Wharton ’ s Jelly (Cord Tissue) for Cleft Palate Repair
Did you know that the most common congenital birth defect is a cleft lip or palate?
At about 9 weeks your baby’s face is formed. During this time if the tissues that compose the upper lip do not completely attach, your baby can be born with a cleft lip or palate.
A cleft lip is an opening in the upper lip. According to MedlinePlus, “The opening can be a small slit or a large opening that goes through the lip into the nose. Children with a cleft lip also can have a cleft palate. With a cleft palate, the tissue that makes up the roof of the mouth does not join correctly.” Children who are born with a cleft lip or pa...
Source: Cord Blood News - July 10, 2017 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Maze Cord Blood Tags: Cord Tissue stem cells Source Type: blogs
How Could The 21st Century Cures Act And The Joint Commission Improve Eating Disorder Care?
Approximately 30 million individuals have experienced a diagnosable eating disorder at some point in their life. People with an eating disorder are more likely to have comorbid physical and psychological conditions, higher annual health care costs, and experience reduced quality of life. Moreover, eating disorders are among the deadliest of psychological conditions, with anorexia nervosa in particular having an especially high mortality rate. While the burden is significant, there has long been a lack of access to eating disorder prevention, identification, and intervention services.
Parity of behavioral health care with g...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - June 28, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Morgan Shields Tags: Featured Following the ACA Insurance and Coverage Payment Policy Public Health 21st Century Cures Act American Health Care Act eating disorder treatment Essential Health Benefits The Joint Commission Source Type: blogs
University of Maryland Ear, Nose & Throat Team Preparing, Fundraising for Annual Volunteer Medical Mission
The University of Maryland Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) team is gearing up for their next volunteer medical mission trip – and they’re hoping you can help them help more people. The team, led by head and neck surgeons Rodney Taylor, MD and Jeffrey Wolf, MD, has begun fundraising for their March 2017 medical mission to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The team is kicking off fundraising with a happy hour at Pen & Quill in Mount Vernon this Thursday, December 8th, from 5-8 pm. A portion of the proceeds and silent auction earnings will contribute to the team’s fundraising efforts.
Every year, the ENT team travels to differe...
Source: Life in a Medical Center - December 6, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Chris Lindsley Tags: Doctors Events Service dr jeffrey wolf dr rodney taylor ear nose throat medical missions vietnam volunteer Source Type: blogs
“"As a physician, you should always be studying and...
""As a physician, you should always be studying and learning and trying to improve yourself," says MikeGinnyMD, a pediatrician on Figure 1. Here's one of the medical cases he's shared with our global community - a 3-day-old girl born with polydactyly. To see pediatric cases ranging from neonatal hypotonia to a cleft palate, follow "MikeGinnyMD" on Figure 1." By figure1 on Instagram Posted on infosnack. (Source: Kidney Notes)
Source: Kidney Notes - March 14, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
Zimbabwe Needs SLPs in Public Hospitals
Zimbabwe desperately needs speech-language pathologists, according to the Africa Health Network in an article on Voice of America. State-owned hospitals and other public health organizations—especially those in the capital city of Harare—can’t keep SLPs employed. Government officials say this occurred primarily because of low salaries.
“Right now there is not a single speech therapist working in public service in Zimbabwe,” says Michele Angeletti, country representative of Christian Blind Mission.
This was confirmed by the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Dr. Gerald Gwinji, who says t...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - March 9, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: News Autism Spectrum Disorder Speech Disorders speech-language pathology Swallowing Disorders Traumatic Brain Injury Source Type: blogs
The surgeon who gave a teenager a new smile
The brave teenager was sitting in the corner of the hallway away from other children. A long, torn cloth covered his face, more specifically his mouth. After slowly approaching him, I sat down right next to him. He shifted slightly away from me with a sheepish wide asymmetric grin on his face. As I began to converse with him through a translator, it became obvious he did not want to talk directly to me. His gaze darting in every direction except towards me. His shyness was palpable.
For 16 years of his life, this kid has had to live with a complete cleft lip. Through the translators, I was told that he is e...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 29, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Bhupesh Vasisht, MD Tags: Physician Surgery Source Type: blogs
Here’s what doctors can learn from global volunteering
In the arms of every parent who waited on the long line outside the clinic in Mexico was a child born with a facial deformity, usually a cleft lip or palate. Many of these mothers and fathers had walked long distances, carrying their child. Some families included grandparents, aunts and uncles, and others, just a mother, and her baby. Most of these families had arrived the day before. All hoped their child would be scheduled for surgery and restored to a normal appearance.
The third patient in line was different: an older man, all alone, with a blue bandana covering his mouth and nose. No wife, no parents, and no child. Wh...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 3, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Robert Pearl, MD Tags: Physician Surgery Source Type: blogs
Heavy Metal
Let's face it, he was heavy metal the minute he picked up his first guitar. Well, not really, but he is certainly cool enough to be...We finally got the boy in his braces. Sorry to all the Goldenhar patients that don't have a cleft palate, insurance will likely NOT pay for the braces. But that's okay. He is in them, and will be for a while. They only put on the top row this go around and will add the bottoms at a later appointment. He will also add the spacer later as well. He didn't want to put everything in his mouth at once and have the Gman super uncomfortable. The braces hurt bad enough, but nothing a little ibuprofen...
Source: Cochlear Kids - July 12, 2015 Category: Audiology Authors: VBnBama Source Type: blogs
Brace Yourself
After years of anticipation, guess who will be getting braces next Saturday?That's right, this guy! We tried for over a year to get insurance to pay for them since it is medically necessary per the dentists, and orthodontists that we work closely with, BUT since he does not have a cleft palate, we got a big fat no! Goldenhar Syndrome has left his mouth with its share of challenges and we are not sure yet how long he will wear the braces but we'll see how it all goes.We are moving teeth around to fill in the gaps where no adult teeth are present. Then, the dentist will be able to shape what he does have and after that he'll...
Source: Cochlear Kids - July 3, 2015 Category: Audiology Authors: VBnBama Source Type: blogs
Real-life examples of ultrasound in the developing world
In the last year and a half, I’ve been able to go to Africa 4 times and Haiti once, for which I give thanks that the world still produces abundant fossil fuels. That much airplane travel does make me feel a bit guilty, even though I’m not actually vacationing.
Going to far away places to practice medicine has always been something I hankered after, and it turns out that knowing how to do and teach ultrasound is a good way to get invited to exotic places. I think if I could do cleft palate surgery or eye surgery or had a traveling dentistry practice I could also be useful in foreign lands, but as an internist it...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 8, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Janice Boughton, MD Tags: Physician Radiology Source Type: blogs
Touching a life on the other side of the world
In 2012, in a remote town of San Jose, on the southern part of Occidental Mindoro province in the Philippines, I met a little boy and his desperate, but courageous mother. The boy was just a few months past his first birthday. He was born with a facial congenital defect known as bilateral cleft lip, so commonly seen in this part of the world. I, a plastic surgeon from New Jersey, was born to meet him and correct his congenital facial defect. What I could not have imagined was how this meeting would affect both our lives.
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 7, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Bhupesh Vasisht, MD Tags: Physician Surgery Source Type: blogs
Big Boy
In person, I know he still seems small for 13, but today at his annual appointment to see the CRS team consisting of a nutritionist, social worker, a team of dental experts, etc., they were BLOWN away by his growth spurt. Even more remarkable, this spurt actually happened sometime between May and November because we had other doctor visits in between to do weigh-ins....He has never been above the 5th percentile and today.....25th percentile!!! He has grown nearly 4 inches and gained 19 pounds in that time frame. It sparked their interest in Goldenhar Syndrome and several declared they do some more research on the subject.T...
Source: Cochlear Kids - January 22, 2015 Category: Audiology Authors: VBnBama Source Type: blogs
