Researchers at Rice University and Texas Children's Hospital have turned stem cells from amniotic fluid into cells that form blood vessels. Their success offers hope that such stem cells may be used to grow tissue patches ...
Feb 6, 2012
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Being born with a heart defect may be associated with an increased cancer risk for babies and their moms, according to new research published in Circulation.
Mar 17, 2025
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The proportion of babies born with a congenital heart abnormality increased by 16% after the first year of the pandemic, according to research at City St George's, University of London and published today in Ultrasound in ...
Nov 15, 2024
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Almost 1 in 5 adults with congenital heart disease living in Israel had or developed an abnormal heart rhythm/arrhythmia during a five-year study, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Since 1990, the mortality rate for children born with Down syndrome and a congenital heart defect has more than halved. This has been shown in a study by the University of Gothenburg. However, the mortality rate in this group ...
Jan 17, 2024
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I've heard about several people who have experienced sudden cardiac arrest. What is cardiac arrest? And how is it different from a heart attack? What do you do for someone who has this condition?
Aug 13, 2023
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I am 32 and have lived with a congenital heart issue since childhood. I am newly married and would like to have children, but I understand that a pregnancy might be high-risk for me. How does pregnancy affect the heart? And ...
Apr 7, 2023
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Researchers and clinicians from the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences have for the first time conducted a shape analysis of the fetal aorta to detect a congenital heart defect before birth. Their research ...
Dec 21, 2022
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Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have identified several genetic variants associated with increased risk of cancer in children with non-chromosomal birth defects, such as congenital heart disease ...
Nov 30, 2022
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On her first visit to the hospital to check on her newborn patient, the pediatrician detected a heart murmur. A few days later, at Cix Greene's first office visit, the doctor didn't hear it. It was almost eight years later, ...
Oct 19, 2022
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