Well: The Weekly Health Quiz: Getting Fit, a Banned Drug and Girls vs. Boys
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: TOBY BILANOW Tags: Marfan Syndrome Quizzes medicine and health Featured Source Type: news
The Weekly Health Quiz:: Getting Fit, a Banned Drug and Girls vs. Boys
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - July 31, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: TOBY BILANOW Tags: Marfan Syndrome Quizzes medicine and health Featured Source Type: news
Well: The Weekly Health Quiz: Getting Fit, a Banned Drug and Girls vs. Boys
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - July 31, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: TOBY BILANOW Tags: Marfan Syndrome Quizzes medicine and health Featured Source Type: news
The Weekly Health Quiz:: Getting Fit, a Banned Drug and Girls vs. Boys
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - July 31, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: TOBY BILANOW Tags: Marfan Syndrome Quizzes medicine and health Featured Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Launches Eight Genetic Testing Panels for Cardiac Disorders
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic’s launch of eight new next-generation sequencing (NGS) panels is intended to improve the lives of patients and families living with inherited cardiac conditions by aiding in the diagnosis and management of these complex disorders. These disorders include hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, Noonan syndrome, Marfan syndrome, long [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Rochester News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Rochester News - April 8, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
When Do Feet Have Arches?
Discussion
Pes planus or flat foot is a common presentation in children and is defined as the absent or diminished longitudinal medial foot arch. Parents usually become more concerned if the child appears to have problems with walking, tripping or falling, problems with alignment (i.e. feet turning outward or inward) or if there is perceived discomfort. Some parents of older children will become concerned when they notice excessive or abnormal shoe wear.
The differential diagnosis in rare cases also includes rheumatologic, neurologic, neoplastic and genetic syndromes such as Ehler-Danlos and Marfan syndrome. The different...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 30, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
His NBA Dream Lost, Isaiah Austin Winning in New Ways
About a month before he was expected to become a first round pick in the NBA draft, Isaiah Austin found himself in the office of a heart specialist, getting a second opinion about a red flag that came up during a routine physical by league doctors.
Dr. Robert Bonow sees a handful of these referrals every year, almost always false alarms. Bonow wasn't so sure this time. The 7'1" Austin indeed had many characteristics of Marfan syndrome, a condition that is potentially fatal and certainly career-ending.
The definitive answer would come from a blood test. Results wouldn't arrive until shortly before the draft.
Despite all ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Do You Diagnose Hypermobility?
Discussion
Hypermobility can be seen in several different clinical entities. These include generalized joint hypermobility, joint hypermobility syndrome, Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and Osteogenesis Imperfecta. For adults, a Beighton score of at least 4 or 5 is used as a definition of hypermobility. For children a score of 5 or 6 is used as a definition. (see scoring system below).
Generalized joint hypermobility is hypermobility with few or no symptoms. If they occur, knee symptoms are the most common.
Joint hypermobility syndrome has hypermobility along with other symptoms such as pain, reduced muscle stren...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 23, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
It’s MAGEC: new type of scoliosis surgery sparks a smile
When the phone rang at 9 p.m. on March 6, 2014, one of the last voices Susan Bazarnick expected to hear was John Emans, MD.
Emans, director of Boston Children’s Hospital’s Spinal Surgery Division, had called to share a bit of good news. The Food and Drug Administration had approved MAGEC (MAGnetic Expansion Control system) rods for certain patients with scoliosis. Her son David, who has severe scoliosis from Marfan syndrome, was an ideal candidate.
“We were elated,” says the Mont Vernon, N.H., mom. The rods are a game changer for seven-year-old David and some other children with certain types of severe scoliosis.
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Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - December 9, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Lisa Fratt Tags: All posts Source Type: news
PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins (with audio)
(MedPage Today) -- This weeks topics include best therapy for Marfan syndrome, food at school, high potassium treatment, and chronic cough treatment. (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - November 29, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Marfan Study: ARB May Be Option
(MedPage Today) -- Still no "silver bullet" for Marfan syndrome. (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - November 21, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
AHA: Another Treatment Option for Marfan Syndrome?
(MedPage Today) -- ARB matched standard beta-blocker in clinical trial. (Source: MedPage Today Meeting Coverage)
Source: MedPage Today Meeting Coverage - November 20, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Losartan No Better Than Atenolol In Marfan's Syndrome
Beta-blockers have been the standard treatment for people with Marfan's syndrome, a rare inherited connective tissue disorder that affects about 1 in 5000 people. The goal of treatment is to prevent or slow down the dilation of the aorta and avoid aortic dissection, the main cause of death. In recent years, studies have raised the hope that losartan, an angiotensin receptor blocker, might be more effective than beta-blockers in slowing aortic enlargement. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 19, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Larry Husten Source Type: news
AHA Hallway Buzz: Routine Mitral Surgery with CABG?
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Watch exclusive On the Scene video coverage on the Surgical Treatment of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation trial with study author Robert E. Michler, MD, and discussants Timothy Gardner, MD, and Anthony DeMaria, MD. Plus comments on the INHERIT study, the Marfan Syndrome trial, Incidence of Infective Endocarditis, and more. (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - November 18, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
