As of 2008, every state requires screening newborns for 21 or more serious but treatable conditions. Many states screen for the March of Dimes recommend core panel of 29 conditions. KGW ran a great news story this morning on the importance of newborn screening, focusing on one boy’s experience with PKU. March of Dimes funded research used [...]
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Newborn screening, PKU and March of Dimes
Posted in Baby Talk, Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, In the News, March of Dimes, Research, tagged KGW, March of Dimes, newborn screening, Oregon, PKU on May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
What you may not know about the PKU test
Posted in Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, March of Dimes, tagged March of Dimes, mental retardation, newborn screening, PKU on March 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Did you know: The PKU test was the nation’s first newborn screening test. Developed with the help of March of Dimes, the test has been routinely administered since the 1960s, sparing thousands of children from mental retardation. PKU (phenylketonuria) is an inherited disorder of body chemistry that, if untreated, causes mental retardation. Fortunately, through routine newborn [...]
March of Dimes funded OHSU discovery may lead to new treatment for Rett Syndrome
Posted in Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, In the News, March of Dimes, Our Partners, Research, tagged babies, March of Dimes, OHSU, research, rett syndrome on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to the brilliant scientists working on this research; which is funded in part by March of Dimes. On behalf of mothers and babies everywhere, we thank you! From HealthCanal: Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have discovered that a molecule critical to the development and plasticity of nerve cells – brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) [...]
September is Newborn Screening Awareness month
Posted in Baby Talk, Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, March of Dimes, tagged March of Dimes, newborn screening on September 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Newborn Screening September is Newborn Screening Awareness month. Screening your newborn for up to 30 treatable conditions is essential for their optimal health and well being. Here’s just a few of the things newborn screening can detect: CH = Congenital hypothyroidism Incidence: greater than 1 in 5,000. This thyroid hormone deficiency severely retards both growth [...]
Lobby Day: Motherhood and Apple Pie
Posted in Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, March of Dimes, tagged apple pie, HB 2236, lobby day, March of Dimes, motherhood, Oregon, state capitol on April 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
March of Dimes staff and volunteers handed out apple pie at the Oregon State Capitol today–along with information about maternal and infant health. In addition to educating those who picked up a slice of fruity American goodness about our mission and our hope to get HB 2236 (the Birth Anomaly Registry Bill) passed, we also [...]
Learn more about the Birth Anomaly Registry on Jefferson Public Radio
Posted in Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, In the News, March of Dimes, tagged birth anomaly registry, Birth Defects, hb2236, jefferson exchange, jefferson public radio, joanne rogovoy, Oregon on March 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You know March of Dimes of Greater Oregon is holding a Lobby Day at the Oregon State Capitol on Tuesday, April 5th. You know we’re going to be talking about maternal and infant health and why it’s so important to have a birth anomaly registry. And you know we’re going to be handing out apple [...]
Our Ambassadors in the news
Posted in Ambassador, Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, In the News, March for Babies, March of Dimes, prematurity, Why I Walk, tagged micro-preemie, NICU on March 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Two of our Chapter Ambassadors are inspiring others by sharing their stories, thanks to the Albany Democrat-Herald , the Corvallis Gazette Times and the Woodburn Independent. In yesterday’s Democrat-Herald on page 3 and today’s Gazette Times the Glaser family talks about having a baby with birth defects. And then finding out they’re having another. Pick [...]
The women in March of Dimes history: Virginia Apgar
Posted in Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, March of Dimes, prematurity, tagged apgar score, March of Dimes, newborn, virginia apgar on March 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Creator of the Apgar Score, which is now given to every baby born in the U.S. and beyond, Virginia Apgar left her successful career as an obstetric anesthesiologist to head the Department of Congenital Malformations at March of Dimes in 1959. It wasn’t long before she became Vice President of Medical Affairs. She was the first person [...]
The women in March of Dimes history: Louise Roy Sellars
Posted in Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, March of Dimes, tagged FBLA, louise roy sellars, March of Dimes, youth programs on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
National Director of Youth Programs from 1959 to 1983, Louise Roy Sellars organized four national youth conferences on birth defects from 1968 to 1977. Her work laid the foundation for March of Dimes youth programs that are still going strong across the nation. In fact, Sellars was instrumental in partnering with high level organizations such as Future Business [...]
The women in March of Dimes history: Dorothy Ducas
Posted in Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, March of Dimes, tagged dorothy ducas, eleanor roosevelt, March of Dimes, polio on March 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
March is Women’s History Month, and a great time to highlight some of the amazing women who have helped make March of Dimes what it is today. Here’s the first of several entries on the women in March of Dimes history, taken from a fabulous presentation by our national archivist, David Rose. In the 1930s [...]
