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Your Dentist Is More Important to Your General Health Than You May Realize
Most people view their twice-yearly visits to the dentist as little more than a cleaning and a check-up. But in reality, those visits are much more important than you probably realize. That's because your dentist is looking inside your mouth for a lot more than cavities. Plenty of medical conditions -- including some alarming ones! -- manifest in the mouth, which is the part of your body your dentist knows the most about. In fact, it's possible that your dentist is able to alert you of a potentially serious condition long before you even think about going to a primary care doctor. Here's a list of some of the medical c...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Clinical perspectives on osteogenesis imperfecta versus non-accidental injury - Pereira EM.
Although non-accidental injuries (NAI) are more common in cases of unexplained fractures than rare disorders such as osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), ruling out OI and other medical causes of fracture is always indicated. The majority of OI patients can be di... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 30, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

C-section delivery does not decrease at-birth fracture rates in infants with rare bone disease
Cesarean delivery was not associated with decrease in the at-birth fracture rates in infants with osteogenesis imperfecta, a rare bone disorder, reports a consortium of researchers. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 22, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Genetic drift: a case of abuse - Marion R.
In this essay, an infant with multiple fractures is removed from the custody of her parents because of suspected child abuse. Subsequently studies reveal that the child has osteogenesis imperfecta, type III. Though the child is eventually returned to the m... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 19, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Tiny bride who is just 2ft 8in due to severe brittle bone disease says marrying her 6ft 1in groom was a 'dream come true'
Amanda Fyfe, 31, from Leicestershire, feared she would never get married or have a child because her growth was restricted by her condition. However, for 6ft 1in Steven, her height was never an issue. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

First clinical trial to strengthen babies bones in the womb
Stem cell jabs in the womb could help babies with brittle bone disease and save children a lifetime of pain, researchers say ahead of first trials (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - October 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: great ormond street karolinksa babies brittle bone stem cells university college london Source Type: news

Stem cell jabs for babies in womb could end curse of brittle bones
Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital will identify pregnancies where the unborn child has brittle bone disease, and the treatment will be given at University College London Hospital. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Vitamin D pills may not help you ward off brittle bone disease
Researchers say the benefits of Vitamin D and calcium pills may have been hugely overplayed by their manufactures and they may even cause kidney complications and strokes. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Marie Andrews with brittle bone disease has 'miracle' child thanks to surrogate
Marie Andrews is 17in tall while her 19-month-old son Mark is 32in. The 32-year-old, from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, suffers from a condition called osteogenesis imperfecta. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Rib fractures in osteogenesis imperfecta: have we learnt anything about child abuse? - Shelmerdine SC, Arthurs OJ, Calder AD.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 29, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

'China doll' bride Rebecca Dinsdale has broken EVERY bone in her body
Rebecca Dinsdale, 31, from Somerset, was born with brittle bone disease and doctors warned she would never sit up or walk unaided, and would be lucky to live beyond the age of two. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Brittle bone disease: Drug research offers hope
A drug being developed to treat osteoporosis may also be useful for treating osteogenesis imperfecta or brittle bone disease, a rare but potentially debilitating bone disorder that that is present from birth, scientists say. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 31, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

The art of healing: Spinal fusion patient Dylan Morang fights through pain for his art
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. – Pablo Picasso Ever since he was a young boy growing up in Rockland, Maine, Dylan Morang has been artistically inclined. His mother remembers him often sitting at his little desk, happily consumed by his coloring. When he wasn’t drawing, he was gathering inspiration along the beautiful rocky shores and through the deep woods of Maine. Dylan is now 24, and his love of art has only grown. He studied art in college, taught himself Photoshop, and is currently exhibiting his artwork at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he underwent two surgeries for...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - March 20, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jenny Fernandez Tags: Orthopedics Our patients’ stories child life Osteogenesis Imperfecta scoliosis 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

World Mourns Outspoken Woman With Disability Who Declared, 'I'm Not Your Inspiration'
Stella Young wasn’t here to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. She made that perfectly clear. And by flat-out rejecting "inspiration porn," the woman with a bone disease who died suddenly on Saturday effectively subverted the conversation surrounding disabilities. Born in Victoria, Australia, Young lived with osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disorder that caused her bones to break easily, and led her to use a wheelchair, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She was 32 when she died. While the comedian accepted her condition, she couldn’t welcome the inane way people talked about her disability....
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 8, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news