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Neural Tube Defects

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Neural Tube Defects Defined

Problems in the development of the spinal cord and brain in an embryo, such as the failure of the spine to enclose the spinal cord (spina bifida) and the failure of the brain to develop (anencephaly)

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Still no cure for cancer hysteria

Published July 18, 2008, 4:38 pm, Guardian Unlimited

Environment, science & technology: Bad science: This week two food stories went beyond stupid, and managed to give harmful informetion

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Bad science: Still no cure for cancer hysteria

Published July 18, 2008, 4:13 pm, Guardian Unlimited

Ben Goldacre: The newspapers are so profoundly overrun with pseudoscience about food that there's no point in documenting it any longer

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Alaska newborns at higher risk for defects

Published July 17, 2008, 2:46 am, Anchorage Daily News

Alaska infants are twice as likely to be born with major birth defects as infants in the U.S. as a whole, according to a new study by the state Department of Health and Social Services -- and officials are at a loss to explain why.

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Obesity Increasing Among Pregnant Women In U.S., New York Times Reports

Published July 16, 2008, 8:05 am, Medical News Today

One in five women who gives birth in the U.S. is obese, and physicians are seeing a greater number of pregnant women who are morbidly obese -- weighing 400, 500 or 600 pounds -- the New York Times reports. According to the Times, excess weight can cause obese women to have riskier pregnancies, because they are more likely to develop hypertension and diabetes, as well as to deliver prematurely.

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Minimising Birth Defect Risk For Pregnant Women With Epilepsy

Published July 16, 2008, 4:05 am, Medical News Today

Women taking antiepileptic drugs and planning a pregnancy are advised to prepare well ahead of conception to reduce the risk of birth defects, according to an article in the current edition of Australian Prescriber.

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Tests find higher levels of carcinogen in Columbia"™s drinking water

Published July 15, 2008, 7:34 pm, Columbian Missourian

Levels of trihalomethanes in Columbia’s drinking water in May again violated the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards. The result from the city’s latest sample found trihalomethanes at 101 parts per billion, said Barry Kirchhoff, superintendent of the Columbia Water Treatment Plant.

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Columbia searching for answers to high trihalomethanes in water

Published July 15, 2008, 7:29 pm, Columbia Missourian

Levels of trihalomethanes in Columbia’s drinking water in May again violated the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards. The result from the city’s latest sample found trihalomethanes at 101 parts per billion, ...

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