Category Archives: Congenital disorders

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COPD, a term once seemingly reserved for the adult population, has become increasingly relevant in recent years. Contrary to popular belief that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is solely an affliction of adulthood, paediatric COPD is now recognized as a spectrum of childhood respiratory disorders demanding extensive attention, accurate diagnosis, and tailored treatments.The umbrella term “paediatric […]

Curated by FG Contributor Samiha Hossain Julieta Gonzalez poses for a photo inside the Banfield Pit, where the Argentine military dictatorship held her for a month, in Buenos Aires, on 23 May 2023. Photograph: Víctor R Caivano/AP A group of five trans women testified at a trial over crimes committed at secret prisons, marking the first […]

Abstract When medical genetic syndromes are influenced by allelic hierarchies, mutant alleles have distinct effects on clinical phenotypes. Genotype–phenotype correlations for Usher syndrome type 2 (USH2) suggest that the USH2A gene exhibits an allelic hierarchy. Here, we analyzed the phenotypes and genotypes of 16 South Korean patients with USH2A biallelic variants to investigate an allelic […]

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Bangladesh has made significant progress in the health sector in 30 years compared to other South Asian countries and the country now has the best health status in the region.  As a result, the country has the highest life expectancy at birth and health life expectancy than other countries in the south Asian region– Bhutan, […]

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Abstract Chronic respiratory disease can exacerbate the normal physiological changes in ventilation observed in healthy individuals during sleep, leading to sleep-disordered breathing, nocturnal hypoventilation, sleep disruption and chronic respiratory failure. Therefore, patients with obesity, slowly and rapidly progressive neuromuscular disease and chronic obstructive airways disease report poor sleep quality. Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is a complex […]

The Portuguese Water Dog was originally bred to be a fisherman’s helper many years ago. Since then, this lovable breed has found its way into the hearts of many families. These dogs are athletic, energetic, loyal, highly intelligent, friendly, and loving. This makes them an excellent candidate for homes with young children or other pets. […]

Ehsan Vaghefi, CEO and co-founder of Toku, grew up with a blind father who lost eyesight at the age of four due to congenital glaucoma. As a result of this, his dad was involved with the Blind Foundation in his home country of Iran. Vaghefi says most of his childhood friends were either blind or […]