Birth defect

At first glance, no one would realize Donna Joy Vance is anything but an energetic teen preparing for her sweet 16th birthday.

Irish teen starts High Court battle to seek abortion abroad (EARTHtimes.org)
Cork, Ireland - The case of an Irish teenager wanting to travel abroad for an abortion began in the High Court in Dublin on Thursday, with a senior counsel representing her unborn child. The four-months pregnant 17-year-old, identified only as Miss D......

It has been found out that folate deficiency leads to birth defects and is also associated with heart diseases and cancer. In US now grains are being fortified with folic acid and pregnant women are being recommended folate supplements. ...

Birth defect information
A plan for greater data collection of birth defects was approved by a House division....

Most people knew Brent Matthews as the man who rolled a pig's head into a mosque during evening prayers.

15-month-old gets a new life (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News)
Boy undergoes a rare bypass surgery on his beating heart A bypass surgery being performed on a patient is nothing unusual, except that when the patient happens to be a 15-month-old boy. Rohan, who was born with a rare congenital defect, got a new lease of life on April 22 when doctors at Wockhardt Hospital performed a rare bypass surgery on his beating heart. Born to non-resident Indian parents ......

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Murali's chance to silence Aussies (BBC News)
Why winning the World Cup means so much to Muralitharan...

A young Delaware County girl with a debilitating birth defect has a dream and thanks to the Sunshine Foundation's Fairy Godsisters' and a local businessman Rebecca O'Connell's dream has turned reality.

Most wanted (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
They are too dangerous to forget about. Four are accused murderers. At least three may have gang ties. One suffers from delusions, according to authorities. They're also too hard to find....

A Canadian research team is to present firm numbers today at a San Francisco medical meeting to illustrate the previously suspected, higher risk of defects among babies born with the help of fertility treatments, reports AP’s ...

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. ......

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ORLive Presents: Patent Foramen Ovale Congenital Heart Defect Repair; See Cardiologist Repair a Hole in the Heart of a ... (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
On May 3 at 6 PM Central Time, Trinity Mother Frances Health System Center For Advanced Surgery And Technology in Tyler, Texas will host a live Webcast to repair a congenital heart defect known as a patent foramen ovale, a hole in the heart, in an 18-year-old woman from Houston live on www.OR-Live.com....

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 ...

AP: Birth defect risk higher with fertility treatment, but still low
A Canadian research team is to present firm numbers today at a San Francisco medical meeting to illustrate the previously suspected, higher risk of birth defects among babies born with the help of fertility treatments, reports AP’s ......