Rikki and Greg Myers were excited to hear whether their first child would be a boy or a girl. They were hosting Thanksgiving and wanted to reveal the gender then.
Apr 2, 2019
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Fathers-to-be who smoke may increase the risk of congenital heart defects in their offspring, according to a study published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology ...
Mar 24, 2019
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An infant born with a relatively simple heart defect is far more likely to develop heart problems as an adult, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered.
Feb 28, 2019
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 27, 2019 (American Heart Association News)—On Feb. 1, 1961, twins Debbie and Donna Horst arrived at the White House to fanfare. The 6-year-olds, decked out in fancy dresses and satin sashes, found themselves ...
Feb 27, 2019
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According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 6—8% of pregnant women experience hypertension. High blood pressure during pregnancy is associated with a number of risks to the woman and fetus, ...
Feb 12, 2019
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Just because it's legal, doesn't mean it's safe.
Feb 5, 2019
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Rising temperatures stemming from global climate change may increase the number of infants born with congenital heart defects (CHD) in the United States over the next two decades and may result in as many as 7,000 additional ...
Jan 30, 2019
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved the world's first device to treat premature babies with a life-threatening heart defect, without major surgery.
Jan 15, 2019
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A new study from the University of Minnesota Medical School and Masonic Cancer Center researchers, recently published in JAMA Cardiology, evaluated the long-term survival rate of patients with a very serious cardiac defect ...
Jan 8, 2019
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The placenta offers an abundant source of placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells (pMSCs), which a new study has shown can readily form cell sheets that could be implanted in children with congenital heart defects and offer ...
Dec 7, 2018
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