ALLMedicine™ Folic Acid Deficiency Center

Apr 14th, 2022 - Practice Essentials The term myelodysplasia includes a group of developmental anomalies that result from defects that occur during embryologic closure of the neural tube. Lesions may include spina bifida occulta, meningocele, lipomyelomeningocele,...

Apr 9th, 2022 - It has been reported that insulin resistance is related to cognitive decline. The triglycerides and glucose (TyG) index, is a reliable and inexpensive surrogate test for detecting insulin resistance. The goal of this study was to evaluate the asso...

Jan 20th, 2022 - Anemias in Pregnancy With normal pregnancy, blood volume increases, which results in a concomitant hemodilution. Although red blood cell (RBC) mass increases during pregnancy, plasma volume increases more, resulting in a relative anemia. This resu...

Dec 16th, 2021 - Practice Essentials Megaloblastic anemia is an aregenerative macrocytic anemia with nuclear dysmaturity, where the nucleus appears immature relative to the cytoplasm because of impaired DNA synthesis (see the image below). Megaloblastic anemia is ...

Dec 16th, 2021 - Practice Essentials Megaloblastic anemia is an aregenerative macrocytic anemia with nuclear dysmaturity, where the nucleus appears immature relative to the cytoplasm because of impaired DNA synthesis (see the image below). Megaloblastic anemia is ...

Aug 17th, 2019 - The incidence of spina bifida (SB) is higher in the developing world as compared to the United States because of folic acid deficiency during pregnancy. Advances in technology have made prenatal repair of myelomeningocele (MM) possible. The object...

Aug 17th, 2019 - The incidence of spina bifida (SB) in the developing world is higher than in the United States because of malnutrition and folic acid deficiency during pregnancy. Advances in technology have made prenatal repair of myelomeningocele (MM) possible. ...

Mar 4th, 2019 - Two hundred and eighty anemic renal transplant recipients with stable graft function- who are followed up in Hamed Al-Essa organ transplant centre - will be assessed for the possible causes of their anemia. Anemia will be defined as Revised Europe...

Jan 20th, 2016 - Elevated blood concentration of homocysteine (Hcy) has been suggested as a modifiable, independent risk factor for coronary artery disease, stroke, and deep vein thrombosis. Prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia and folic acid deficiency in China are...

Jul 5th, 2018 - Action Points Note that analyses across several cohorts suggest that exposure to folic acid in utero is protective against cortical thinning and psychosis in adolescence. These data further support wide-ranging recommendations to supplement folic ...

Jan 25th, 2018 - During pregnancy, low- and no-carbohydrate diets may not be a good choice, ScienceDaily reported. Originally published in the Birth Defects Research journal, the study found low-carb diets throughout pregnancy were associated with a 30% higher ris...

Jan 31st, 2014 - WASHINGTON, DC—Approximately half of women with epilepsy of reproductive age take folic acid supplements, according to an analysis presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society. The figure is cause for concern because enzym.

Dec 20th, 2013 - WASHINGTON – Only about 43% of reproductive-age women with epilepsy who completed a Web-based survey were taking a folic acid supplement, according to interim findings from the Epilepsy Birth Control Registry. Furthermore, only 46% of those consid.

Dec 10th, 2013 - WASHINGTON, DC — Despite the known risks of folic acid deficiency, including neural tube defects in offspring, less than half of women with epilepsy who might become pregnant are taking folic acid supplements, a new survey shows. Reproduction and ...