Article: MAINE GETS FEDERAL GRANT TO HELP TRACK BIRTH DEFECTS\ THE $100,000 WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP A REGISTRY THAT IDENTIFIES CLUSTERS AND TRENDS.<

Article: Birth defects information lacking, survey finds.
State Health Watch;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Many states dont track birth defects statewide, the thoroughness ... might track limited birth defects, or information may ... Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi ... describes as marginal birth defects monitoring registries ...

Article: New Report Finds 80 percent of States Improved Birth ...
U.S. Newswire;  April 29, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... currently not covered by any birth defects monitoring program ... report released today, "Birth Defects Tracking and Prevention ... steps to improve their birth defects programs. The states ... Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts ...

Article: FOLIC ACID PREVENTS BIRTH DEFECTS.
Medical Update;  August 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... recently that 96 women from Maine had pregnancies, with ... of these preventable birth defects. "In 1991, the Medical ... supplementation been implemented in Maine immediately after the ... pregnancies affected by these birth defects. Had there been an effective ...

Article: Doctors Say Vitamin Can Cut Birth Defects in Half ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  July 28, 1993 ;     700+ words ...BAR HARBOR, Maine Fortifying flour and ... could cut the rate of birth defects in half at virtually ... the vitamin to prevent birth defects even with well-balanced ... Oakley, director of the birth-defects division at the U ...

Article: SENS. LANDRIEU, COLEMAN BILL PROVIDES NEEDED SURGERY FOR CHILDREN ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... care. "Children with birth defects should not be denied ... children who suffer from birth defects," Sen. Coleman said ... Olympia Snowe, R-Maine; Thad Cochran, R ... born each year with birth defects. Approximately 40 ...

Article: Deaths from birth defects decline sharply
AP Online;  September 24, 1998 ;     300 words ... ... reported Thursday. Birth defects account for about one ... said deaths caused by birth defects dropped 34 percent from ... diagnosis and treatment of birth defects contributed to the decline ... CDC said. Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts ...

Article: National registry recommended to thwart Accutane-related ...
Drug Week;  March 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... female patients because it causes birth defects. Under the plan, every patient ... Eileen Ringel, MD, a Waterville, Maine, dermatologist. It is intended ... babies born with Accutane-caused birth defects since 1982. This article was prepared ...