Birth defect

Somewhat forgotten in all the rumors of Trent Green's possible trade to Miami has been Dolphins quarterback Daunte Culpepper.

Prosecutor: Dogs not abused (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Richmond — The prosecutor in the investigation of a possible dogfighting operation at a house owned by Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is confident charges will be brought. He can't yet say who will be charged. "We are moving forward," Surry County Commonwealth attorney Gerald Poindexter said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Friday. He declined to set a timetable for when ......

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- First-time parents Tim and Michelle Nagle remember going to the doctor's office for an ultrasound. This was thrilling -- a new life was about to be revealed.

PREGNANT PAUSE (Baltimore Sun)
Some say a vaccine could prevent the deadly bacterium GBS, but others remain concerned about inoculating mothers-to-be ÀøÀ ÀßÀby.buro Frank D. Roylance ...

this little guy was born with Trisomy 18, a birth that the parents were told may even prevent him from being born at all. this is a touching video that shows his life and the love his parents shared with him. ...

chemical's linked to birth defect!
Chemical Linked to Birth Defects Found at Unsafe Levels in Canned Food Plastics Compound Highest in Soup, Pasta, Baby Formula WASHINGTON, March 5 — In the most comprehensive US tests for an industrial chemical used to line cans of foods ......

In Dumbo, the main character is an outcast who triumphs over a birth defect. These characters are innocent of wrongdoing and have done nothing to warrant the problems they face. In Pinocchio, the characters Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket and ...

Can You Help?
Phil McCann. PS: Madeleine has a noticeable (and eye catching) birth defect in her right eye pupil - not obvious in this picture.It looks like the black of her pupil has run into the rest of her eye - like a tear drop....

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. -- Even though Danara Abshire is missing the lower part of her right leg, it isn't slowing her down.

'I need to know he's not alone' (Chicago Sun-Times)
Kathleen Mappa was pregnant with her fourth child when she learned the baby would be born with a terrible heart defect. It was then that Mappa decided to keep a journal. She posted her entries on CarePages.com, a free Web site for patient blogs....

Mercifully, the flurry of media coverage of former CIA director George Tenet hawking his memoir, At the Center of the Storm , has abated.

Doctor cleared in malpractice suit - By Anthony McConnell (Cody Enterprise)
A former Cody doctor was cleared of medical malpractice Friday. The six-man, six-woman jury took less than one hour to make its decision, delivering the verdict just before 6 p.m....

Title: Patching Device Repairs Hole in Heart Category: Health News Created: 5/11/2007 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 5/11/2007

Up Next (CBS News)
Up Next on 48 Hours....

A Carrollton woman charged with capital murder in the death of her newborn baby entered not guilty pleas, including not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, at her arraignment Tuesday.

Season of Conception Linked to Academic Performance (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
Whether it was a steamy July night or a chilly January morning, the season in which a child is conceived could affect its future academic achievement, suggests a new study. Children conceived June through August scored lower than other kids on math and language tests in Indiana, said researcher Paul Winchester, a neonatologist at Indiana University School of Medicine. Winchester and his ......

Researchers at Harvard's Joslin Diabetes Center identified a compound (Glut2) that contributes to the increased incidence of babies born with defects among diabetic women. The Harvard Crimson: Researchers Find Protein To Be ...

birth defects
A birth defect is an abnormality of structure, function or metabolism (body chemistry) present at birth that results in physical or mental disabilities or death. Several thousand different birth defects have been identified. ......

The DuPont Co. has agreed to pay $9 million to settle two lawsuits alleging that the fungicide Benlate caused birth defects in children, according to court records and a federal regulatory filing.

REMINDER: ORLive Presents: Patent Foramen Ovale Congenital Heart Defect Repair; See Cardiologist Repair a Hole in the ... (SYS-CON Media)
On May 3 at 6 PM Central Time, Trinity MotherFrances Health System Center For Advanced Surgery And Technology (CASAT) inTyler, Texas will host a live Webcast to repair a congenital defect known asa patentforamen ovale (PFO), a hole in the heart, in an18-year-old...