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• They Say: Obesity During Pregnancy Raises Risk of Birth Defects

  A new study looking at data from dozens of earlier research efforts has concluded that women who are obese cduring pregnancy are more likely to give birth to children with birth defects, in particular spina bifida and other neural tube defects. Other problems, such as hydrocephaly, cleft palate, and some heart and limb anomalies, are also found at higher rates when children are born to mothers who were obese during pregnancy. Read More... Posted Feb 13 2009, 03:01 PM by Kate Tuttle with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy, research study, obesity, overweight, weight loss, weight, bariatric surgery, spina bifida, researchers, neural tube defects, obese mothers, hydrocephalus

• Xtreme Wheelchairing for Teens?

  We all know the saying "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade" but how many of us really live it? Enter the [brave new] world of hard-core sitting. To you and me, that's doing skateboarding-type tricks. But while from a wheelchair. Which is why you have to see the story of 16-year-old Aaron Fotheringham, born with spina bifida. Oh, and he is also the first person to do a backflip. In a wheelchair. Awesome.   Read More... Posted Feb 09 2008, 04:32 PM by Karen Murphy with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: disabilities, spina bifida, hard-core sitting, wheelchair, aaron fotheringham