Woman Reveals Real Reason Her Rescue Cat Has a'Cleft Lip '
The adopted feline can be seen with a missing top lip in the clip, shared on November 20 by Julia Bodnar, 23, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who uses the handle @annoying.local.julz. More than 3.3 million people have watched the video. After a trip to the vet, Julia was told her cat was suffering…#juliabodnar #rodentulcers #sprucepets #ulcers #julia #pennsylvania #bodnar #pittsburgh #lip #cat (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
For Camp Lejeune Victims Exposed to Toxic Water, a New Law Promises Compensation —and Closure
Many of Ann Johnson’s life milestones were marked at Camp Lejeune, a sprawling U.S. Marine Corps base camp on the North Carolina coast. She moved to the base in 1982, when her stepfather was stationed there. In 1983, she graduated from Camp Lejeune High School. In 1984, she got married and, at the age of 18, gave birth to her first child at the on-base hospital.
Johnson had a difficult pregnancy, gaining 120 pounds due to a complication that leads to excess amniotic fluid. In retrospect, she says, this was the first sign that something was wrong. Then, on the day her daughter, Jacquetta, was born, she didn’t cr...
Source: TIME: Health - November 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
One of the largest cleft research studies in the world welcomes its 10,000th participant
One of the largest research programmes in cleft lip and palate in the world, The Cleft Collective, is celebrating after recently welcoming its 10,000th participant to the study. Led by the University of Bristol, this UK-wide study of children born with a cleft lip and/or palate (a gap in the lip and/or the roof of the mouth) is collecting data which can be used by researchers here in the UK and across the globe to investigate the causes of cleft and the best treatments for it. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 8, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, International, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Dental School; Press Release Source Type: news
Which Side Are the Organs On?
Discussion
Although externally vertebrates present with bilateral symmetry, this is not necessarily true internally for humans. Humans have a normal left-right asymmetry of their internal organs. For example, the right lung has 3 lobes and is slightly larger than the left lung with 2 lobes. The normal asymmetry is called situs solitus (SS). Complete reversal of the normal abdominal and thoracic organ positions is called situs inversus totalis (SIT). Variations on the laterality between situs solitus and SIT has been referred to by different names including situs ambiguous or heterotaxy. For this case, the term situs ambigu...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - October 17, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Angola: Over 150 Children With Cleft Lip Undergo Repair Surgery At Josina Machel
[ANGOP] Luanda -- At least 153 children with cleft lip and palate underwent surgery at Luanda's Josina Machel Hospital, as part of a campaign promoted by Health Ministry (MINSA). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 3, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
What Are Potential Physical Examination Findings for Patients with Atrioventricular Canal Defects?
Discussion
Atrioventricular canal defects (AVCD) are a heterogeneous range of congenital heart defects (CHD) arising from malformations of intracardiac septal development. Essentially the location where the 4 corners of the 2 atria and 2 ventricula meet is abnormally formed. There is partial or complete fusion of the mitral and tricuspid valves along with atrial (ASD) and ventricular septal defects (VSD). Fusion of the endocardial cushions occurs around 4-5 weeks gestation. The anatomy for an individual is bespoke as the variations of the valve leaflets, chordal attachments and variations in ASD and VSD are numerous. This ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 21, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Delay of 3-year-old's cleft palate surgery 'heartbreaking,' says Ontario mom who was told it's non-urgent
Andrea Gerardi of Windsor, Ont., has been waiting nearly two years for her son to get surgery she says would improve his quality of life, but it's been pushed to an unknown date due to the pandemic. The head of the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons says people across the country are also facing surgery delays. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Windsor Source Type: news
Nonprofit Addresses Health Equity by Providing Safer Surgeries
Smile Train is addressing cleft palate around the world and trying to ensure no one’s circumstances limit their health outcomes. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - January 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Family Factors Affect Child's Odds for Cleft Palate
THURSDAY, Dec. 30, 2021 -- Economic status appears linked to increased risk of being born with a cleft palate or lip, new research suggests, building on past evidence that it can also result in delayed care and poorer outcomes.
Cleft palate and... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 30, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Family Factors Affect Child's Odds for Cleft Palate
Title: Family Factors Affect Child ' s Odds for Cleft PalateCategory: Health NewsCreated: 12/30/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 12/30/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - December 30, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Nigeria: We've Strengthened Doctors' Capacity to Tackle Cleft Lip, Palate in South-East - NSOANP
[Vanguard] National Surgical Obstetrics, Anaesthesia and Nursing Care Plan, NSOANP says its members has continued to train and strengthen their professional experience in tackling cleft lip and palate problems in South East. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 9, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ask the Mayo Mom: Healing from cleft lip and cleft palate
Having a baby born with a cleft can be upsetting, but cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common birth defects, and both can be corrected. Cleft lip and cleft palate are openings or splits in the upper lip; the roof of the mouth, or palate; or both. Cleft lip and cleft palate result when facial structures that are developing in an unborn baby don't close completely. Treatment involves surgery or a series… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - December 3, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
How My Cleft Palate Prepared Me for Life on Wall Street
Many would consider being born with a cleft lip and palate a setback that could have negative implications throughout one’s whole life, but Dave Liu disagrees. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - November 2, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bullying in individuals with cleft lip and palate: a Twitter analysis - Korkmaz YN, Arslan S, Buyuk SK.
This study aimed to evaluate bullying in individuals with cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) using Twitter analysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: By using Twitter's advanced search feature, the four selected keywords; 'bully', 'bullying', 'bullied... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair With Scarless Cupid's Bow Peaks Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair With Scarless Cupid's Bow Peaks
This article describes a novel technique for primary cleft lip repair that allows for the formation of the Cupid ' s bow peak without scarring.Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
