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Gene controls birth defect common in diabetes

Researchers have identified a gene that plays a key role in the formation of neural tube defects, a problem commonly found in infants of pregnant women with diabetes. This is the first time the gene ...
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Low carbohydrate diet prepregnancy linked to neural tube defects in infants

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women who limited their carbohydrate intake before pregnancy were slightly more likely to have an infant with ...
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Low carbohydrate intake to increased risk of birth defects

Women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant may want to avoid diets that reduce or eliminate carbohydrates, as they could increase the risk of having babies with neural tube birth defects, ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Neural-Tube Defects with Dolutegravir Treatment from the Time of Conception

Since August 2014, the Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership has conducted birth outcome surveillance at eight government hospitals throughout Botswana. A primary ongoing aim of the surveillance ...
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USPSTF finalizes recommendation on daily folic acid intake to prevent neural tube defects

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . One study found a reduced risk for neural tube defects when folic acid was used before and during pregnancy. The ...
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Hispanic births with neural tube defects not significantly reduced after voluntary folic acid fortification of corn masa flour

"Well over half of neural tube defects can be prevented with sufficient folic acid consumption before conception and in early pregnancy," said senior author Sandi Lam, MD, MBA, Division Head of ...
Los Angeles Times

Pregnant women with Zika are 20 times more likely to have a baby with a birth defect, CDC says

It’s been clear for a while now that pregnant women who become infected with the Zika virus are more likely to have babies with microcephaly, neural tube defects and other serious problems. Now ...

Helping mothers with epilepsy take life-saving medication without fear of birth defects

Scientists are moving toward a genetic test that could help thousands of mothers with epilepsy safely take life-saving ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Open prenatal repair for open neural tube defects in the fetus

Neural tube defects happen because the neural tube does not fuse during early embryonic development. Open neural tube defects are those in which the affected region of the neural tube is exposed on ...
News Medical

Mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid has potential to prevent neural tube defects

The UK Government's current proposal to fortify one type of flour with folic acid is inadequate as it suggests a low dose that would fail to prevent hundreds of cases of severe birth defects each year ...

How expectant parents can protect their baby: A doctor.\,s guide to preventing birth defects

To enhance the chances of a healthy baby, expectant parents should take constructive steps right from the start. Dr. Prakash ...