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Oxygen Test Has Potential To Detect Some Critical Congenital Heart Defects In Newborns
Published July 9, 2009, 3:22 pm, Science Daily
Early detection of critical congenital heart disease is important for avoiding serious health consequences. A noninvasive measure of oxygen saturation in the blood is a reasonable way to detect congenital heart disease in newborns, but there is not yet enough data available to make the test mandatory. The associations call for more research on the topic.
Green group warns of Kettleman City 'health emergency'
Published July 9, 2009, 11:23 am, The Hanford Sentinel
A coalition of green groups released figures showing a high incident of birth defects and infant deaths in Kettleman City during a press conference in Hanford on Wednesday, and called on the government to investigate the cause and extent of what they say is a "health emergency."
St. Francis Surgeon Uses Tissue Regeneration Technology To Rebuild Patients' Heart Structures
Published July 9, 2009, 5:16 am, Medical News Today
A surgeon at the St. Francis Heart Center is using a revolutionary technology that allows patients to rebuild their own cardiovascular tissue. Marc Gerdisch, M.D., is using the CorMatrix Extracellular Matrix (ECM)(TM) to modify and repair cardiac structures, allowing heart tissue to re-grow inside the beating hearts of heart surgery patients.
What Is Heart Failure? What Causes Heart Failure?
Published July 9, 2009, 3:17 am, Medical News Today
Even though it may sound like it, heart failure does not necessarily mean that the heart has failed. Heart failure is a serious condition in which the heart is not pumping blood around the body efficiently. The patient's left side, right side, or even both sides of the body can be affected. Symptoms will depend on which side is affected and how severe the heart failure is - symptoms can be severe.
New Strategies To Improve Treatment And Ultimately Prevent Heart Failure In Children
Published July 9, 2009, 3:16 am, Medical News Today
Structural cardiovascular abnormalities present at birth are the leading cause of heart failure in children. Nearly half a million children in the United States have structural heart problems ranging in severity from relatively simple issues, such as small holes between chambers of the heart, to very severe malformations, including complete absence of one or more chambers or valves.
X-rays, TV may help ID remains of child
Published July 9, 2009, 2:14 am, The Mail Tribune
Attempts to identify a little boy found dead roughly 46 years ago in a reservoir in the hills east of Ashland are getting a potential boost from dental X-rays and television cameras.
St. Francis Surgeon Uses Tissue Regeneration Technology to Rebuild Patients' Heart Structures
Published July 8, 2009, 5:09 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
A surgeon at the St. Francis Heart Center is using a revolutionary technology that allows patients to rebuild their own cardiovascular tissue.
New Strategies To Help Improve Treatment And Ultimately Prevent Heart Failure In Children
Published July 7, 2009, 4:14 pm, redOrbit
Structural cardiovascular abnormalities present at birth are the leading cause of heart failure in children.
Oxygen Test Has Potential To Detect Some Critical Congenital Heart Defects In Newborns
Published July 7, 2009, 10:13 am, Medical News Today
A test that measures oxygen levels in newborns can detect "critical" congenital heart disease, but there are variables involved with the test that require more study before it is adopted for universal newborn screening, according to a new joint statement from the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
New strategies to improve treatment and ultimately prevent heart failure in children
Published July 7, 2009, 9:30 am, EurekAlert!
( Indiana University ) New basic science and clinical research to improve treatment of, and ultimately to prevent, the congenital defects and damage acquired after birth that cause heart failure in children presented at inaugural Riley Heart Center Symposium on Cardiac Development is focus of July issue of Pediatric Cardiology.
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