Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College used genetic methods to successfully repair cleft lips in mice embryos specially engineered for the study of cleft lip and cleft palate. The research breakthrough may show the way to prevent or treat the conditions in humans…
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Filed under: Cleft Palate on December 2nd, 2011 | No Comments »
The overall quality of a pregnant woman’s diet is linked with risk for two types of serious birth defects, a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has shown. In the study, women who ate better before and during pregnancy gave birth to fewer infants with malformations of the brain and spinal cord, […]
Filed under: Cleft Palate on October 4th, 2011 | No Comments »
Carter and Mason Osborne have a lot in common. Not only are they brothers who love to laugh, they also share one unique characteristic; they were born with forms of cleft lip and palate. Fortunately, the Osborne’s have a team of nationally-recognized experts in the Cleft Lip and Palate Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital to […]
Filed under: Cleft Palate on June 8th, 2011 | No Comments »
An infant child’s cries are his or her way of communicating with the world. However, the baby’s cries have more information to communicate beyond saying “I’m hungry,” or “I’m tired.” The complexity of melody and rhythm within a cry can be an early indicator of a child’s pre-speech development…
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Filed under: Cleft Palate on May 17th, 2011 | No Comments »
Affecting more than 7,000 U.S. babies each year, cleft lip and/or cleft palate are the second most common birth defect, the cause of which continues to mystify scientists despite growing evidence of a complex interplay of genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors…
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Filed under: Cleft Palate on April 22nd, 2011 | No Comments »
The impact of physical attractiveness on social communication is a truth universally acknowledged. It is not surprising, therefore, that individuals with a cleft lip and palate have experienced social isolation and poor self-esteem. But how people really see faces affected by this anomaly has not been studied…
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Filed under: Cleft Palate on April 16th, 2011 | No Comments »
Corticosteroid use during pregnancy not linked to facial clefts in infants The use of corticosteroids during pregnancy does not appear to be associated with an increased risk of orofacial clefts in infants, according to an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)…
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Filed under: Cleft Palate on April 11th, 2011 | No Comments »
Adolescence is generally viewed as a socially and psychologically challenging period of development. For young people with cleft lip, cleft palate, or both, these challenges can be magnified. How their parents react can add another factor into these children’s outlooks…
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Filed under: Cleft Palate on March 24th, 2011 | No Comments »
The FDA has warned that the drug prescribed for epilepsy named Topamax (topiramate) should not be used by women who are pregnant or plan on childbearing, due to a very high risk of offspring bearing cleft lip and palate defects occuring during the first trimester. Topiramate treats epilepsy in children and adults and was […]
Filed under: Cleft Palate on March 5th, 2011 | No Comments »
It may look the same, but it doesn’t chew the same. Different dental treatment options for bilateral cleft lip and palate may result in similar aesthetic appearance, but they produce definite differences in jaw function. People with clefts of the lip and palate often have dental anomalies as well. The number, shape, and position of […]
Filed under: Cleft Palate on November 30th, 2010 | No Comments »