Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Photos of Fisher and Abigail: After making the courageous decision to keep Abigail, Fisher started a GoFundMe page, desperately seeking help to cover the financial burden of raising a child she ...
Birth defects may result in disabilities that may be physical, intellectual, or developmental. [2] The disabilities can range from mild to severe. [6] Birth defects are divided into two main types: structural disorders in which problems are seen with the shape of a body part and functional disorders in which problems exist with how a body part ...
A tragic photo of a baby born with only one eye and no nose has been circulating the Internet. The baby is being referred to as "baby cyclops" due to the comparisons drawn with the mythical cyclops.
One class of congenital limb deformities, limb reduction defects, occurs when one or more limbs are undersized or missing parts. The prevalence of these defects in the United States is approximately 1 in 1900 births. [2] This category includes amelia, ectrodactyly, radial dysplasia, and phocomelia among others. These defects are more likely to ...
Risks of fetal surgery, specifically prenatal spina bifida repair, include premature rupture of membranes, uterine rupture in future pregnancies, premature birth and intraspinal inclusion cysts or a tethered cord in the fetus or newborn baby. [4] Open fetal surgery has proven to be reasonably safe for the mother. [3]
The family says one of their biggest obstacles was one of the things they all have in common: spina bifida, or birth defects affecting the spine that can result in mobility and other issues.
A Guide to Birth Defects, with Joan Beck Virginia Apgar (June 7, 1909 – August 7, 1974) was an American physician , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] obstetrical anesthesiologist [ 3 ] and medical researcher, [ 4 ] best known as the inventor of the Apgar score , a way to quickly assess the health of a newborn child immediately after birth in order to combat infant ...
Chorionic villus sampling (CVS), sometimes called "chorionic villous sampling" (as "villous" is the adjectival form of the word "villus"), [1] is a form of prenatal diagnosis done to determine chromosomal or genetic disorders in the fetus.