Directory of Birth Defect Prevention Resources

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• Embryo Screening

Resources in This Category

• Anencephaly Awareness

  http://www.angelfire.com/mb/jessicasjourney/info.html
  Possible causes and information for future prevention of this disorder.

• Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention

  http://arbirthdefectsresearch.uams.edu/
  This organization works to reduce the prevalence of birth defects and their economic, social, and psychological impact in Arkansas and the United States.

• Birth Defect Research for Children

  http://www.birthdefects.org/
  Birth Defect Research for Children (BDRC)provides birth defect information, parent networking, resource referral and news updates on birth defect prevention. BDRC sponsors the National Birth Defect Registry, a project that collects data for birth defect research.

• Kiss It Make It Better: Vitamin A and Birth Defects

  http://www.kissitmakeitbetter.com/pregnancy/vitamin_a_birth_defects/
  Includes information on possible risks pre-formed vitamin A for a pregnant woman.

• March of Dimes

  http://www.marchofdimes.org/
  Resources for reducing infant morality and birth defects. Offers a health library, research, programs and a donation form.

• Newborn Screening.Com

  http://www.newbornscreening.com/
  Regularly updated information and news pertaining to testing and screening. Explanation as to what it is, condition profiles, lab profiles and a discussion forum.

• Save Babies Through Screening Foundation, Inc.

  http://www.savebabies.org/
  A non-profit voluntary organization whose mission is to improve the lives of babies by preventing mental retardation and death resulting from disorders detectable through newborn screening.

• Texas Office for Prevention of Developmental Disabilities

  http://topdd.texas.gov/
  Attempting to minimize the economic and human losses in Texas caused by preventable disabilities. Includes details of task forces, services and resources.

• The Pregnancy Risk Network

  http://www.pregnancyrisknetwork.org/
  Offers free telephone information about possible effects that medications, alcohol, illness, on children.

• The primary prevention of birth defects: Multivitamins or folic acid?

  http://www.medsci.org/press/birthdefect.html
  Study of large clinical trials that found multivitamins containing folic acid are more effective at preventing neural tube defects than high dose folic acid supplements.

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• Home > Health > Reproductive Health > Pregnancy and Birth > Nutrition
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