News
- Co-Joined Twins
(Posted 26 August 2002) - To
the U.S., in a Slim Bid for Separate Cribs - By Denise Grady from The New York
Times, Sunday August 18, 2002 - Mohamed and Ahmed, born in a remote Egyptian
village 500 miles south of Cairo, have been in Dallas since June, having tests
at Medical City Dallas Hospital to determine whether they can be safely
separated...(See Photo)
The New York Times, Sunday August 18, 2002.
- Delayed Diagnosis of Fragile X Syndrome --- United States, 1990--1999 : (Posted 19 August 2002) ... leading cause of inherited mental retardation, affecting approximately 50,000 persons in the United States... a delay in diagnosis ...
- National Center for Health Statistics, Trends in Spina Bifida and Anencephalus in the United States, 1991-2001 : (Posted 11 August 2002)...The rates for 1999, 2000, and 2001 were significantly lower than in 1997. The rate of spina bifida in 2001 was 20.09 per 100,000 live births...The rate of anencephalus in 2001 was 9.40 per 100,000 live births, significantly lower than in 1997.
- The Human Consequences of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: A Strategy for Recovery (Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D)
- U.S. BD Prevention Act
- Folic Acid
- Birth Defects to be monitored in Ukraine
- Thalidomide is back - A Review
- AAP - Supports insurance coverage/reconstructive surgery
- "Revolutionary" treatment ... to treat diaphragmatic hernia, a life-threatening birth defect
- FDA approves automated birth defects detection ... screening AFP levels in maternal serum
- Few are aware of vitamin defense against birth defects, poll reveals in Alabama
- Proof Folic Acid Protects Women of Childbearing Age
- Crowning Achievement. A story of a 27-year-old artist with cerebral palsy
- The Geneletter
- F. Hoffmann-La Roche and BASF agree to pay record criminal fines for participating in international vitamin cartel
- News Articles Regarding Fetal Surgery for Spina Bifida by The National Enquirer - 11/8/99
- Researchers discover most common cause of genetic hearing loss
- March of Dimes urges FDA to ban pregnancy-related health claims on herbal products
- Showing Promise: Gene Therapy Moves Ahead
- Can the anthrax vaccine be taken by military members who are pregnant?
- Dr. James V. Neel (1915-2000), pioneer in human genetic research: Obituary
- Out of 5,208 children screened in Ukraine's northern oblasts of Rivne, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr and Volyn, 250 had nodules in their thyroid glands (4.8 percent) ...
