25. May 2009 19:17
Women of childbearing age can reduce the risk of having a child born with a neural tube defect such as spina bifida by eating enough folate or folic acid. However, folate prevents only about 70 percent of these defects.
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30. April 2009 00:32
Diet and nutrition counseling for virtually all overweight and obese women of childbearing age can reduce health risks associated with excess weight for mothers and children alike, according to a newly released position paper from the American Dietetic Association and the American Society of Nutrition.
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Posted in: Miscellaneous News
Tags: Anencephaly, Diabetes, Diabetes Mellitus, Diet, Fertility, Gestational Diabetes, Metabolism, Neural Tube Defect (Anencephaly), Nutrition, Obesity, Pregnancy, Spina Bifida
16. April 2009 22:15
Immigrant women are less likely to use folic acid supplements before pregnancy to prevent spina bifida, particularly those who recently immigrated to the country, according to a new study led by a St. Michael's Hospital physician in collaboration with Statistics Canada, Health Canada and the University of Toronto.
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2. March 2009 22:27
Children born to women who have low blood levels of vitamin B12 shortly before and after conception may have an increased risk of a neural tube defect, according to an analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, Trinity College Dublin, and the Health Research Board of Ireland.
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Posted in: Child Health News
Tags: Anencephaly, Birth Defect, Brain, Diet, DNA, Folic Acid, Nervous System, Neural Tube Defect (Anencephaly), Paralysis, Pediatrics, Pregnancy, Spina Bifida, Spine, Vitamin E, Vitamin K
10. February 2009 22:45
For women who are obese during pregnancy there is an associated increased risk of certain birth defects, such as spina bifida and neural tube defects, although the absolute increase in risk is likely to be small, according to an analysis of previous studies, reported in the February 11 issue of JAMA.
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5. January 2009 22:14
Fortification of corn masa flour products could increase folic acid intake by nearly 20 percent for Mexican-Americans, who are at a 30-40 percent higher risk for a number of severe brain and spinal birth defects, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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4. November 2008 17:36
Organs, such as the brain or the heart, are not simply collections of the correct types of cells that are required for their function. If these cells are not organized and shaped properly, the organ simply does not function. One crucial part of this organization is to bend sheets of connected cells ("epithelia") so that they form a structure that is an integral part of the functional organ.
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13. April 2008 22:27
A healthy diet and lifestyle protect against a wide range of diseases, and new research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 2008 Annual Meeting, April 12-16, shows that cancer is no exception.
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Posted in: Drug Trial News
Tags: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Diet, DNA, Estrogen, Folic Acid, Genetics, Insulin, Melanoma, Metabolism, Neural Tube Defect (Anencephaly), Obesity, Oncology, Pregnancy, Progesterone, Skin Cancer
20. March 2008 05:02
Healthy men who report lower levels of the nutrient folate in their diets have higher rates of chromosomal abnormalities in their sperm, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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Posted in: Men's Health News
Tags: Amino Acid, Anencephaly, Beta-Carotene, Calcium, Chromosome, Chromosome 21, Chromosome X, Chromosome Y, Diet, DNA, Down Syndrome, Fertility, Folic Acid, Neural Tube Defect (Anencephaly), Pregnancy, Semen, Sperm, Spina Bifida, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Zinc
6. March 2008 14:39
Taking a folic acid pill a day — a simple measure to prevent severe birth defects — is under-promoted in the media, under-recommended by health care providers and underused by women of childbearing age, according to a new review of studies.
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20. December 2007 02:55
Researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston have discovered an association between genes regulating glucose metabolism and spina bifida.
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Posted in: Medical Research News
Tags: Birth Defect, Diabetes, DNA, Folic Acid, Genetics, Glucose Metabolism, Gynaecology, Hispanic Health, Metabolism, Neural Tube Defect (Anencephaly), Obesity, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Pregnancy, Spina Bifida, Spine
13. July 2007 12:50
Dr. Philippe De Wals of Universit' Laval's Department of Social and Preventive Medicine today publishes a study clearly indicating that the addition of folic acid to flours has led to a 46% drop in the incidence of congenital neural tube deformation (mainly anencephaly and spina bifida) in Canada. Such deformations either result in the child's death or in major health problems, including physical and learning disabilities.
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Posted in: Drug Trial News
Tags: Anencephaly, Diet, Embryology, Folic Acid, Learning Disability, Nervous System, Neural Tube Defect (Anencephaly), Pregnancy, Spina Bifida, Vitamin E, Vitamin K
28. May 2007 12:45
A new study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition indicates that the current recommended Adequate Intake (AI) for choline may, in fact, be inadequate for some people.
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22. January 2007 17:35
Two separate government reports highlight the economic costs of birth defects, focusing attention on the ongoing need for prevention.
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Posted in: Child Health News
Tags: Anencephaly, Birth Defect, Brain, CDC, Folic Acid, Hospital, Neural Tube Defect (Anencephaly), Pregnancy, Premature Birth, Spina Bifida, Spine
4. October 2005 19:18
The babies of women with diabetes are two to five times more likely to develop birth defects than offspring of women without the disease.
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Posted in: Drug Trial News
Tags: Antioxidant, Birth Defect, Brain, Cellular Biology, Diabetes, Embryology, Embryonic Development, Endocrinology, Gene Expression, Genetics, Hypoxia, Metabolism, Neural Tube Defect (Anencephaly), Oxidative Stress, Physiology, Pregnancy, Spina Bifida, Stem Cell, Stress, Stress Related, Type 2 Diabetes
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