8 Nutrients You May Be Lacking
Fighting back feelings of fatigue, irritability, or depression? Before you diagnose yourself with a chronic condition, take a look at your diet. Sometimes, common medical symptoms can signal a nutritional deficiency. In the United States, 1 in 10 people have at least one nutritional deficiency, says Christine Pfeiffer, PhD, a research chemist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Center for Environmental Health. That figure, based on nutrition indicators in blood and urine tests, comes from theCDC’s latest nutrition report, published in 2012. While the survey doesn't capture...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 26, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
MRI helps determine spina bifida treatment
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - September 16, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Fetal Spina Bifida Surgery - Scan May Reveal Best Candidates
Fetuses with enlarged ventricles, the fluid-filled cavities inside the brain, may be less likely than their counterparts to benefit from surgery in the womb to treat spina bifida, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - September 15, 2015 Category: Disability Tags: Spina Bifida Source Type: news
Brain scan helps identify candidates for spina bifida surgery
Stephen FellerBETHESDA, Md., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Researchers found that for many babies with spina bifida, surgery while in utero is not worth the risk because they often need a second surgery after birth. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - September 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fetal Spina Bifida Surgery - Scan May Reveal Best Candidates
Fetuses who had larger ventricles were equally as likely to require placement of a shunt during the first year after birth (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - September 15, 2015 Category: Disability Tags: Spina Bifida Source Type: news
Scan may identify best candidates for fetal spina bifida surgery
NIH-funded study links enlarged brain cavities to need for second surgery after birth. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 15, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Scan may identify best candidates for fetal spina bifida surgery
Fetuses with enlarged ventricles -- the fluid-filled cavities inside the brain -- may be less likely than their counterparts to benefit from surgery in the womb to treat spina bifida, according to a study. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 15, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Lack of folic acid enrichment in Europe causes mortality among fetuses
A new international study shows that 5,000 fetuses in Europe annually are affected by spina bifida and other severe defects on the central nervous system. Seventy percent of these pregnancies are terminated, while increased mortality and serious diseases affect the children who are born. At least half of the cases can be avoided by adding folic acid to staple foods as is already being done in 70 non-European countries. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 28, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Lack of folic acid enrichment in Europe causes mortality among fetuses
(Aarhus University) A new international study shows that 5,000 fetuses in Europe annually are affected by spina bifida and other severe defects on the central nervous system. Seventy percent of these pregnancies are terminated, while increased mortality and serious diseases affect the children who are born. At least half of the cases can be avoided by adding folic acid to staple foods as is already being done in 70 non-European countries. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 28, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Cumbernauld mum told to abort her 'disabled' baby but gives birth to healthy son
Gemma Rogers, 24, from Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, was told her son Ciaran, now three, had spina bifida and would never walk, talk or go to the toilet himself. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
July highlights: Mother’s intuition, music therapy & more
Catch up on what you may have missed on Thriving last month. Our staff takes a look back at a few of this month’s favorite posts.
A mother’s intuition—and a fall down the stairs—save a little girl’s life
Liz Beaulieu is likely the only person in the world who can say she saved her child by falling down the stairs.
Her daughter, Arielle, was just 4 days old. Liz was carrying her downstairs when she slipped. Not sure whether Arielle had hit her head, she whisked her to her local ER.
“She seemed fine, and they said that she looked fine,” Liz says. Still concerned, though, Liz kept a close e...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - August 4, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Boston Children's Hospital staff Tags: All posts Our patients’ stories Chiari Malformation concussion congenital heart defect Dr. Alex Taylor Dr. Ben Warf Dr. Bonnie Padwa Dr. Lawrence Karlin Dr. Michael O'brien Dr. Michael Scott Dr. Roger Nuss hemifacial microsomia Source Type: news
Bonsai The Bulldog Puppy Has Half A Body, But Lives Life To The Fullest
This pup is what resilience looks like. Friends of Emma, a private rescue home in Fort Worth, Texas, received a call for help from a dog owner in late May regarding a bulldog puppy from Arkansas who was born with several deformities. After the rescuers picked the animal up and consulted various medical professionals, it was discovered that Bonsai, as the pup has been named, has caudal regression and sacrocaudal dysgenesis, which resulted in malformations including half a spine, no functional pelvis and tiny contracted hind legs. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tyler’s story: 20 surgeries with a smile
Tyler Bois is a boy with goals. His career aspirations run the gamut. Some days, he dreams of playing football with his favorite team—the Dallas Cowboys. Others, he wants to open a pizza shop, perhaps called “Slice of Ty” or “Ty’s Pizza Palace.”
For now, the nine year old stays busy with every day kid stuff—playing with his golden retriever puppy, planning for Cub Scout camp, dancing in the school talent show, skiing and wakeboarding. Somehow between all of these activities, Tyler has squeezed in 20 surgeries.
Born with spina bifida and a Chiari malformation (a congenital defect in which the back parts of the...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - July 10, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Lisa Fratt Tags: Our patients’ stories club foot Dr. Ben Warf Dr. Lawrence Karlin Dr. Michael Scott Dr. Roger Nuss spina bifida Spina Bifida Center tracheostomy Source Type: news
Angola: Neurosurgery and Hydrocephaly Centre Inaugurated
[ANGOP] Luanda -A neurosurgery and hydrocephaly treatment centre was inaugurated Tuesday in Luanda by the chairperson of the Lwini Foundation, Ana Paula dos Santos, to improve the conditions for corrective surgery on children suffering from spina bifida and hydrocephaly. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 1, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Folate biomarkers determined
An international paper on folate biomarkers is part of an initiative to provide evidence-based guidance for the global nutrition and public health community. The comprehensive study on folate, an essential B vitamin required for DNA synthesis and normal growth and development, represents a consensus of the top folate scientists globally. A major birth defect affecting the spinal cord -- spina bifida, for example -- and brain can be prevented by maternal consumption of sufficient folate prior to and during the very early stages of fetal development. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 30, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
