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Symptoms And Causes Of Congenital Heart Disease In Adults
This article explores the common symptoms and causes of congenital heart disease in adults, as well as strategies for managing and living with this condition.
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High Court Allows Woman To Terminate 27-Week Pregnancy In Private Hospital
The Bombay High Court today permitted a woman to terminate her 27-week pregnancy with severe congenital abnormalities at a private hospital as the government-run hospital did not have the facility of selected foetal reduction.
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British Doctors Save Baby's Life In 'World-First' Repairing Of Heart Using Placenta Stem Cells
To treat baby Finley's heart abnormality, Professor Massimo Caputo of the Bristol Heart Institute used cutting-edge stem cell injections.
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New-found Anxiety About Sperm Health Inspires Next Generation Of Fertility Services
The idea that men can easily father healthy children into their 70s and 80s has been exposed as a myth. In fact, research shows that older men have a higher risk that their partners will miscarry and have children with congenital abnormalities, schizophrenia or autism.
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Girl Born With Heart Outside Body In Madhya Pradesh
A girl, born in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh with a rare medical condition with her heart abnormally located outside the chest, has been shifted to AIIMS in New Delhi for treatment, an official said today.
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Zika-Linked Birth Defects More Extensive Than Thought: Study
Zika-linked abnormalities that occur in human foetuses are more extensive and severe than previously thought, according to scientists who found that microcephaly is not the most common congenital defect caused by the infection.
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World Health Organization Updates View On Zika As Cause Of Brain Abnormalities
The World Health Organization updated its assessment of the Zika virus on Wednesday as a cause of congenital brain abnormalities in babies and Guillain-Barre syndrome, after considering months of research into the mosquito-borne disease.
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Child born with 34 fingers and toes to undergo surgery at AIIMS
Doctors at AIIMS will soon perform a surgery on a child born with 34 fingers and toes.Fifteen-month old Akshit, a resident of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, is now being treated at the orthopaedics department of AIIMS and will be operated upon for reconstruction of the extra fingers in the hands and legs.Born with a rare congenital defect, he immediate...
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Leg amputated, she aspires for Olympics
A brave schoolgirl chose to have her crippled right leg amputated to follow her paralympic dream.Danielle Bradshaw was born six weeks premature with a congenital abnormality - her hips, one knee and a shoulder were dislocated at birth.She got tired of repeated trips to hospital and having to watch her friends play without her. So in August this yea...
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Surgery for abnormality improves body image
The surgical repair of a congenital deformity of the chest (pectus excavatum) can improve a child's body image.
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Urologic birth defects in IVF babies
According to a recent study, children conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques may have an increased risk for a rare set of urologic birth defects.
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NSAIDs may cause miscarriages
You're pregnant and you're taking all possible care that the baby is born in fine fettle. Life is happy till you take a common pain killer like ibuprofen or aspirin for a minor pain. This could be a big mistake that you unknowingly commit. Recent research suggests that these common pain killers, which are NSAIDs (Non-steroidal Anti Inflammatory Dru...
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Symptoms And Causes Of Congenital Heart Disease In Adults
This article explores the common symptoms and causes of congenital heart disease in adults, as well as strategies for managing and living with this condition.
-
High Court Allows Woman To Terminate 27-Week Pregnancy In Private Hospital
The Bombay High Court today permitted a woman to terminate her 27-week pregnancy with severe congenital abnormalities at a private hospital as the government-run hospital did not have the facility of selected foetal reduction.
-
British Doctors Save Baby's Life In 'World-First' Repairing Of Heart Using Placenta Stem Cells
To treat baby Finley's heart abnormality, Professor Massimo Caputo of the Bristol Heart Institute used cutting-edge stem cell injections.
-
New-found Anxiety About Sperm Health Inspires Next Generation Of Fertility Services
The idea that men can easily father healthy children into their 70s and 80s has been exposed as a myth. In fact, research shows that older men have a higher risk that their partners will miscarry and have children with congenital abnormalities, schizophrenia or autism.
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Girl Born With Heart Outside Body In Madhya Pradesh
A girl, born in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh with a rare medical condition with her heart abnormally located outside the chest, has been shifted to AIIMS in New Delhi for treatment, an official said today.
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Zika-Linked Birth Defects More Extensive Than Thought: Study
Zika-linked abnormalities that occur in human foetuses are more extensive and severe than previously thought, according to scientists who found that microcephaly is not the most common congenital defect caused by the infection.
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World Health Organization Updates View On Zika As Cause Of Brain Abnormalities
The World Health Organization updated its assessment of the Zika virus on Wednesday as a cause of congenital brain abnormalities in babies and Guillain-Barre syndrome, after considering months of research into the mosquito-borne disease.
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Child born with 34 fingers and toes to undergo surgery at AIIMS
Doctors at AIIMS will soon perform a surgery on a child born with 34 fingers and toes.Fifteen-month old Akshit, a resident of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, is now being treated at the orthopaedics department of AIIMS and will be operated upon for reconstruction of the extra fingers in the hands and legs.Born with a rare congenital defect, he immediate...
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Leg amputated, she aspires for Olympics
A brave schoolgirl chose to have her crippled right leg amputated to follow her paralympic dream.Danielle Bradshaw was born six weeks premature with a congenital abnormality - her hips, one knee and a shoulder were dislocated at birth.She got tired of repeated trips to hospital and having to watch her friends play without her. So in August this yea...
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Surgery for abnormality improves body image
The surgical repair of a congenital deformity of the chest (pectus excavatum) can improve a child's body image.
-
Urologic birth defects in IVF babies
According to a recent study, children conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques may have an increased risk for a rare set of urologic birth defects.
-
NSAIDs may cause miscarriages
You're pregnant and you're taking all possible care that the baby is born in fine fettle. Life is happy till you take a common pain killer like ibuprofen or aspirin for a minor pain. This could be a big mistake that you unknowingly commit. Recent research suggests that these common pain killers, which are NSAIDs (Non-steroidal Anti Inflammatory Dru...
