Birth Defects Preventable with Folic Acid
Every 4 ½ minutes, a baby is born in the United States with a birth defect. Folic acid can help alter that number. But first, just let that initial statement settle in your head: Every 4 ½ minutes, a baby is born in the United States with a birth defect. In the time...
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Toys Tagged by PIRG Are Unsafe for Children
We are going to divert this month from discussing living diseases afflicting children to instead focus on inanimate things that prey upon children: unsafe toys. No other months are these toys so prevalent than during the holiday shopping season. In fact, U.S. Public...
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Premature Births Are Primary Cause of Newborn Deaths
“Premature births” is a very misleading term. The misconception is that, well, the baby was born. It is ok. What’s the problem? The problem is that throughout pregnancy the developing baby goes through important growth, especially during the final months and weeks....
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Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Monthly, we focus on a different disability afflicting children in America and specifically in North Carolina. One of the most common genetic birth defects, affecting one out of every 691 babies, is Down Syndrome. Sometimes you know something about a disability, and...
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September is Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is best known in the United States as an inherited blood disorder primarily affecting Africans and African-Americans. Current estimates are that one in 500 U.S. African-American births is affected with sickle cell anemia. But, it doesn’t stop...
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