New osteoporosis drug may also be useful for treating brittle bone disease
New research at the University of Michigan offers evidence that a drug being developed to treat osteoporosis may also be useful for treating osteogenesis imperfecta or brittle bone disease, a rare but...
View ArticleStudy on how maternal proteins help regulate initial cell divisions during...
Researchers in the University of Georgia's Regenerative Bioscience Center are visually capturing the first process of chromosome alignment and separation at the beginning of mouse development. The...
View ArticleUniversity of Georgia's Lynn Bailey leads international paper on folate...
A University of Georgia researcher is lead author on an international paper on folate biomarkers as part of an initiative to provide evidence-based guidance for the global nutrition and public health...
View ArticleAge UK North Tyneside launches professional new care at home service
Age UK North Tyneside is announcing the launch of EveryDay – the new name of its professional independent care at home company – an enterprise which is committed to helping people keep their...
View ArticleStudy shows lack of folic acid enrichment in Europe causes foaetal abnormalities
A new international study shows that 5,000 foetuses in Europe annually are affected by spina bifida and other severe defects on the central nervous system. Seventy per cent of these pregnancies are...
View ArticlePrenatal repair of myelomeningocele reduces need for CSF shunt within 12...
Management of Myelomeningocele Study (MOMS) investigators analyzed updated data on the effects of prenatal myelomeningocele closure on the need for placement of a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt within...
View ArticleFetuses with enlarged ventricles are not ideal candidates for fetal spina...
Fetuses with enlarged ventricles--the fluid-filled cavities inside the brain--may be less likely than other fetuses to benefit from surgery in the womb to treat spina bifida, according to a study...
View ArticleSmartphone app may improve self-management skills in young patients with...
A system incorporating a smartphone app may help adolescents and young adults with spina bifida to improve their daily self-management skills, suggests a paper in the American Journal of Physical...
View ArticleResearchers identify factors that increase risk of cardiac arrest during...
Although the vast majority of pediatric spine surgeries are safe, a handful of neuromuscular conditions seem to fuel the risk of cardiac arrest during such operations, according to research led by...
View ArticleChildren with cleft lip or palate and spina bifida at increased risk for abuse
Children born with cleft lip or palate and spina bifida are at an increased risk for abuse before the age of 2, according to researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
View ArticleUnited Spinal denounces Uber's new Washington, D.C. TAXI WHEELCHAIR option as...
United Spinal Association, today denounced Uber's new Washington, D.C. TAXI 'WHEELCHAIR' option that enables riders to request a wheelchair accessible taxi on-demand as "inadequate and unsustainable."
View ArticleUTHealth researchers demonstrate new way to reduce preterm birth
Using nanoparticles to engineer a special drug, a team of researchers from McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has demonstrated in pre-clinical trials a...
View ArticleLatest and final review of health problems related to Agent Orange exposure...
The latest and final in a series of congressionally mandated biennial reviews of the evidence of health problems that may be linked to exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the...
View ArticleExcessive fat accumulation in lower extremities of children linked to insulin...
Children with a severe type of spina bifida called myelomeningocele have a high prevalence of obesity and excess fat accumulation in their lower extremities. In a study designed to assess bone, muscle...
View ArticleXiao procedure lacks efficacy for bladder control in children
Researchers at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital report the results of a double-blinded randomized controlled trial of the "Xiao procedure" in children with spina bifida.
View ArticleNew study may contribute to ongoing debate on fortification program
Fortifying the U.S. food supply with folic acid was not associated with a decline in certain birth defects that researchers expected to see in California, according to a new study from the Stanford...
View ArticleNew research holds potential to improve fetal surgery outcomes
University of California, Berkeley engineer Phillip Messersmith is happy to be learning lessons from a lowly mollusk, with the expectation that the knowledge gained will enable him and fellow...
View ArticleCryopreserved human umbilical cord patch shows promise in treating fetal...
A patch made from cryopreserved human umbilical cord may be a novel method for treating spina bifida in utero, according to researchers at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health...
View ArticleResearchers identify mutant traits in mouse for many human disease genes
About one-third of all genes in the mammalian genome are essential for life. An international, multi-institutional research collaboration identified, for the first time, mutant traits in the mouse for...
View ArticleResearchers suggest need for human studies to examine effects of cannabinoid...
In this new era of legalized marijuana, far too little research has been conducted on the effect of cannabis on the development of human embryos, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center...
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