Sentences with phrase «anencephaly in»

Hrubec found that exposure to these chemicals resulted in neural tube birth defects — the same birth defect as spina bifida and anencephaly in humans.

In fact, a 2015 study evaluating the prevalence of neural tube defects such as anencephaly in Europe, found that there has not been any reduction in the incidence of these defects, despite widespread recommendations to increase folic acid which have been in place for several decades.

Not exact matches

For a more current look at what happens when abortion is severely restricted, we looked to Brazil, where abortion is illegal except in cases of rape, when the mother's life is in danger, and in the rare instances of anencephaly, a severe fetal anomaly in which the fetus lacks parts of the brain, leaving the infant with virtually no chance of survival.

Anencephaly is a condition in which an infant is born with a fully or partially functioning brain stem but without any cerebral hemispheres (higher brain).

[24] Stumpf, et al., «The Infant with Anencephaly,» The New England Journal of Medicine, 322, no. 10 (8 March 1990): 670, report that «it may not be possible in all cases to distinguish anencephaly from other very severe anomalies of the head... For purposes of genetic and reproductive counseling and epidemiologic reporting, the diagnosis should be confirmed by an experienced observer following delivery of an abortus or stillborn infAnencephaly,» The New England Journal of Medicine, 322, no. 10 (8 March 1990): 670, report that «it may not be possible in all cases to distinguish anencephaly from other very severe anomalies of the head... For purposes of genetic and reproductive counseling and epidemiologic reporting, the diagnosis should be confirmed by an experienced observer following delivery of an abortus or stillborn infanencephaly from other very severe anomalies of the head... For purposes of genetic and reproductive counseling and epidemiologic reporting, the diagnosis should be confirmed by an experienced observer following delivery of an abortus or stillborn infant.»

In addition to prematurity, there are also neonatal deaths due to complications of disease as well as genetic problems, like trisomy 13 or anencephaly.

This vitamin prevents congenital disabilities in your child like anencephaly, congenital heart disease, or cleft palate.

(In Gray's specific case, it's not clear how often anencephaly stems from inherited genetic mutations).

In the United States, approximately 1,200 pregnancies are affected by anencephaly and 1,500 babies are born with spina bifida each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Neural tube defects include anencephaly, a condition in which a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull, and spina bifida, which occurs when the spinal cord and the bones surrounding the spine do not form properly.

One - half lower risk of anencephaly, a neural - tube defect that interferes with brain development and often results in miscarriage

I suggest aninformation (which sounds quite meaningless — phanopoetic even) using an - as in anoxic or anencephaly — signifying a lack of the thing following.

The majority of the late term abortion in Canada is reserved for mothers of babies with lethal abnormalities, most commonly anencephaly (is a human without a functioning brain a person?)

Birth defect that have been linked to Zoloft include: • Various kinds of heart valve defects • Hole in the heart • Spina bifida • Cranofacial defects • Neural tube defects • Craniosynostosis - a skull defect • Club foot • Omphalocele - causes the abdominal organs and intestines to stick out through the belly button • Anencephaly - a child is born with a brain or skill that has parts missing.

Judge rules in Ecolab's favor On July 5, 2005, Magistrate Alonzo P. Wilson of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana entered summary judgment in favor of Ecolab Inc. and dismissed the claims of two nurses who alleged that their exposure to fumes of an Ecolab institutional floor wax stripper containing glycol ethers caused their two babies to suffer from the fatal birth defect anencephaly.