Comprehensive Genetic Study of Cleft Lip and Palate Provides Insights
Analysis led by the University of Bonn provides new insights into possible causes of the malformation, published in Human Genetics and Genomics Advances.
Analysis led by the University of Bonn provides new insights into possible causes of the malformation, published in Human Genetics and Genomics Advances.
To get a sense of the new reality for medical missions, NPR talked to representatives of a half-dozen organizations whose volunteers provide surgical and medical care while training local health professionals.
Here, Alexis Parcells, MD, FACS, a board-certified plastic surgeon and owner of Eatontown, N.J.-based Parcells Plastic Surgery, discusses what’s behind the surge of labiaplasty surgeries.
Cleft organization Smile Train announces the Safe Surgery and Anesthesia Initiative in partnership with Lifebox, a global nonprofit organization that aims to make surgery safer in low-resource settings.
Read MoreCleft organization Smile Train will take on the operations of Simulare Medical, a developer of cleft surgery simulators, it announces.
Read More20-year-old David Bufkin, born with growth deformities that made it hard for him to eat and talk naturally, has found his happy ending, Banner Health explains.
Read MoreMore operations between the ages of 8 and 10 may lead to higher anxiety and depression, researchers suggest, in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Read MoreWhen Dr. Edward Buchanan realized he had a message to share with his patients that was beyond the scope of his medical consultations, he decided to get creative, according to Baylor College of Medicine.
Read MoreCleft organization Smile Train announces in a news release the addition of four new members to its Medical Advisory Board – Dr. Nivaldo Alonso, Dr. Catherine Crowley, Dr. Fernando Molina and Dr. Peter Mossey.
Read MoreThe American Dental Association reports it is asking Congress to pass the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act — legislation that would require all private group and individual health plans to cover medically necessary services that repair or restore congenital anomalies.
Read MoreMicrotia is a congenital deformity affecting approximately one out of 4,000 births globally. Children born with the condition have incompletely formed or entirely missing ears, according to ILoveQatar.net.
Read MoreA 10-day-old infant, born with a very rare condition of joint or fused eyelids as well as fused upper and lower jaws, was successfully operated upon by plastic surgeons at the King George Hospital recently.
Read MoreTo put smiles on the faces of children affected by abnormal facial and other conditions, surgeons...
Read MoreA team of Australian doctors have radically transformed a young woman born with a rare medical condition that caused tumors to deform her face, according to Daily Mail.
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