Jennifer, Jessica, Jordyn and Davis Several of us from the Portland office spent Friday afternoon in Salem attending and / or testifying at the hearing for HB 2236: a birth anomaly registry bill. In addition to our staff and board members; mission moms Jennifer, Jessica and Jordyn shared their personal stories and support for tracking [...]
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Our day at the Oregon State Capital
Posted in Ambassador, Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, March of Dimes, prematurity, Research, tagged birth anomaly registry, Birth Defects, birth outcomes, cdc, March of Dimes on February 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Voice your support for the Birth Anomaly Registry Bill
Posted in Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, In the News, March of Dimes, tagged birth anomaly registry, Birth Defects, HB 2236, March of Dimes, Oregon on February 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
March of Dimes is advocating for a birth anomaly (aka: birth defect) registry and we sure could use your support. The Oregon House Health Care Committee will be hearing HB 2236 this Friday; and we’d love your help in calling the committee members to let them know how important this bill is. Oregon is 1 of only 4 states in the nation [...]
Introducing our 2011 Chapter Ambassadors
Posted in Ambassador, Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, March of Dimes, prematurity, tagged 2011, ambassadors, March of Dimes, mission family on February 4, 2011 | 3 Comments »
We are so excited to introduce our 2011 Chapter Ambassadors! This year we have 3 fabulous families sharing their stories on behalf of March of Dimes. The Mandzij family in Portland: Katie and Jeff have two sons, both born premature 5 years apart The Locke family in Woodburn: Melissa and Craig’s twins are micro-preemies, each [...]
January is Birth Defects Prevention Month
Posted in Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, March of Dimes, tagged birth anomaly registry, Birth Defects, birth defects prevention month, HB 2236, March of Dimes, Oregon on January 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
January is Birth Defects Prevention Month. Did you know: Congenital heart defects are among the most common birth defects, affecting nearly 1 out of 100 babies in the U.S. Other common birth defects include cleft lip/palate, Down syndrome and spina bifida (open spine), affecting about 1 in 700, 1 in 800 and 1 in 2,500 [...]
It’s Folic Acid Awareness Week!
Posted in Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, In the News, March of Dimes, tagged awareness, folic acid, March of Dimes, neural tube birth defects on January 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’re smack in the middle of Folic Acid Awareness Week, so here’s a little reminder of why folic acid is so important. Did you know: Folic acid is a B vitamin that can help prevent birth defects of the brain and spinal cord called neural tube defects (NTDs). Folic acid works to prevent these birth [...]
Free folic acid at Kmart pharmacies!
Posted in Birth Defects, Our Partners, Pregnancy, tagged folic acid, Kmart, March of Dimes, pharmacy on April 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kmart Pharmacy is committed to supporting the overall Kmart March of Dimes campaign and helping educate women about healthy pregnancies. As part of their efforts this year, Kmart pharmacies across the U.S. will provide one free month of folic acid to expectant mothers. From March 28 through May 1, customers can obtain folic acid when [...]
Celebrities with birth defects
Posted in Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, tagged Birth Defects, celebrities, cleft palate, club foot, Doc Holliday, famous, Frida Khalo, John Cougar Mellencamp, King Tut, Kristi Yamaguchi, Lord Byron, March of Dimes, Sir Walter Scott, Stephen Hawking, Troy Aikman on March 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Doc Holliday Many famous people were born with birth defects. Here’s a quick list: John Henry “Doc” Holliday, an American cowboy, was born with a cleft palate. John Cougar Mellencamp, an American rock and roll musician was born with spina bifida Troy Aikman, a former quarterback with the Dallas Cowboys, was born with a club [...]
Finding a way to correct or repair birth defects
Posted in Birth Defects, In the News, Research, tagged Birth Defects, developmental biology, human cells, March of Dimes, prevention, Shinya Yamanaka on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The research of Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD. is mind-blowing. His pioneering work has fundamentally altered the field of developmental biology and will aid research into the prevention of birth defects. Dr. Yamanaka has discovered how to reprogram human skin cells in such a way that gives them the ability to develop into any kind of cell. And those [...]
