the Mothers Act  -  25 Mar 2008
Natural News.com,...reviewed earlier studies showing that the use of antidepressants during any phase of pregnancy carried serious risks for birth defects,

Korea Bans Mozzarella Over Dioxin Scare  -  25 Mar 2008
Chosun Ilbo,Dioxin is a poisonous substance produced when garbage and plastic goods are burned that causes cancer and birth defects.

Health: Folic Acid & Colon Cancer  -  25 Mar 2008
CBS 3,PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) â€• In health, folic acid is in many of the foods we eat every day and it prevents birth defects. However, new research is linking folic

Georgiaâ€™s Infant Mortality Rate Down by 34 Percent  -  25 Mar 2008
Dawson Times,Birth defects are the second most common cause of infant mortality equally affecting both whites and African-Americans. SIDS is the third leading cause of

Cameron warns Catholics over embryology debate  -  25 Mar 2008
PinkNews.co.uk,We all want to see diseases reduced and problems that children have, birth defects, dealt with." Initially the Prime Minister rejected a free vote on the

Lap Band Surgeon Give Hopes for Healthy Pregnancies In Obese Women  -  25 Mar 2008
PR UrgentKey supplements to increase include iron to form new red blood cells, calcium for mineralization of fetal skeleton, folic acid to prevent birth defects,

Plastics additive raises safety fears  -  25 Mar 2008
Greensboro News Record,...may be highest for pregnant women and unborn children because early exposure to hormone-mimicking chemicals may lead to birth defects and miscarriages.

Marching for a better future  -  25 Mar 2008
Tahlequah Daily Press,The March of Dimes mission is to â€œimprove the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality,â€? according to the

A child's smile  -  25 Mar 2008
Bloomington Pantagraph,According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, orofacial clefts are the most common birth defects in the country, affecting about 6800

Acne care may become safer  -  25 Mar 2008
The Daily Collegian Online,...market today but is linked too a significant list of side effects, most notably severe birth defects in the children of pregnant women using the drug.

Washington, Greene County Residents Protest Planned Power Lines  -  25 Mar 2008
Pittsburgh Channel.com,..."The electro magnetic fields that come off the towers will increase cancer and leukemia and birth defects," said Washington County resident Connie Smith.

Ag-Mart settles in Carlitos case  -  Mar 24, 2008
Palm Beach Post,Carlitos was one of three children born within six weeks of each other, all with birth defects, all of whose parents lived in Immokalee and had worked

Birth defects rise as checkups drop  -  Mar 19, 2008
Xinhua,In Shanghai, it is 0.93 percent, meaning about 1000 infants are born with birth defects every year. Wan Jiangmin, vice-president of the association for

Folate Deficiency In Men May Cause Birth Defects  -  Mar 21, 2008
RedOrbit,While the benefits of folate for women in preventing birth defects are widely known, the Berkeley research suggests it also boosts sperm health.

Extra Folate for Men May Reduce Birth Defects  -  Mar 20, 2008
MedPage Today,Explain to interested patients that errors in cell division of sperm may add or subtract from the normal number of chromosomes and cause birth defects or

Pinpointing When A Fetus Develops Male Genitalia, And Birth ...  -  Mar 13, 2008
Science Daily (press release)...a male during a window of time before male genitalia develop, and that blocking "male" hormones during this time caused male genitalia birth defects.

Families cope with infant surgeries, care  -  Mar 23, 2008
2TheAdvocate,...congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect and are the number one cause of death from birth defects during the first year of life.

Low folate intake linked to high frequency of sperm abnormalities  -  Mar 22, 2008
Food Consumer,It's been already known that women who have low intake of folate have higher risk of birth defects. The current study means that to prevent birth defects,

Deadly Genetic Disease Prevented Before Birth In Zebrafish  -  Mar 20, 2008
Science Daily (press release)The research could lead to the prevention of up to one-fifth of birth defects in humans caused by genetic mutations, according to the authors.

Anacoco 4-H members help prevent birth defects  -  Mar 14, 2008
Leesville Daily Leader,Since its inception the March of Dimes has become an organization dedicated to educating the public about birth defects and raising funds to support

Low Folate Levels May Harm Sperm  -  Mar 19, 2008
Washington Post,By Steven Reinberg WEDNESDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- The benefits of folate for women in preventing birth defects are well known, but new research

Birth defects higher among minorities  -  Mar 11, 2008
DutchNews.nl,This means that their children have a higher chance of developing birth defects â€“ from mental deficiencies to inherited anaemia and even death.

Handicapped call abortion for reasons of birth defects discrimination  -  Mar 10, 2008
Catholic News Agency,The Spanish Committee of Representatives of Handicapped People has called a statute that allows for abortion of fetuses with birth defects â€œdiscriminatoryâ€?

Folic acid fortification: reduces birth defects, but may cause ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
Gather.com,...by Marc Garnick, MD, Harvard Medical School Nutritional and vitamin supplements are again in the news. Folate (also known as folic acid), long considered to

Good news for children with birth defects  -  Mar 5, 2008
Herald Publications,He said the disbursal would be subject to a maximum of Rs 2 lakh in a year for cerebral palsy and Rs 2 lakh in a year for children with birth defects.

Mother Files Lawsuit Over Birth Defects  -  Mar 6, 2008
InjuryBoard.com,Faith believed at the time that her daughter's condition was just an unfortunate happenstance, but last year after reading an article about birth defects

Obesity Linked to Increased Health Risks and Birth Defects  -  Mar 3, 2008
Natural News.com,Babies born to mothers with increasing BMI faced higher rates of birth defects, respiratory distress syndrome, hypoglycemia, prematurity and had higher

Mom to sue Paxil maker over daughter's birth defect  -  Mar 6, 2008
Canada.com,In a sad coincidence, Meah was born the same month the drug manufacturer issued a warning about the heightened risk of cardiovascular birth defects

Folic Acid in the Food Supply Reduces Birth Defects, but May Cause ...  -  Mar 3, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),BOSTON, March 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For 20 years, the United States has been fortifying some foods with folic acid (the synthetic form of folate,

UNH offers vitamins with folic acid: To help prevent birth defects  -  Feb 29, 2008
Foster's Daily Democrat,By JENNIFER KEEFE DURHAM â€” The answer to reducing birth defects may be as simple as taking folic acid before becoming pregnant. The New Hampshire Department

Genetic Abnormalities In Sperm Linked To Dietary Folate Intake ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
Science Daily (press release)Studies have shown that adequate intake of folate by women just before and during pregnancy significantly reduces the risk of neural tube birth defects,

Low Levels of Folate Can Damage Sperm  -  Mar 20, 2008
dBTechno,It has been reported on for quite some time now that folate is highly beneficial to pregnant women to prevent any type of birth defects.

Low-risk landscaping: It's time to turf the toxins  -  Mar 23, 2008
Globe and Mail,Pesticides are persuasively linked to birth defects and genetic damage. They harm the nervous system, the immune system and just about every other system

Cal: More Folate Could Make For Healthier Sperm  -  Mar 20, 2008
NBC 11.com,The question researchers still want to answer is whether increased levels of folate in the male diet would reduce the risk of miscarriage or birth defects.

Once-feared Thalidomide may treat ovarian cancer  -  Feb 27, 2008
Houston Chronicle,By MAURA LERNER MINNEAPOLIS â€” Thalidomide, a drug once banned worldwide for causing birth defects, is showing promise as a possible treatment for ovarian

Pregnancy after cancer treatment is increasingly possible  -  Mar 24, 2008
CNN..."I said, 'Please God, don't let there be any complications with the baby, any birth defects or miscarriage.' I was crossing my fingers.

Tory leader says Prime Minister faces climbdown over embryo votes  -  Mar 24, 2008
Times Online,...â€œWe all want to see diseases reduced and problems that children have, birth defects, we all want so see these things dealt with. â€œAnyone with children who

Mollyâ€™s health burden lighter because of new light in her life  -  Mar 17, 2008
Maitland Mercury,In two months, Molly will begin a series of operations to help rectify a range of birth defects associated with Vater syndrome. But the birth of baby sister

Don't worry, be happy -- and healthy  -  Mar 17, 2008
Daily News Tribune,Dr. Murray Feingold is the physician in chief of the National Birth Defects Center, medical editor of WBZ-TV and WBZ radio, and president of the Genesis

Increased Cancer Risk With Congenital Abnormalities  -  Mar 6, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),Individuals with nervous system malformations, Down's syndrome and multiple birth defects have the highest cancer risk. This is shown by new research that

Names in the news  -  Mar 13, 2008
Baltimore Sun,As a surgeon, he travels worldwide to perform procedures that involve children born with congenital birth defects. Gearhart earned his medical degree from

Booze, unborn babies - a true horror story  -  Mar 4, 2008
Independent Online,..."The World Health Organisation recently identified birth defects as the most important cause of death, disease and future disability in developing countries

Neb. bill would create birth certificate for stillborns  -  Mar 16, 2008
Boston Globe,The cause is often unknown, but could be attributed to birth defects, problems with the placenta or umbilical cord, or the mother's health.

Johann Hari: Why is Britain allowing money and weapons to pass ...  -  Mar 23, 2008
Independent,Birth defects and cancer rates are rising. And the effect on drug production? It simply moves to another area. Drug production is so profitable and so

Good to know: Family and health  -  Mar 24, 2008
Monterey County Herald,...a synthetic form of the B vitamin folate found in leafy green veggies â€” can reduce the risk of brain and spinal cord birth defects by up to 70 percent.

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