Folic acid awareness lags in birth defect prevention
A March of Dimes study finds only 15 percent of women of childbearing age know government advice to take folic acid to prevent neural tube defects. CDC notes public health groups must improve outreach before conception as 2,010 women were surveyed and 2,500 U.S. babies are born yearly with such defects.
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Atlanta
March of Dimes
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
U.S
Driver Pursues Car Into Yard Sale Hurting Thirteen
In New Bedford Mass a 19 year old driver named Adam Almeida chased another car through city streets causing a crash that sent his car into a yard sale crowd injuring thirteen. He faces twelve charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon at arraignment scheduled for Monday.
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New Bedford
Mass
Adam Almeida
Paul Desrosiers
Teen pregnancy grants totaling 42 million announced nationwide
The Department of Health and Human Services this day awarded 42 million in grants to 15 local programs to prevent early teen sex and pregnancy. Projects emphasize parental involvement mentors and age appropriate abstinence messages to keep teens in school and foster healthier life choices.
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Washington
Department of Health and Human Services
HHS
Donna Shalala
Shalala
Robert Rector
Conservative Heritage Foundation
Poll shows broad interest in Perots Independence Party
A USA Today CNN Gallup poll of 640 adults finds 46 percent favor forming the Independence Party and 41 percent would likely vote for its presidential candidate. Support for joining or funding the party remains low, with 28 percent likely to join and 16 percent willing to donate.
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Washington
Ross Perot
Independence Party
USA Today
CNN
Gallup
Perot
Independent Party
New Party
Ashkenazi BRCA1 mutation found in about 1 percent
Researchers report a BRCA1 mutation in about 1 percent of Ashkenazi Jews in the United States and Israel raising potential for targeted screening. Experts caution more data needed before mass testing or counseling strategies are justified.
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Lawrence Brody
National Center For Human Genome Research
Bethesda
Struewing
Nature Genetics
United States
Israel
Brody
Mary Claire King
University of Washington
Seattle
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