Congenital conditions

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    A painless disorder...
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    Congenital analgesia: The agony of feeling no pain
    16 July 2012 - Steven Pete and his brother were born with the rare genetic disorder congenital analgesia. They grew up - in Washington state, US - with a sense of touch but, as he explains in his own words, without ever feeling pain.
     
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    Amazing spine surgery...
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    Pioneering surgery repairs girl's spine with leg bone
    7 December 2012 - Rosie Davies had a 10cm gap in her spine bridged with bone from her legs
     
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    The set of information presented in this post is of high quality. This will surely help those people who are seeking to have latest updates in health care industry
     
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    New insight into Down's syndrome through brain cells grown from skin cells...
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    Brain cells give insight into Down's syndrome
    27 May 2013 - Brain cells have been grown from skin cells of adults with Down's syndrome in research that could shed new light on the condition.
     
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    A more accurate test for Down's syndrome...
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    Early Down's test 'more sensitive'
    7 June 2013 > A more accurate test for Down's syndrome which can also be given earlier in pregnancy than current checks has been developed, say experts.
     
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    Down's Syndrome Breakthrough Silences Extra Chromosome...
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    Down syndrome's extra chromosome silenced in lab cells
    July 18, 2013 > Scientists silenced the extra copy of a chromosome that causes Down syndrome in laboratory stem cells, offering the first evidence that it may be possible to correct the genes responsible for the disorder.
     
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    Less call for use of embryonic stem cells on horizon...
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    Adult Stem Cell Breakthrough Will Transform Medicine, Doctor Predicts
    February 7, 2014 - A scientific breakthrough that enables researchers to create adult stem cells much faster and easier will radically transform the way medicine is practiced, predicts Dr. Marc Darrow,assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of California/Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine.
     
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    Pinpoint accuracy that can make the smallest changes to DNA...
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    Revealed: Scientists ‘edit’ DNA to correct adult genes and cure diseases
    Monday 21 April 2014 ~ A genetic disease has been cured in living, adult animals for the first time using a revolutionary genome-editing technique that can make the smallest changes to the vast database of the DNA molecule with pinpoint accuracy.
     
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    Selective abortion ban called for in cases of Down Syndrome...
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    Report Calls for Ban on Down Syndrome & Other Disability-Selective Abortions
    July 8, 2014 -- The Charlotte Lozier Institute has published a new report that calls for a ban on disability-selective abortions and recommends changes to improve the lives of those born with Down syndrome.
     
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    Granny says, "Dat's right - all ye mommas-to-be get yer blood sugar rate checked so's ya have a healthy baby...
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    Blood sugar rate during pregnancy linked to baby's heart defect risk
    Oct. 12, 2015 - While the levels of increased glucose or insulin were higher, they did not need to be high enough to consider the mothers diabetic.
     
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    Granny says all ye mommas get yer pre-natal check-ups done, premature birth rate up in the U.S....
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    US Preterm Birth Rates Close to Those of Some Developing Countries
    November 07, 2015 | WASHINGTON — For the past eight years, the March of Dimes has issued a report card on preterm issues a report card on preterm birth in the U.S. This year, as in the past, the results are shockingly high for a wealthy country even though progress has been made.
     
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    More babies being born with gastroschisis...
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    Babies born with organs outside their bodies up by a third
    Jan. 22, 2016 - Researchers are unsure why cases of the rare condition have increased in frequency so much during the last two decades.
     
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    Medical malpractice suit seeking medical expenses for child with cystic fibrosis...
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    Mom seeks medical expenses for child with cystic fibrosis
    3 Feb.`16 — A jury in Montana heard opening arguments Wednesday in the case of a mother who is suing her health care providers because they failed to diagnose her unborn daughter's cystic fibrosis, denying her a chance to have an abortion.
     
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    Congenital Ebstein's anomaly...
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    Novel oxygen treatment saves life of baby before, after birth
    Feb. 18, 2016 - The baby's mother was treated with oxygen before he was born, which may have allowed treatment after birth to be more effective, doctors say.
     

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