Tiny diamonds could become best friends to youths with cleft palates
This study showed that our method has a contained, targeted and sustained effect, so we’re very excited about it,” Hong said.Previous experiments showed nanodiamonds to be safe within the body and to be excreted normally. Similarly, earlier work demonstrated that enzymes break down hydrogel.The researchers plan to continue laboratory studies and hope to bring their treatment to clinical trials. Their approach has implications for treating other craniofacial conditions and sleep apnea, as well as healing wounds and bone injuries.Other authors of the study were Dong-Keun Lee, Lawrence Lin, Hsin Chuan Pan, Deborah Lee, Pe...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - September 22, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Cleft palate cure given to children in-utero is looming
A research team at the University of Utah discovered a cure for cleft palates that worked successfully on mice. The researchers are hopeful that a cure for humans will soon be available. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 20, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
JDR special issue on orofacial clefting and dental and craniofacial anomalies
(International& American Associations for Dental Research) The International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) have published a special issue in the Journal of Dental Research (JDR) on orofacial clefting and dental and craniofacial anomalies. Topics in this special issue range from tooth number and root formation, human and animal genetic studies on orofacial clefting, reviews that prioritize the variants most likely to cause disease, the pathways required for palatogenesis, experimental articles on the periderm and drug therapy articles that rescue cleft palate in mutant mice. (Source: EurekAlert! ...
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 20, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
In-utero treatment reverses cleft palate in mice
(University of Utah Health) Researchers at University of Utah Health clarified a molecular pathway responsible for the formation of cleft palate and identified a new treatment to reverse this defect in mouse pups in utero. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Meet the children at the heart of Kylie's charity project
Kylie Jenner partnered with Smile Train, an organization that provides free cleft palate surgeries to children in developing countries. The surgeries are helping these children have higher self esteem. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Risk of oral clefts in children born to mothers taking Topamax (topiramate)
[03-04-2011] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing the public of new data that show that there is an increased risk for the development of cleft lip and/or cleft palate (oral clefts) in infants born to women treated with Topamax (topiramate) during pregnancy. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - August 4, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Schweppes Partner Alliance for Smiles to Offer Free Cleft Lip Surgery
[263Chat] Schweppes Holdings Africa Limited in July, partnered Alliance for Smiles (AfS) to offer free cleft lip and palate surgical operations to over 80 patients at Chitungwiza Central Hospital. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 3, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Six tips for talking with your child about cleft lip or palate
Having a facial difference such as cleft lip or palate can be difficult for any child, but it’s especially challenging when they’re about to enter a new social situation like going to school. For some parents, this time is even more stressful than it is for children. In fact, many of the parents whom I meet in the Cleft and Craniofacial Center at Boston Children’s Hospital tell me that having discussions with their child about the cleft is the number-one concern.
Ideally, you’ll start talking with your child about school or other social situations well in advance. Remember, family is our first real social experie...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - July 26, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Amanda Lasssiter Tags: Ask the Expert Diseases & Conditions Amanda Lassiter back to school health Cleft and Craniofacial Center cleft lip and palate Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: 27 Receive Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery
[The Herald] Twenty -Seven people had undergone cleft lip and palate surgeries at Chitungwiza Central Hospital as of Thursday, while 105 others had been screened. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 25, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Taking my own advice: When the professional becomes a parent
As a disability expert, my whole career has been spent giving parents advice. I’ve given advice on parenting, doctors, child development, school and resources to support them. I was confident working with families and helping them navigate the often crazy and overwhelming world of special needs. But when I was 34 weeks pregnant with my own child, I found myself on the other side of the situation.
My husband and I learned that our son, Jack, would be born with a cleft palate and micrognathia, or an undeveloped lower jaw. The extent of these facial differences wouldn’t be known until he was born. We met with doctors from...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - July 20, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jennifer Ryan Tags: Diseases & Conditions Our Patients’ Stories Cleft and Craniofacial Center cleft lip and palate Dr. Carolyn Rogers Dr. Cory Resnick Pierre Robin sequence Source Type: news
Understanding genetic synergy in cleft palate
(Children's National Health System) Like mechanics fixing a faulty engine, Youssef A. Kousa, M.S., D.O., Ph.D., says researchers will not be able to remedy problems related to IRF6, a gene implicated in cleft palate, until they better understand how the gene works. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 19, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Getting and giving support for cleft lip and palate
Jack Dolan came into the world with a laugh. His mother, Erin, was mid-chuckle during labor when he was born — “a really joyful entrance,” she says. Looking down at her new son, she and her husband, Jimmy, breathed sighs of relief. “We took one look at him and thought, ‘He’s beautiful,’” she remembers. “We knew then that everything was going to be okay.”
It was a happy celebration after a pregnancy sometimes marked by stress and anxiety. During ultrasonography, Erin and Jimmy had learned that Jack would be born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. Erin, a nurse practitioner, had noticed that the techn...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - July 13, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jessica Cerretani Tags: Diseases & Conditions Our Patients’ Stories Cleft and Craniofacial Center cleft lip and palate Dr. John Mulliken Olivia Oppel Source Type: news
Expert insight on cleft lip and palate
Learning that your baby has a cleft lip or palate can be upsetting, but these birth defects are quite common. They occur early in pregnancy when tissue from each side of the head grows together to form the face. If these tissues don’t completely join, the result is a cleft, or gap, on one or both sides of the upper lip. A cleft palate occurs when the tissue that forms the roof of the mouth doesn’t fully come together, leaving an opening between the mouth and nose.
It’s not clear what causes a cleft lip or palate, but a combination of genetic and environmental risk factors appears to be involved. “Although some form...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - July 6, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jessica Cerretani Tags: Ask the Expert Diseases & Conditions Cleft and Craniofacial Center cleft lip Cleft lip and Palate Program cleft palate Dr. Ingrid Ganske Source Type: news
Photos of little boy with cleft palate's first smiles
In April, Charlotte Halliday, 23, from Queensland, shared the story of her then newborn son Charlie who was born with a severe cleft palate and lip. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 5, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
2 Chapel Hill-based nonprofits to merge
Chapel Hill-based nonprofits The American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA) and the Cleft Palate Foundation (CPF) will merge effective June 30.
The combination comes at a time when “nonprofits are being asked to do more with less,” says Wendy-Jo Toyama, who will serve as executive director of the combined entity. Combined, the organizations will have an operating budget of about $1.5 million, she says.
It’s about eliminating redund ancies – for instance, developing two budgets,… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - June 29, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jennifer Henderson Source Type: news
