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...easy to understand why Trish and Andy Olson initially considered suing. But more than money, what the suburban St. Paul, Minn., couple wanted from the hospital was a genuine apology. Their son Owen, 7, born with spina bifida and a range of other birth defects, had already endured more than 40 operations by the time he was taken to the Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota for treatment of a suspected infection last fall. Because the staff on duty that night forgot to attach a catheter to Owen, doctors ended up having to take emergency action several hours later...
...Dead Yet exposes important biases in the “right to die” movement, including the fact that as early as 1988, Jack Kevorkian advertised his intention of performing medical experimentation (“hitherto conducted on rats”) on living children with spina bifida, at the same time harvesting their organs for reuse...
Folic acid is one of the more essential B vitamins, especially for women of childbearing age, and a little bit-100 micrograms a day-goes a long way toward preventing spina bifida and other birth defects. Now a major study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has confirmed what smaller studies had only hinted at: that women who consume large amounts of folate (in the region of 1,000 micrograms a day) have a lower risk of developing hypertension-for younger women, it's significantly lower...
...comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Folic acid is one of the more essential B vitamins, especially for women of childbearing age, and a little bit - 100 micrograms a day - goes a long way toward preventing spina bifida and other birth defects. Now a major study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has confirmed what smaller studies had only hinted at: that women who consume large amounts of folate (in the region of 1,000 micrograms a day) have a lower risk of developing hypertension...
Folic acid is one of the more essential B vitamins, especially for women of childbearing age, and a little bit--100 micrograms a day--goes a long way toward preventing spina bifida and other birth defects. That's why the U.S. government requires that all grain products be fortified with enough folate to stave off these so-called neural-tube defects...