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Dr. Denton Cooley and his quick hands simplified open heart surgeries

Edit Houston Chronicle 11 Jul 2016
Longtime rival Dr. Michael DeBakey may be the more important medical figure, but at the zenith of Houston's era as the epicenter of cardiac medicine, the world's best-known heart surgeon was Dr. Denton Cooley ... The condition, a congenital heart malformation, robs the blood of oxygen and gives the skin a bluish cast ... > ....

Planning to go to Brazil for Olympics? Here is how to stay safe from Zika

Edit Khaleej Times 09 Jul 2016
Evidence has shown that infected women have given birth to children with microcephaly and other congenital malformations. Upon return to the UAE, the travellers have also been asked to practise safe sex ... This advice is based on the increased risk of microcephaly and other congenital malformations in babies born to pregnant women infected with Zika virus, he added ... "They should also consult a health worker before travelling," he added ... 1....

Update on GSK's response to the Zika virus disease outbreak (GlaxoSmithKline Holdings (Americas) Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jul 2016
(Source. GlaxoSmithKline Holdings (Americas) Inc). Since the outbreak of Zika virus disease began in the Americas late last year, GSK has been assessing how we can best help to respond. The World Health Organization has declared Zika and the increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations associated with it to be a public health emergency of international concern ... GlaxoSmithKline Holdings (Americas) Inc ... (noodl. 34467583) ....

Utah girl born without arms featured by international publication

Edit Deseret News 08 Jul 2016
Jeremy and Christianne Green of Herriman, Utah, are the parents of 10 children, seven of whom were adopted and have special needs ... Sophi, 7, was born without arms ... "She just kind of had my heart." ... In addition to Elli, Sophi and Lexi, who is blind, the family includes Graci, who has a serious heart condition; Xander, who has a condition that causes vascular malformations; Connor, who is blind; and Cali, who was born with spina bifida ... ....

Puerto Rico sees ‘rapid increase’ in Zika: US health chief

Edit Indian Express 08 Jul 2016
Sueli Maria (obscured) holds her daughter Milena, who has microcephaly, (born seven days ago), at a hospital in Recife, Brazil, January 28, 2016 ... REUTERS ... Meanwhile, lawmakers continued to disagree about funding the effort to combat the mosquito-borne disease despite expert warnings that the virus which can cause microcephaly and other brain malformations — will probably spread to other parts of the United States this summer ... US ... ....

Cerebral Palsy parents exposed to physiotherapy training

Edit Modern Ghana 07 Jul 2016
By GNA. Accra, June 7, GNA - Mrs Lydia Bedwei, Mother of Farida Bedwei, a successful IT Entrepreneur with Cerebral Palsy (CP) has advised parents of children with the disorder, to learn to exercise patience in caring for them ... She emphasised the need to involve the whole family in the therapy programmes ... CP is a non-progressive neurological disorder caused by brain injury or malformation while the child's brain is developing ... GNA. ....

Update on GSK’s response to the Zika virus disease outbreak (GSK - GlaxoSmithKline plc)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jul 2016
(Source. GSK - GlaxoSmithKline plc). Since the outbreak of Zika virus disease began in the Americas late last year, GSK has been assessing how we can best help to respond. The World Health Organisation has declared Zika and the increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations associated with it to be a public health emergency of international concern ... (noodl. 34446449) ....

The Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Donates $3 Million to Name Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Neonatal Unit (Children's Hospital Los Angeles)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jul 2016
(Source. Children's Hospital Los Angeles) ... 'Quality medical care for our country's children is crucial ... 'We treat neonates with the most challenging and complex medical and surgical conditions often associated with congenital malformations and complications of extreme prematurity,' explains Philippe Friedlich, MD, MBA, MSEpi, interim chief of the Division of Neonatology and director of the Center for Fetal and Neonatal Medicine ... (noodl....

#TBT: One Year Ago, 700+ Groups Rally Behind 21st Century Cures (US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jul 2016
The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease Worldwide Syringomyelia & Chiari Task Force Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University....

IJC seeks comment on strategy to reduce PBDE fire retardant chemicals in the Great Lakes (International Joint Commission)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Jul 2016
(Source. International Joint Commission). 2016/07/06 ... Implement restrictions on the manufacture, use and sale of PBDEs and products containing them ... Adverse impacts on wildlife include increased mortality rates, malformations, and thyroid system and metabolic impairment ... Numerous studies have shown that exposure to PBDEs harms wildlife by increasing mortality rates, causing malformations, and impairing thyroid and metabolic systems....

One Zika twin has microcephaly; the other doesn't. But why?

Edit CNN 06 Jul 2016
Santos, Brazil (CNN)Jacqueline Silva de Oliveira sits on the edge of her bed, holding her 6-month-old son, Lucas. He squirms in her arms before he finally screams out, hungry and demanding milk ... When she wakes, even her cries seem to struggle from her throat ... But, on the other hand, I feel privileged to know that if the protective gene is discovered, it will be able to free other children of this disease, this brain malformation." ... ....

Arbovirus update (Lee County Mosquito Control District)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Jul 2016
(Source. Lee County Mosquito Control District). July 6, 2016. For earlier Arbovirus reports click here. http.//www.lcmcd.com/what-we-do/disease-surveillance. For information from the State Health Department go to. http.//www.floridahealth.gov/diseases-and-conditions/zika-virus/index.html. You will need to cut and paste this page into your browser ... Americas ... - ... - ... USA ... It is a congenital malformation in which the brain does not develop properly ... ....

Michael Gerson commentary: U.S. should stand up for this 'dangerous man'

Edit The Columbus Dispatch 05 Jul 2016
When awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George W. Bush in 2007, Dr. Oscar Biscet had a scheduling conflict, being in a Cuban prison. At the White House ceremony, Bush called him a "dangerous man ... in the same way that Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi were dangerous." ... "If they know a baby may have congenital malformations," Biscet told me, "they are killed before birth, unless parents show very strong objections." He explains....
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