The most common heart disease amongst the elderly population is Aortic Stenosis (AS), which is the tightening of the aortic valve. Due to this constriction the blood passes through the narrower valve into the systemic circulation with greater difficulty, leading to the typical symptoms. Until the recent development of a whole new technique for the […]
For Katherine Bianco, MD, director of the maternal congenital heart program at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, the path to healthcare started with an important role model: her mother. Dr. Bianco grew up in Caracas, Venezuela, with a single mother who practiced as an OB-GYN. “Not only did I get my passion for women’s health and […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } BUTLER — Jason Adamson and Luke Veon measured each other’s leg lengths and arm heights near parallel bars, treatment tables and a hospital bed rigged with a patient lift. Outside that laboratory, Victoria Clawson, Allison Coleman and Molly Grossman […]
RetinalGeniX Technologies Inc. released to the public via OCT Markets a video webinar regarding the retinal screening medical device technology being developed by the company to help prevent blindness and multiple systemic diseases, the company’s business opportunities and the professional background of the company’s management team. According to RetinalGeniX CEO Jerry Katzman, the company is […]
A baby girl in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur was born with 14 fingers and 12 toes. She has seven fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. While the family believes the girl to be an incarnation of a Goddess, she has a rare condition known as Polydactyly, a genetic, congenital abnormal disorder. What is […]
Introduction Neurodevelopmental disorders encompass a range of conditions that affect early development and functioning of the brain. Difficulties may arise in social, cognitive, or emotional domains and include diagnoses such as attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD).1 Consequently, neurodevelopmental disorders can cause significant morbidity in children with subsequent impact on families and incur […]
The infant has seven fingers each on her palm and six toes each on her foot New Delhi: In a rare case, a baby girl was born with 14 fingers and 12 toes in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur, according to news reports. The condition, known as polydactyly, is a rare phenomenon that is a genetic, congenital abnormal […]
The thyroid gland is located in the neck just below the larynx (voice box) and it generally goes unnoticed. When it functions properly the gland produces the hormone thyroxine, which regulates your heartbeat, metabolism, calcium retention, protein production, internal temperature and energy levels. Thyroid conditions affect millions of Americans and typically result from an overactive […]
