Venezuela toddler with 'crown on her head' reaches third birthday
Helianny, from San Cristobal, Venezuela, was born with a brain, eyes and nose that failed to form properly in the womb, as well as her suffering a cleft lip, clubbed foot and fused fingers. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 11, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Toddler whose parents were advised to terminate the pregnancy is approaching her third birthday
Helianny, from San Cristobal, Venezuela, was born with a brain, eyes and nose that failed to form properly in the womb, as well as her suffering a cleft lip, clubbed foot and fused fingers. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 11, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What is the Developmental Outcomes of Patients with 22q11 Deletion Sequence?
Discussion
22q11.2 deletion sequence (22q11) is the most common micro-deletion syndrome. Most deletions are de novo. It affects ~1 in 2000-4000 live births. As it is autosomal, it affects males and females equally. Childhood mortality is low and often associated with congenital heart defects.
Its phenotypic expression is highly variable.
Some of the most common medical problems are:
Congenital heart defects especially conotruncal abnormalities
Palatal problems especially velopharyngeal incompetence and/or cleft lip/palate
Immunodeficiency especially T-cell lymphopenia, but also abnormalities of IgG production, autoimmu...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - June 11, 2018 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Sheffield student with cleft lip bullied for the way he looked
A 13-year-old boy bullied because of his cleft lip is working with a charity to help others like him. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - May 25, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Woman born with a cleft palate reveals stunning transformation
Laura Hawkes, 25, from West Sussex, was days old when she had her first surgery. After being bullied at school about her 'squashed' nose, Laura's face has been transformed via operations. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Christian Buchanan was born with no eyes
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Christian Buchanan, six, from Woodbury, Tennessee, suffers from Tessier cleft lip and palate, which has just 60 known cases in medical history. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Six-year-old boy was born with no eyes
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Christian Buchanan, six, from Woodbury, Tennessee, suffers from Tessier cleft lip and palate, which has just 60 known cases in medical history. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kenya:How Partnerships Are Helping Cleft Lip and Palate Surgeries in Kenya
[The Conversation Africa] About 6% of all children worldwide are born with a birth defect. More than 300 000 babies with birth defects die annually within a month of being born. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 15, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Topiramate in early pregnancy increases risk of oral clefts
Risk of cleft lip or cleft palate is greater if mother takes a higher dose of the drug Related items fromOnMedica Adverse pregnancy outcomes far more likely in epilepsy Study reveals mental cost of epilepsy in pregnancy Cannabis derivative cannabidiol reduces seizures in severe epilepsy disorder New guidelines on epilepsy in pregnancy Epilepsy drug linked to 4,000 birth defects in France (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - January 2, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Risk of Oral Clefts with Topiramate May Be Dose-Dependent (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Higher doses tied to higher risk of cleft lip, palate (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - December 30, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Epilepsy Drug Could Raise Birth Defect Risks
Researchers found that pregnant women with epilepsy who take the drug topiramate during their first trimester may boost the risk that their child will be born with a cleft lip or cleft palate. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - December 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Does dosing of drug for mom make a difference for baby's risk of cleft lip, palate?
(American Academy of Neurology) Taking a higher dose of topiramate during the first three months of pregnancy may increase a baby's risk of cleft lip or cleft palate more than when taking a lower dose, according to a study published in the Dec. 27, 2017, online issue of Neurology ® , the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 27, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Topiramate in Early Pregnancy Increases Risk of Oral Clefts
Study finds that taking a higher dose of the drug in the first trimester increases risk of cleft lip or cleft palate more than taking a lower dose. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - December 27, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Bryan Aves obituary
My father, Bryan Aves, who has died aged 92, established a successful career as a radiographer and radiotherapist despite having left school at 14 without qualifications. At one point he worked as an assistant for the physicistsOtto Frisch andJoseph Rotblat in the secret “tube alloys” experiments that led to the creation of the atom bomb, apparently without knowing what the project was about.Born in Brixton, south London, to Arthur, an accounts clerk for a dog biscuit factory, and Ellen (nee Stallard), a cleaner, Bryan had a cleft palate at birth; reconstructive surgery was not undertaken until he was 13. Because of th...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 21, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Simon Aves Tags: Physics Cancer research Medicine Source Type: news
