MeSH tree: C16.131.666.680.800
Scientists at Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, and the Department of Neurosciences and Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego, have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the causes ...
Apr 1, 2025
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Artificial intelligence (AI) could help sonographers identify any abnormalities at the 20-week pregnancy screening scan almost twice as quickly, without reducing the accuracy or reliability of diagnoses, a new study has shown.
Mar 27, 2025
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Children with disabilities face significant challenges in South Africa. Firstly there are delayed diagnoses which can lead to complications. The high cost of health care and little financial support for their families can ...
Mar 18, 2025
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The UK's new legal requirement for folic acid to be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour does not go far enough and a bolder policy would prevent hundreds more birth defects each year, say researchers including UCL's Professor ...
Feb 25, 2025
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Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have made new discoveries about amniotic fluid, a substance historically not well understood in medical research due to the difficulty in obtaining it during pregnancy, especially ...
Jan 30, 2025
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Approximately one in four women in Canada are unaware of the benefits of taking folic acid before and during pregnancy to prevent certain birth defects—a percentage that has not improved in more than a decade.
Jan 7, 2025
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Ultra-processed foods are the latest nutritional villains, associated with several diseases of the modern world, from obesity to heart disease. However, many nutritionists question whether the term "ultra-processed" does ...
Oct 10, 2024
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A group of scientists at UCL have successfully created mechanical force sensors directly in the developing brains and spinal cords of chicken embryos, which they hope will improve understanding and prevention of birth malformations ...
Jul 12, 2024
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For patients undergoing urinary diversion for neurogenic bladder (NGB), the postoperative impact on urinary-related quality of life (UrQOL) is milder for spinal cord injury of congenital (C-SCI) etiology versus acquired (A-SCI) ...
Jul 3, 2024
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The UK government's failure to fortify all flour and rice with the vitamin folic acid "will result in more deaths and birth defects every year that could have been prevented," argues Professor Sir Nicholas Wald in The BMJ ...
Jun 19, 2024
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