Just how healthy is that puppy in the pet shop window? Sep 25, 2009
Just how healthy is that puppy in the pet shop window. Just how healthy is that puppy in the pet shop window. (USA Today -- Life)
Teen killed at Fresno gas station Aug 17, 2009
The Nov. 16 issue of The Bee carried two articles about very promising medical advances that involve treating severe congenital diseases. One was about growing replacement heart valves, and the other was about treatment of muscular dystrophy in an experimental model in dogs. (Fresno Bee)
Govt may raise legal time limit to abort baby Aug 4, 2009
Nikita, well into her 25th week of pregnancy, was informed by doctors that the foetus in her womb had a congenital heart block, indicating that the child would be born with severe congenital deformities. The Bombay HC had disallowed aborting the foetus after observing that the plea to terminate the pregnancy was equivalent to mercy killing. (India Times, India)
Green Valley resident Lee Collett comforts Shirley, top, and Lavern. EDWIN ANCHETA PHOTO Jun 3, 2009
According to Merry, Lavern and Shirley have a combination of severe congenital ocular disorders including corneal fibrosis and secondary glaucoma, to name two in a long unpronounceable list. White Socks and Mougley are also affected to a lesser degree. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Folic Acid Effecive In Preventing Congenital Heart Defects, Canadian Research Shows May 20, 2009
Prevalence of severe congenital heart disease after folic acid fortification of grain products: time trend analysis in Quebec, Canada. BMJ, 2009; 338 (may12 2): b1673 DOI. (Science Daily)
Folic acid food cuts birth defects May 13, 2009
"Public health measures to increase folic acid intake were followed by a decrease in the birth prevalence of severe congenital heart defects." ... In their study, Pilote and colleagues identified all infants born in Quebec with severe congenital heart defects between 1990 and 2005. (India Times, India)
Folic acid 'protects baby hearts' May 13, 2009
Rates of severe congenital heart defects among newborns in Quebec fell significantly after the move to fortify flour and pasta began in 1998 ... Writing in the BMJ, lead author Professor Louise Pilote of McGill University in Montreal, said: "Given that severe congenital heart defects require complex surgical interventions in infancy and are associated with high infant mortality rates, even a small reduction in the overall risk will significantly reduce the costs associated with the medical care... (BBC News -- Health)
Regional perinatal mortality differences in the Netherlands; care is the question Apr 15, 2009
Risk group analysis showed that regional differences were absent among very preterm births (22+0 - 25+6 weeks gestation) and most prominent among births from 32+0 gestation weeks onwards and among children with severe congenital anomalies. Among term births ([greater than or equal to] 37+0 weeks) regional mortality differences were largest for births in women transferred from low to high risk during delivery. (BioMed Central)
* Spain's PM takes abortion reform to the next level Apr 13, 2009
Gemma Botifoll, who decided to terminate her pregnancy after 34 weeks when she discovered her baby had a severe congenital disorder, said she was turned away from clinics in Barcelona, Madrid and Seville. Botifoll had to drive hundreds of kilometers to Reims, France, where she had an abortion in a public hospital. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Complaints pile up against debt collectors Mar 17, 2009
Gary: I am a 21-year old college senior currently being hounded by three different collection agencies for the six hospitalizations I've had in the last three years for a severe congenital heart defect. Since I turned 18 the responsibility for payment has fallen to me. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
