Neural tube defects are one of the most severe birth defects that affect the nervous system. Read to know more about this congenital disease. Neural tube defects are abnormalities of the brain, spinal ...

Birth defects, that is anomalies that are present at the birth of the baby, can be structural, functional or metabolic; they can be detected during pregnancy or at birth; they can cause physical or ...

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St. Louis, May 25, 2009 — Women of childbearing age can reduce the risk of having a child born with a neural tube defect such as spina bifida by eating enough folate or folic acid. However, folate ...

Babies who were exposed to certain organic pollutants in the womb are at a highly increased risk of neural tube defects leading to conditions such as spina bifida, according to researchers in China.

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 ...

In 1998, folic acid fortification of a large variety of cereal products became mandatory in Canada, a country where the prevalence of neural-tube defects was historically higher in the eastern ...

Mutations in a gene known as interferon regulatory factor 6 that cause cleft lip and palate also are implicated in neural tube defects such as spina bifida, suggests new research. Mutations in a gene ...