Hospitalization Statistics on Pyloric Stenosis and Birth Defects
Babies born with a hole between the two smaller chambers of the heart, known as atrial septal defect, or with other heart and circulatory conditions accounted for a third of [...]
First CardioGraft implant with MatrACELL technology in Kansas City
Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, just performed the first implant of a CardioGraft allograft cardiac patch product with MatrACELL decellularization technology, a methodology that safely removes donor cells [...]
New Implant Receives Pre-Market Approval for Catheter-Based VSD repair
NMT Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: NMTI), an advanced medical technology company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets proprietary implant technologies that allow interventional cardiologists to treat structural heart disease through minimally [...]
Facts about Birth Defects
About 120,000 babies (1 in 33) in the United States are born each year with birth defects. A birth defect is an abnormality of structure, function or metabolism (body chemistry) [...]
Sensor to Detect Oxygen Loss in Unborn Children
Researchers at the University of Warwick, and the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, have devised a new sensor which has the power to dramatically improve the amount of [...]
The Vagus Nerve
Chloe has had feeding issues since she was born. At our first GI appointment (way back when), the doctor mentioned the Vagus Nerve. He said this nerve is connected to [...]
Basic Info on Pediatric Cardiomyopathy
In most cases, the diagnosis of "cardiomyopathy" in a child elicits concern in both the child (if old enough to understand) and the parent. Much of this concern is because [...]
October is SIDS Awareness Month
October is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month. SIDS is responsible for far fewer deaths than congenital disorders and disorders related to short gestation, though it is the leading [...]
Trying to conceive? If YES, then keep reading…
Whether a pregnancy is planned or unplanned, it's important for every woman of childbearing age to take folic acid, even if they aren't trying to conceive. Birth defects occur within [...]
5 Heart Conditions That May Be Affected by Pregnancy
The heart is the hardest working muscle in your whole body. So in pregnancy, because of the increased blood volume and extra strain, it is working extremely hard.Heart disease occurs [...]