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New Links
Kennedy Krieger Institute [website]
is an internationally recognized facility dedicated to improving the
lives of children and adolescents with pediatric developmental
disabilities through patient care, special education, research, and
professional training. The recently re-designed website includes
more comprehensive information.
Swedish Medical [website]
This web site is designed as a resource tool for
health care practitioners. Using this tool, providers can easily
find links to free preconception/prenatal and perinatal health
education materials (including multilingual resources), download a
well-woman visit form, take an online CME course on cystic fibrosis
screening, examine means and costs of folic acid supplementation,
and more.
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Articles of Interest
Ahluwalia IB, Lyon Daniel K. Are Women with Recent Live Births
Aware of the Benefits of Folic Acid? MMWR Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report, 2001 / 50(RR06);1-14.
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Text
Berry RJ, Li Z, Erickson JD, Li S, Moore CA, Wang H, Mulinare J,
Zhao P, Wong LY, Gindler J, Hong SX, Correa A, Hao L, Gunter E.
Prevention of neural-tube defects with folic acid in China. China-U.S.
Collaborative Project for Neural Tube Defect Prevention. New England Journal of Medicine 1999;341:1485-1490.
[corrected; erratum to be published].
Abstract----[Chinese study of the effectiveness of folic
acid in a community intervention. During 1998, we finished analyzing
the data from a study conducted jointly with Chinese health
officials to determine folic acid’s effectiveness in reducing rates
of neural tube defects (NTDs) in two areas of China. In summary,
this study showed that in northern China, which has a high incidence
of NTDs, women who took 400 micrograms (0.4mg) of folic acid daily
at least 80% of the time before and in the early stages of pregnancy
reduced their risk of having an NTD-affected pregnancy by 85%. Among
participating women in southern China, where the incidence was lower
(similar to the U.S. NTD rate), the reduction in risk was 40%.]
Botto LD, Yang Q. 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene
variants and congenital anomalies: a HuGE review. American Journal
of Epidemiology 2000;151:862-77.
Abstract
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Neural tube defects
surveillance and folic acid Intervention -- Texas-Mexico border,
1993-1998. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2000;49:1-4.
Full Text
Mersereau P. Preventing neural tube birth defects: a national
campaign. Small Talk 2000;12:1-2, 4-6.
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Current Issues
You may see articles and news reports on new
research findings that could lead to questioning your course of
action. Evidence must be strong before changes in recommendations
are made by CDC. If you would like discuss some of these issues
with your colleagues, we suggest joining the
National
Birth Defects Prevention Network listserv.
Date:
May 01, 2008
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities
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