Baby heart death parents left waiting 14 months for answers
Elijah died at 12 days old and his parents say authorities have left them "in limbo". (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - May 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
When does life end? New organ donation strategy fuels debate
On a chilly holiday Monday in January 2020, a medical milestone passed largely unnoticed. In a New York City operating room, surgeons gently removed the heart from a 43-year-old man who had died and shuttled it steps away to a patient in desperate need of a new one.
More than 3500 people in the United States receive a new heart each year. But this case was different—the first of its kind in the country. “It took us 6 months to prepare,” says Nader Moazami, surgical head of heart transplantation at New York University (NYU) Langone Health, where the operation took place. The run-up included oversight from an eth...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 11, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
First Phase 3 TREMFYA ® (guselkumab) Data in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Show Positive Induction Results Among Patients with Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis
SPRING HOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA, May 9, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced new efficacy and safety data from the Phase 3 QUASAR Induction Study evaluating the investigational use of TREMFYA® (guselkumab) in adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC)a who had an inadequate response or intolerance to conventionalb and/or advanced therapies.1,c The data show statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements across symptomatic and histo-endoscopic outcome measures.1 Safety data were also consistent with the known safety profile of TREMFYA in ...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - May 9, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Doctors Perform First Surgery on Baby's Brain in the Womb
In a first-of-its-kind in-utero surgery, researchers have successfully repaired a vein of Galen malformation, which often leads to heart failure, severe brain injury, or possibly death soon after birth. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - May 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AHA News: She Wanted to Thank the Surgeon Who Saved Her Life as a Baby. She Did – As His Colleague.
FRIDAY, May 5, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Hours after Sarah Hernandez was born in La Verne, California, doctors diagnosed problems with her heart – problems they couldn ' t fix. So they arranged for her to be flown to nearby... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
French bulldog " telling off his dad " for cuddling baby melts hearts
A video of a French bulldog whining incessantly while his human cuddles a baby has gone viral on TikTok, where it has received 9.4 million views at the time of writing. The clip was posted by @katieburfitt, the TikTok account of a 24-year-old woman from Devon, an English county in the U.K. The…#tiktok #katieburfitt #plosone #tiktokers #verofuentes985 #michellepeterson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Johnson & Johnson Reports Q1 2023 Results
New Brunswick, N.J. (April 18, 2023) – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today announced results for first-quarter 2023. “Our first quarter results demonstrate strong performance across all three segments of our business and reflect the dedication of Johnson & Johnson colleagues around the world,” said Joaquin Duato, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. “With this momentum, I look forward to the remainder of the year, one filled with exciting catalysts that will create both near- and long-term value for patients and all of our stakeholders.”OVERALL FINANCIAL RESULTSQ1($ in Millions, except EPS)2...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - April 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Financial Source Type: news
Long COVID Is Making Some People Choose Not to Have Kids
For a long time, Tessa thought about freezing her eggs once she turned 30, so she and her partner could have a child when they felt ready. But her 30th birthday came and went in March, and she’s made no moves to act on her plan.
Tessa, who lives in Massachusetts and asked to be identified by only her first name to protect her privacy, developed Long COVID after a case of COVID-19 last May. Long COVID brought on intense fatigue, made it virtually impossible to exercise without crashing afterward, and worsened a preexisting nervous-system disorder that causes her to feel faint. Tessa is still able to work from home, bu...
Source: TIME: Health - April 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Heart-stopping moment dad saves baby from choking caught on camera
Two outdoor security cameras captured the dramatic moment a dad rushed inside his home to save his choking baby. In footage supplied to Newsweek by Ring, Ryan DiRoma, who lives with his family in Phoenix, Arizona, can be seen rushing to answer his wife Kalin's calls for help. Their infant…#ryandiroma #phoenix #arizona #kalin #ryan #cpr #floridahighway #tsa #newjersey #cheeto (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AHA News: A Decade After Her Baby's Heart Surgery, a Surgeon Fixed the Same Problem in Her Heart
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Cynthia Felix Jeffers was a baby when her 12-day-old sister died from a congenital heart defect.
She was 22 when her brother, a week shy of 20, died from the same condition.
Cynthia,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
TREMFYA ® (guselkumab) Real-World Data Analyses Show Greater Treatment Persistence Than IL-17s in Both Bio-naïve and Bio-experienced Patients Living With Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis
SPRING HOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA, March 17, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced new data, showing that initiation of TREMFYA® (guselkumab) was associated with greater treatment persistencea compared to secukinumab or ixekizumab in bio-naïve and bio-experienced patientsb living with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis (PsO), based on pairwise analysesc of real-world data.[1],[2] Additionally, in a post-hoc analysis of Phase 3 VOYAGE 2 clinical trial results, TREMFYA demonstrated durable clinical efficacy, itch relief and quality-of-life improvements in patients living with scal...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - March 17, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Family 'broken' as baby has four heart defects, two rare conditions and Covid
It has now been seven weeks since Albie had his first open heart surgery and things are still difficult for the family (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
EPA To Crack Down on Toxic PFAS ‘ Forever Chemicals ’ in Drinking Water
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed limiting the amount of harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water to the lowest level that tests can detect, a long-awaited protection the agency said will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses, including cancer.
The plan marks the first time the EPA has proposed regulating a toxic group of compounds that are widespread, dangerous and expensive to remove from water. PFAS, or per- and polyfluorinated substances, don’t degrade in the environment and are linked to a broad range of health issues, including low birthweight babies and ki...
Source: TIME: Science - March 14, 2023 Category: Science Authors: MICHAEL PHILLIS and MATTHEW DALY / AP Tags: Uncategorized Environmental Health healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
How Does Ebstein ’ s Anomaly Present?
Discussion
Ebstein’s anomaly (EA) accounts for about 0.3-0.5% of all congenital heart disease and about 40% of all tricuspid valve (TV) pathologies. It was first described by Dr. William Ebstein in 1866.
In EA’s simplest form, the TV is displaced inferiorly from the normal hinge points into the right ventricle (RV). This is caused by delamination of both the septal and mural leaflets and they usually form a combined leaflet which can be more adherent to the RV. These anatomical changes causes poor movement of the leaflet(s) and tricuspid regurgitation. Displacement inferiorly can cause decreased RV capacity and...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 13, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
How Babies Born By C-Section Make Up for Lost Microbes
After nine months spent as a growing life in someone else’s body, the second a baby is born, they begin growing life in their own body: colonies of tiny bacterial cells ready to begin populating a baby’s gut microbiome. This microbial starter pack is a sort of going-away present from the mother’s body, acquired by a baby on the journey from the uterus through the birth canal. As a baby grows, their internal ecosystem becomes more complex, until eventually they’ve developed the robust bacterial diversity that allows the gut and other microbial havens to regulate and protect immunity and so many other...
Source: TIME: Health - March 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Research Source Type: news
