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Sociodemographic Influences on Anencephaly in Brazil
23 Oct 2025 01:04 GMT
… unplanned pregnancies and anencephaly rates. Many … the influences behind anencephaly rates, stakeholders … Brazil.
Tags: anencephaly challenges for familiesanencephaly … conditionssociodemographic factors influencing anencephalysocioeconomic status and …
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Two-thirds of women face modifiable birth defect risks, study finds
05 Oct 2025 15:14 GMT
… preventable risk factors linked to birth defects, including food insecurity, low … congenital heart defects, cleft lip and palate and neural tube defects. In addition … Understanding modifiable risk factors for birth defects helps families, health care …
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Regulating closure of the neural tube in humans
16 Sep 2025 13:52 GMT
… of the neural tube to close properly can cause devastating birth defects such as … have previously been linked to neural tube defects in animals or humans (Nagai … neural tube in humans, when mouse mutants do not show similar closure defects …
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Mumbai scientists identify six genes behind foetal defects
27 Sep 2025 03:42 GMT
… brain deformities and congenital heart defects, which could help parents … identify six genes behind foetal defects
The discovery was made … gene was linked to neural tube or brain defects in humans for the … very late, or even after birth, which adds to the …
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Most U.S. women of reproductive age have elevated risk for birth defects
26 Aug 2025 22:23 GMT
… heart, often need medical interventions. Birth defects are also the leading cause … ;Understanding modifiable risk factors for birth defects helps families, health care providers … that is needed to prevent neural tube defects.
• Nearly 5% of women had …
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Experts issue warning as up to 53million Americans lead lifestyle that can raise risk of birth defects
26 Aug 2025 21:49 GMT
… as improperly formed valves, neural tube defects such as spina bifida, … risk of birth defects, particularly neural tube defects like spina bifida and deadly anencephaly.
Scientists … increase the risk of severe neural tube defects, severe disorders in babies …
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2 In 3 Women Have A Lifestyle Risk Factor For Birth Defects
26 Aug 2025 11:57 GMT
… on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.
“Understanding modifiable risk factors for birth defects … 300 babies are born without neural tube defects annually who might have … 've made in preventing birth defects.”
SOURCE: Elsevier, news release, …
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Study Finds Two-Thirds of Women of Reproductive Age Have Modifiable Risk Factors for Birth Defects
26 Aug 2025 07:06 GMT
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Birth defects such as congenital heart malformations, orofacial clefts, and neural tube defects … reduce the incidence of neural tube defects. The data suggest … exposure, food insecurity, neural tube defects, congenital heart defects, orofacial clefts, NHANES …
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Two thirds of reproductive-aged women have at least one modifiable risk factor for birth defects, study reveals
26 Aug 2025 06:26 GMT
… of birth defects.
Congenital heart defects, orofacial clefts, and neural tube defects (NTDs) are structural birth defects resulting … 1300 babies are born without neural tube defects annually who might have otherwise …
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Adrenomedullin restores the human cortical interneurons migration defects induced by hypoxia
25 Sep 2025 01:57 GMT
… mechanism of interneuron migration defect rescue by ADM upon … most relevant for preterm birth. Other studies should investigate … , organoids were transferred to neural medium containing Neurobasal A … 5 ml microcentrifuge Eppendorf tube and maintained in direct …