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HHS efforts to reduce birth defects successful.(US Health and Human Services)(Brief Article)
2002 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The incidence of spina bifida has decreased by 32% in the United States over the past decade.
The decrease indicates the success of the Public Health Service's recommendations released in 1992 urging women to increase their levels of folic acid intake prior to becoming pregnant. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study, published in the journal Teratology and an updated primary topic of discussion at the CDC's National Conference on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, reflects new and significant decreases in the prevalence of spina bifida and anencephaly, both neural tube defects that affect a baby's brain and spine.
"The decrease in spina bifida and other neural tube defects is exciting news, and is evidence of the need to educate women of childbearing age about the importance of folic acid to the health of their future children," said HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson.
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