‘Eat nuts three times a week’ during pregnancy to improve your child's I.Q.
Eating nuts during early pregnancy may boost a child’s cognitive ability and I.Q., according to a new study by researchers in Spain.
View ArticleUK government to consider fortifying flour with folic acid to combat neural...
A 12-week consultation has been launched to discuss whether folic acid should be added to flour in the UK.
View ArticleCleveland Clinic surgical team performs its first in utero fetal surgery to...
Cleveland Clinic has successfully performed its first in utero fetal surgery to repair a spina bifida birth defect in a nearly 23-week-old fetus.
View ArticleChildren with birth defects have elevated cancer risk, study reveals
Childhood cancer is a rare occurrence in the overall population but may be somewhat more frequent in children born with birth defects.
View ArticleResearch team receives federal grant to study obesity in children with spina...
Children with spina bifida, a congenital condition of the spine and spinal cord, have a higher rate of obesity compared to typically developing peers. One barrier to better prevention of obesity is...
View ArticleCNS develops evidence-based guidelines for treatment of pediatric...
The Congress of Neurological Surgeons has developed an evidence-based guideline for the treatment of patients with myelomeningocele.
View ArticleUnique program to initiate breastfeeding in vulnerable infants
The benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and child are well-recognized, including for late preterm infants. But because LPI do not have fully developed brains, they may experience difficulties...
View ArticleSix ways physicians can help optimize reproductive health in women with epilepsy
Worldwide, more than 15 million women of childbearing age have epilepsy. Each year about 600,000 of them become pregnant.
View ArticleReview: Benefits, safety of fortifying wheat or maize flour with folic acid...
Folate is an essential B-vitamin that is needed for DNA synthesis and cell division. Folate deficiency can lead to anemia, and deficiency early in pregnancy can lead to neural tube defects – birth...
View ArticleExperts highlight emerging trends in spina bifida care
In this collection of articles in the Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine experts highlight the emerging trends in spina bifida care in response to challenges faced by spina bifida patients...
View ArticleFetal surgery for spina bifida makes a huge difference 10 years later
A new study published in the journal Pediatrics shows that children with spina bifida, a congenital spinal disorder, who had corrective surgery in the womb, show significantly more benefit than those...
View ArticleStudy: Benefits of fetal surgery to repair spina bifida continue through...
The benefits of fetal surgery to repair spina bifida, a procedure pioneered at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in 1997, continue through school age, a National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
View ArticleLow folate levels associated with malnutrition in hospital patients
About 10% of patients who come to complex care hospitals may have low levels of folate and other indicators of malnutrition, investigators say.
View ArticleSpina bifida surgery before birth more effective at healing neurological...
Surgery performed on a fetus in the womb to repair defects from spina bifida triggers the body's ability to restore normal brain structure, Mayo Clinic research discovered.
View ArticleStudy shows high folate levels associated with improved cognition in older...
A new study led by researchers from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin challenges claims from some international scientific circles, that having high blood levels...
View ArticlePandemic upends the lives of people with disabilities — and of their caregivers
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Stacy Ellingen, 34, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, lost two of the three caregivers she depends on to dress, shower, eat and use the bathroom. The caregivers — both University...
View ArticleHigh levels of folic acid during pregnancy could harm brain development of...
A UC Davis MIND Institute study of pregnant mice found that high amounts of folic acid during pregnancy harmed the brain development of embryos. Researchers say the findings indicate that more...
View ArticleDoctors propose ways to reduce obstetrical complications in women with...
A team of doctors from RUDN University with their Italian colleagues had studied the data of existing studies on the effect of endometriosis on pregnancy and childbirth and suggested ways to reduce...
View ArticleResearchers receive $8.3 million NIH grant to illuminate the causes of spina...
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, have been awarded a five-year, $8.3 million grant from the...
View ArticleResearchers examine whether regenerative patch for spina bifida defect can...
Researchers are investigating whether a human umbilical cord patch placed on the spina bifida defect could improve healing after minimally invasive fetoscopic surgery in a clinical trial at The...
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