Today's news article!!!

[JDee]

Newborn screening tests to be expanded. One check will be for Homocysteinuria!!! Fantastic.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17628169

Jac

[kimks mom]

It has in Quebec because they have been screening new born babies for quite a few years...they take a sample of urine. Quebec has done this since 1973 as one Quebec family had several children born with methylmalonic aciduria. They now test for 18 inborn errors of metabolism.

http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/bs1839792

But it has stayed in Quebec only..the screening isn't done in the rest of the country.

~Pat

[JDee]

I was reading something that said the level of diagnoisis was set too high and cases were being missed. I suppose this may still be something to watch out for but anything is better than nothing.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE ... 1183412103

Jac

[JDee]

[JDee]

We know stress depletes b12 and not enough b12 can lead to dementia!!!! Hmmm!!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18577326

Jac

[Maudy]

To truly understand the effects of stress and b12 levels, Scottish scientists ought to experience being a victim of the Scottish Health System when trying to get the seriousness of b12 deficiency identified.

In my humble opinion the Scottish Health System causes more piggin' stress than you can shake a stick at!!!!!

They make me that sick I've had to go out and buy yet more b vitamins today to see if it will help my condition because their health system stressed me out so much.

Rant over.

[Maudy]

Trouble is, even when they do take it seriously they base their studies on deficient b12 serum levels. Flawed from the start.

[JDee]

[JDee]

[JDee]

I know I see b12 def around every corner but when you read the explanations in this link - autoimmune reactions, damage to myelin, blah blah - it does get you thinking!!

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tran ... elitis.htm



Jac

PS Got to go but here is another one

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11965427

Jx

[BeeNumber12]

[BeeNumber12]

[JDee]

Just keeping these articles together as I know I will want it one day.

Mothers to be and taking folic acid plus b12 - Spina Bifida

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... warns.html

Jac

[lessix]

Yeah, Jac. Just what I need to send to my niece. Will tweet it too.
X

[lessix]

Was just thinking about the DM Article. Although it is a big step forward they are only recommending 2.5 mcg a day. I guess this would not be sufficient for a B12d deficient Mum to be?
There are couple of interesting comments at the bottom of the article about a gene variant and ability to metabolise pharma contrived Folic acid....does anybody know of the evidence for this?