How the Human Brain and Skull Connect May Have Implications for Spina Bifida and Chiari Malformations Treatments
Disabled World: Think about the way our bodies are assembled during early development and ask: How do neighboring cells know that they are supposed to become a nerve or a bone cell and how do these tissues find the correct place and alignment? Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) are answering these crucial questions. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - November 4, 2014 Category: Disability Tags: The Human Brain Source Type: news
How the Human Brain and Skull Connect May Have Implications for Spina Bifida and Chiari Malformations Treatments
Researchers discover network of tissue communication that ensures the brain and spinal cord are matched with the skull and spinal column during embryonic development (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - November 4, 2014 Category: Disability Tags: The Human Brain Source Type: news
The inside story: How the brain and skull stay together
(University of Miami) University of Miami researchers discover a network of tissue communication that ensures that the brain and spinal cord are matched with the skull and spinal column, during embryonic development. Their discovery may have important implications for the understanding and treatment of congenital defects like Spina Bifida and Chiari malformations. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 4, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Tanzania: There Is Hope for People With Neural Tube Defects
[Daily News]IN 2011, the International Federation (IF) for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus General Assembly designated 25 October as the World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 28, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Tanzania: Parents Cautioned Over Spina Bifida Treatment
[Daily News]AS long as parents who bear children with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (SP/H) continue to rely more on traditional healers and divine prayers, the fight against such defects shall never be won. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nother of disabled Syrian refugee girl says IS advance has left her unable to get medical care
Aya, five, from Idlib in northwestern Syria, suffers from spina bifida and is paralysed from the waist down. She and her family currently live in a refugee camp near Tripoli in Lebanon. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 10, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Expert Alert: The Importance of Folic Acid and Prenatal Care to Prevent Birth Defects, Especially Among Hispanic Women
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNpjGh4YyA0 ROCHESTER, Minn. — Although Mayo Clinic doctors and researchers don't have a definite answer as to why spina bifida birth defects occur, they have identified a few important risk factors and two different surgery options. Risk factors include race, family history, diabetes, obesity, increased body temperature and folate deficiency. A recent March of Dimes [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Rochester News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Rochester News - September 3, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Report on Prenatal Surgeries for Spina Bifida
Fetal Medicine Leaders at CHOP Report on 100 Prenatal Surgeries for Spina Bifida - Center with deepest experience advances the field after the MOMS trial set a new standard of care. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - August 27, 2014 Category: Disability Tags: Spina Bifida Source Type: news
Veterans Appeals Court Remands Agent Orange Case To Get Reasons For Benefit Denial
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on June 26 remanded a case to the Board of Veterans' Appeals for "an adequate" explanation for why it denied benefits to the daughter of a Vietnam veteran who was exposed to Agent Orange. The daughter suffers from spina bifida, which she contends was caused by her father's exposure to the chemical during his years of service (Valarie L. Dailey v. Sloan D. Gibson, No. 13-0060, U.S. App., Vet. Clms.; 2014 U.S. App. Vet. Claims LEXIS 1110). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - July 2, 2014 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - June 25, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Parents, leave the multivitamins in the bottle
By Carolyn Sax, MD, a primary care physician with the Pediatric Physicians’ Organization at Boston Children’s and practices at Hyde Park Pediatrics in Hyde Park and Milton, Mass.
Parents often ask me whether I recommend multivitamins for their children, and in most situations I say no. This takes a lot of people by surprise. Vitamins sound like such a good thing, right?
The answer is actually somewhat complicated. Foods that are naturally rich in vitamins are definitely a good thing, and many scientific studies have shown the benefits of eating a diet rich in nutritious foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains,...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - May 20, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: All posts Carolyn Sax healthy eating healthy eating for kids healthy eating for the whole family vitamins Source Type: news
Adding folic acid to bread flour could prevent countless family tragedies | Tania Browne
Every week in England and Wales three babies are born with spina bifida and 13 pregnancies are terminated when a neural tube defect is discovered. Around two thirds of these events could be avoided by adding folic acid to flour Adding stuff to food is by no means a new idea. We shudder when we hear stories of the Victorians adding boracic acid to milk so it would keep longer, or unscrupulous bakers adding chalk and alum to their loaves to bulk them out and make them look whiter. These additives were intended to add a little convenience for the modern Victorian home and boost profits for the seller, respectively. Never mind...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 4, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Tania Browne Tags: Nutrition Health Science Bread Life and style Society Medical research Source Type: news
Folic acid 'will be added to bread' to cut the number of babies born with spinal defects
Making folic acid - a B9 vitamin - a compulsory ingredient in bread could prevent at least 300 babies a year developing spina bifida and other birth defects. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 3, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stem cell findings may offer answers for some bladder defects, disease
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in coaxing laboratory cultures of human stem cells to develop into the specialized, unique cells needed to repair a patient's defective or diseased bladder. The breakthrough is significant because it provides a pathway to regenerate replacement bladder tissue for patients whose bladders are too small or do not function properly, such as children with spina bifida and adults with spinal cord injuries or bladder cancer. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 21, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
