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Fighting Birth Defects With Food Fortification in West Africa
10 Dec 2025 11:01 GMT
ROME, Italy — For most children, the phrase “you are what you eat” is one to roll their eyes at, often uttered by a sighing parent trying to convince them to eat their broccoli. Yet the cliché holds truth. The food we consume and crucially, the nutrients …
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Neural-Tube Defects in Botswana: Long-Term Outcomes Explored
22 Nov 2025 21:43 GMT
… developed nations. Neural-tube defects, including spina bifida and anencephaly, arise during … of families raising children with neural-tube defects. Through qualitative interviews and … reduce the incidence of these birth defects. By leveraging platforms such …
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Hindbrain Herniation Develops After Fetal Neural Repair
12 Nov 2025 03:07 GMT
… the impact of these defects before birth. Corroenne et al. … hindbrain herniation following fetal open neural tube defect repair.
Article Title: Prenatal … hindbrain herniation following fetal open neural tube defect repair.
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Corroenne, …
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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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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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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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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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Women under 50 have risk factors for birth defects that can be lowered, CDC finds
26 Aug 2025 04:38 GMT
… are associated with neural tube defects — brain or spine defects that develop in … being born without neural tube defects.
“The vast majority of birth defects that occur, we … including the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities — the …
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Ounce of Prevention: Supplementing folic acid to prevent neural tube defects
25 Aug 2025 02:26 GMT
… acid supplementation to prevent neural tube defects, preventive medication
Grade: A … Publication: August 2023
Neural Tube Defects are defects that result in the … case, this can cause anencephaly, the complete failure of … at the time of birth. The closure can be …