Congenital in Medical News

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Applaud Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) For Introducing Legislation to Require Insurance Coverage for Children With Congenital Deformities

ROSEMONT, Ill., June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) applauds Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) on introducing S. 1235, the Senate companion bill to H.R. 1339, the Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation and Surgery (CARES)...

Researchers identify the gene responsible for a rare form of congenital anemia

This press release is available in French . Montreal, May 8, 2009 The latest electronic edition of the journal Nature Genetics reports the discovery of a new gene responsible for congenital sideroblastic anemia, a rare disease, mainly characterized by the presence of ringed sideroblasts in...

Large congenital and solitary intrahepatic arterioportal

A case report to be published on April 7, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology reported incidental findings of a large and solitary congenital APF in a 73-year-old woman. A stubby fistula vessel between left hepatic artery and left portal vein was found in the hepatic artery selective a...

For the First Time in U.S. History, Congress Addresses the Needs of the Congenital Heart Defect Population by Introducing the 'Congenital Heart Futures Act'

There Are Approximately 650,000 Children and 1,300,000 Adults Living in the U.S. with Congenital Heart Defects, a Chronic and Deadly Disease LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Congressman Zack Space (D-OH) today introduced new legislation that, for ...

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Applaud Congresswoman McCarthy's Legislation to Require Insurance Coverage for Children With Congenital Deformities

ROSEMONT, Ill., March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) applauds Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) on her recent introduction of H.R. 1339, the Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation and Surgery (CARES) Act , which ...

The Children's Heart Foundation to Support National Congenital Heart Coalition (NCHC) on Capitol Hill by Participating in National Congenital Heart Lobby Day on February 10

NCHC Will Lobby Congress to Sponsor the Congenital Heart Futures Act - Legislation that will Fund a National Congenital Heart Disease Registry, Congenital Heart Defect Research and Education CHICAGO, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Children's Heart Foundation (CHF) - the country's leading organiza...

CSL Behring Receives FDA Approval of RiaSTAP(TM), First and Only Approved Treatment of Acute Bleeding Episodes in Patients with Congenital Fibrinogen Deficiency

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- CSL Behring announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing approval for RiaSTAP(TM), the first and only treatment of acute bleeding episodes in patients with congenital fibrinogen deficiency, including afibrino...

Scientists identify new congenital neutropenia syndrome and causative gene mutation

A team of scientists has discovered a new syndrome associated with severe congenital neutropenia (SCN), a rare disorder in which children lack sufficient infection-fighting white cells, and identified the genetic cause of the syndrome: mutations in the gene Glucose-6-phosphatase, catalytic subunit...

Stem cell regeneration repairs congenital heart defect

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic investigators have demonstrated that stem cells can be used to regenerate heart tissue to treat dilated cardiomyopathy, a congenital defect. Publication of the discovery was expedited by the editors of Stem Cells and appeared online in the "express" section of the...

Stereotaxis Magnetic Navigation System Used to Successfully Treat an Inoperable Congenital Heart Defect in a 10-Year Old Patient

ST. LOUIS, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stereotaxis, Inc. (Nasdaq: STXS) announced today that the pediatric cardiology team at the Heart and Diabetes Center of North Reinland-Westphalia in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, successfully performed a first-of-its-kind-procedure to treat pulmonary atr...

Pitt-led research provides insight into development of congenital circulatory defects

PITTSBURGHUniversity of Pittsburgh-led researchers could provide new insight into how two common congenital circulatory problemsaortic arch deformity and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)develop in humans, as reported in the June 15 edition of Developmental Biology . Led by Beth Roman, an ass...

Lung damage in babies with congenital heart disease under study

Trying to understand and stop the collateral lung damage that can occur in babies with congenital heart disease is the focus of a new study. When a babys heart defect results in too much blood in the lungs, more blood vessels are made, apparently to handle the increased volume, then new blood v...

Function of molecular switch pinpointed in severe congenital neutropenia

CINCINNATI Researchers have for the first time cleared an important hurdle to clarifying the molecular mechanics behind Severe Congenital Neutropenia (SCN), a deadly disease characterized by a deficiency of neutrophils a type of mature white blood cell important to fighting infection and disease...

Mouse study: Real-time imaging device may improve surgery for congenital colon disease

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 29, 2008) Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are developing a spectral imaging system that could result in shorter operating times for infants undergoing surgery for Hirschsprungs disease, according to a mouse study reported in the Journal of Biophotonics. The study d...

Specialized Care Essential for Women With Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Pregnancy

Heart Disease and Pregnancy Program at Northwestern Memorial Provides Multidisciplinary Care to Support Safe Pregnancies for Mom and Baby CHICAGO, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Due to advances in the treatment of children with congenital heart defects (CHD), more women with CHD are ...

Facial asymmetry persists despite surgery to correct congenital deformity

PROVIDENCE, R.I. Adults and teens that underwent surgery as infants to correct a congenital condition that causes the forehead and face to appear uneven still have a degree of facial asymmetry years later, according to new research led by a Hasbro Childrens Hospital surgeon. The study, publish...

Folicacid Reduces Congenital Malformations, If Added to Flour

Dr. Philippe De Wals of Universite Lavals Department of Social and Preventive Medicine today publishes a study clearly indicating that the addition of folic acid to flours has led to a 46% drop in the incidence of congenital neural tube deformation (mainly anencephaly and spina bifida) in Canada. ...

Adding Folic Acid to Flour Lessens Congenital Malformations

A new study has found that adding folic acid to flour considerably reduces congenital malformations . The study, conducted by Universit Laval's Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, has suggested that the addition of folic acid to flours has led to a 46 percent slump in the incidenc...

Rapid Syphilis Could Prevent Congenital Disease and Stillbirths in Haiti

Congenital syphilis is a major preventable public health problem in many developing countries, frequently causing stillbirths or neonatal death and disabling children who survive. Often undiagnosed or untreated, syphilis is passed from mother to child -- even when mothers take part in prenatal pro...

Understanding and Treating Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

The diaphragm, a shelf of muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity, is critical to sustaining life. A life-threatening birth defect known as congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), results from failure of normal diaphragm formation which in turn allows abdominal organs to mi...

Babies With Congenital Heart Defects Live Longer, Study Shows

The number of adults suffering severe heart problems due to birth defects has gone up by 85% from 1985 to 2000 a study showed, //indicating the benefits of evolved methods of diagnosis and surgery that has assisted in better diagnosis and treatment, thus extending the life span of such patients. ...

NSAIDs In First trimester Linked To Congenital Anomalies In Babies

The use of NSAID by women in their first trimester could be associated with cardiac abnormalities in babies. // Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, NSAIDs, Cardiac septal defects, Journal Birth Defects Research Part B, Trimester, Pregnancy, Case control, Congenital abnormality, Diabetes ...

Gene Therapy May Help Restore Sight In Congenital blindness

Researchers from the University of Florida announced on Monday that they have given sight to baby chickens with a disease that otherwise would have left them blind// by using a gene therapy. The researchers hope that the gene therapy may one day prevent a hereditary form of childhood blindnes...

Anti-Parasitic Drugs Useful in Reducing Damages of Congenital Toxoplasmosis

Recent studies of long-term clinical data has revealed that treatment with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine (two anti-parasitic drugs) during the first year of life// leads to a lasting reduction in brain and eye damage for children with congenital toxoplasmosis. In the May 15 issue of the journ...

Fungal toxins infected corn the reason for congenital defects

Fungal toxins in corn may be the reason for neural tube defects outbreak in the Rio Grande Valley during the early 1990's. The study published in the on line journal Environmental Health Perspectives suggests that corn and its products //that have been infected by fungal toxins might give ri...

Exercise to children's with congenital disease beneficial

Study shows that Cardiac rehabilitation program with safe and tolerable exercise can be given to children's with serious congenital heart disease which help them to have a better heart function//. The study was conducted in Children's Hospital, Boston under the supervision of Cardiologist, Jonathan...

Enzyme Responsible For Congenital Blindness

Researchers from UCLA had found out that a deficient gene that is also responsible for the presence of an enzyme in the vision cycle that causes congenital blindness in children. The researchers’ study regarding the congenital blinding disease // called Leber congenital amaurosis is published in th...

Infection in pregnancy can lead to congenital eye defects

In a study done by scientists of England, congenital eye defects in babies like small eyes or having no eyes //at all may be traced back to the maternal infections. Infections like Rubella in pregnancy are known to cause such birth defects. Now studies have shown that infections such as from P...

Kids with Congenital Heart Disease Found To Have Low I.Q Levels

Babies born with congenital heart disease are at a higher risk for learning problems later on in childhood, but correctly identifying // these children early on has been difficult say researchers. In a study conducted among 135 children with a congenital heart problem called D-transposition of...

Mobile Surgery International Assembles Team of Nationally Recognized Orthopedic Surgeons

...udes: Harris Gellman, MD , hand : Dr. Gellman has 25 years of experience, with special interests in complex fractures, nerve disorders, congenital anomalies, and reconstruction following trauma. He is the former co-chief of hand surgery at the University of Miami. Rolando Gar...

Ferring Pharmaceuticals Announces Trade Name FIRMAGON(R) (degarelix for injection) for Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatment

...olongs the QT interval. Physicians should consider whether the benefits of androgen deprivation therapy outweigh the potential risks in patients with congenital long QT syndrome, electrolyte abnormalities, or congestive heart failure and in patients taking Class IA (e.g. quinidine, procainamide) or Class III (...

Harrison City ROCKS! Set for August 15, Music Festival to Benefit Cardiac Research at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

...tion of Westmoreland County. The fund's mission is to promote and support research for the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest in children because of congenital heart disorders. "Harrison City ROCKS!" will feature live music, food and other entertainment, including Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, ...

FDA Approves TYVASO (Treprostinil) Inhalation Solution for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

...associated with WHO Group I PAH, which includes multiple etiologies such as idiopathic and familial PAH as well as PAH associated with scleroderma and congenital heart disease. "We are thrilled to have a fourth approval from the FDA for treatment of this serious cardio-pulmonary condition," said Martine ...

Developing gene therapy to fight blindness

... The same type of vector has been successfully tested in both animals and humans for a similar type of early-onset retinal degeneration called Leber's congenital amaurosis. ...

Louisiana Optometrists Partner With Sens. Landrieu and Vitter, U.S. House Leaders in Improving Infant Eye and Vision Care

... (eye cancer), severe hyperopia (farsightedness), myopia (nearsightedness), congenital glaucoma and congenital cataract. "As a parent, one of my biggest concerns is making sure my...

Southern California Surgical Center (heart411.com) Specializes in Mitral Valve Replacement

...netics and disease. Rheumatic fever, bacterial infections and general wear and tear are common causes for mitral valve replacement surgery, although congenital defects can prompt the need for the procedure as well. The mitral valve is located in the upper left portion of the heart, and controls the flow of ...

OrthoDynamix LLC Launches ArthroSteer(TM): Reaching New Limits in Arthroscopy

... improve the access to joint capsules, specifically the hip, more surgeons will offer hip arthroscopy as an alternative for pre-arthritic injuries and congenital abnormalities." While there are over 1.5m arthroscopic knee and shoulder procedures in the US, hip arthroscopy is very new. "This is a very ex...

Study in this Week's Issue of Cell Finds Injected Growth Factor Spurs Heart Regeneration

... Hospital Boston have now laid the groundwork for regenerating heart tissue after a heart attack, in patients with heart failure, or in children with congenital heart defects. In the July 24 issue of Cell, they show that a growth factor called neuregulin1 (NRG1), which is involved in the initial development of...

Injection May Heal Damaged Heart

...oston report progress toward someday being ale to regenerate heart tissue after a heart attack or heart failure and even in children who are born with congenital heart defects. In a study on mice, they showed that neuregulin 1 (NRG1), a growth factor involved in the development of the heart and nervous syst...

New Map of Genomic Variation Will Enable Disease Research

...llow us to do," Shaikh added. As an example of the clinical usefulness of their database, the authors analyzed DNA from a child with multiple congenital problems, including developmental delay and brain malformations. They found 35 CNVs, of which 32 were previously detected in healthy controls. Two of ...