18. October 2009 23:34
For the first time, a surgical robot has been used to perform minimally invasive reconstructive surgery on five children whose bladder was dysfunctional because they were born with spina bifida [incomplete formation of the spine or spinal cord].
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Posted in: Child Health News | Medical Procedure News
Tags: Analgesia, Brain, Catheter, Diet, Epidural, Hospital, Incontinence, Morphine, Pediatrics, Spina Bifida, Spine, Urethra, Urology
15. October 2009 00:06
Using medication that reduces or blocks the actions of folic acid during the first trimester of pregnancy (weeks 1-12), increases the risk that the growing baby will develop abnormalities. This conclusion was reached by a team of Epidemiologists, Paediatricians, Clinical Pharmacologists, Obstetricians and Gynaecologists who examined birth and abortion data collected in Israel between 1998 and 2007.
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14. October 2009 23:50
Pregnant women are advised to take vitamin supplements containing folic acid as part of their routine pre-natal care. Now, a new study warns that taking medications that reduce or block the actions of folic acid during the first trimester of pregnancy increase the risk that the growing baby will develop abnormalities.
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Posted in: Child Health News | Women's Health News
Tags: Abortion, Antibiotic, Brain, Cholesterol, Education, Folic Acid, Hospital, Methotrexate, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Pregnancy, Spina Bifida, Ulcerative Colitis, Valproic Acid
25. September 2009 08:34
United Spinal Association praised New York Senator Charles Schumer for introducing an amendment to the Senate Finance Committee health care reform bill to enact the Community Choice Act benefiting people with disabilities.
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11. September 2009 02:35
VitaPath Genetics, a molecular diagnostics company, announced today that it has closed a $6 million series A round of funding led by MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures. VitaPath was originally seeded by X/Seed Capital, which also co-invested in the Series A. Concurrent with the financing MDV's Michael Goldberg and X/Seed's Michael Borrus took seats on the company's board.
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12. August 2009 19:40
Most people would agree that arsenic, lead, mercury, benzene and carbon monoxide pose dangers to humans. Not many, though, realize that the average person is exposed to about 10,000 different chemicals per day.
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Posted in: Medical Research News
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Arsenic, Biochemistry, Brain, Cell, Education, Embryonic Development, Nervous System, Pharmacology, Spina Bifida, Toxicology
11. August 2009 00:53
Amid the debate about reforming heath care in the United States, it's tough to turn on your television these days without hearing a political ad condemning the Canadian health care system.
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Posted in: Healthcare News
Tags: Anxiety, Brain, Brain Tumor, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Commonwealth Fund, Dentistry, Health Insurance, Hospital, Life Expectancy, Obesity, Spina Bifida
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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20. May 2009 14:26
Women can increase their chances for a healthy pregnancy by eating right, exercising, not smoking, and getting early medical care, says a podcast featuring a National Institutes of Health obstetrician who oversees research on pregnancy and birth.
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Posted in: Women's Health News
Tags: Corticosteroid, Folic Acid, Healthy Living, Learning Disability, Perinatology, Pregnancy, Premature Birth, Progesterone, Spina Bifida, Twins, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Womb
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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5. April 2009 23:25
The rate of colorectal cancer in Chile may have increased since that country began fortifying wheat flour with folic acid, reports a study in the European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology.
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30. March 2009 18:11
A study published in the April 2009 issue of the medical journal Acta Paediatrica is the first to report that birth defect rates in the United States were highest for women conceiving in the spring and summer. The researchers also found that this period of increase risk correlated with increased levels of pesticides in surface water across the United States.
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24. March 2009 17:55
Medical experts at The University of Nottingham have shown that an innovative anti-microbial catheter could vastly improve treatment and the quality of life for many community-based dialysis patients.
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Posted in: Device / Technology News
Tags: Brain, Cancer, Catheter, Dialysis, Hydrocephalus, Investment, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus), Neurosurgery, Nutrition, Renal Failure, Seniors, Spina Bifida, Staphylococcal Infection
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
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