MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'deformities'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:48 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4205938&cid=t_180645_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdental-fillings-and-birth-defects-what-moms-to-be-should-know%2F2010.11.26 Although the first trimester of pregnancy is sacred, there will be patients who will encounter problems at that time. During the first trimester, the brain and the central nervous system develops from 6 to 10 weeks, a time period commonly known as organogenesis. To minimize the risk of developing birth defects, medications and invasive procedures are usually postponed until the arrival of the second trimester. A recent article in the October 2010 issue of Ob.Gyn. News reported some disturbing findings: Dental fillings in the first trimester were linked to the development of a cleft palate. A cleft palate is a birth defect that has a slit in the roof of the mouth because it failed to close during the first trimester. The article by Susan London described a study in Norway where pregnant wo... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4205938 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 20:00:00 +0100 4205938 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1526102&cid=t_180645_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F06%2F18%2Frevisit-lakshmi-the-girl-born-with-eight-limbs-this-weekend-on-national-geographic-channel%2F Remember Lakshmi Tatma, a Indian girl who was born with four arms and four legs. We first wrote about her in December 2007, saying… The people of her rural Indian village did not see this as a deformity. They believed that she was a ‘gift from God’, christened her ‘Lakshmi‘ after the four-armed Hindu Goddess of wealth, and queued outside the house to be blessed by the girl. But the actual cause of the extra limbs was that the girl had a twin who hadn’t fully developed and instead became attached to Lakshmi’s body at the pelvis. Lakshmi made headlines around the world last month when a team of surgeons spent 27 hours removing the extra limbs, separating her spinal cord and kidney from the twin, re-orientating the bladder and genital systems, and then closing up the pelvic ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1526102 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:11:14 +0100 1526102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1414906&cid=t_180645_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F05%2F01%2Fweird-deformity-du-jour%2F First there was the Tree Man. There there was the baby with two faces. Now, backwards, upside-down feet? Oh yeah. Now let’s be clear that we are in no way, no how poking any kind of fun at these poor people. But it’s just amazing to see the different ways the body can betray itself, is it not? Of course it is. So next up in our Weird Deformity Breakdown is Jingle Luis, a 15-year-old girl from the Philippines who was born with feet clubbed so badly they twist backwards and upside down (see a photo slideshow at MSN.com) Today, Jingle had surgery to begin correction on her feet at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. And while clubfoot occurs in about one in 1,000 births, treatment usually begins before the condition gets anywhere near as far as Jingle’s. The problem? Ji... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1414906 Fri, 02 May 2008 03:52:22 +0100 1414906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1356267&cid=t_180645_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F266138382%2F Rick taught me to never give up the dream… I haven’t paid attention all that often - usually only when I need to the most. Like now. Today’s Daily Reflection; “We want to find exactly how, when, and where our natural desires have warped us. We wish to look squarely at the unhappiness this has caused others and ourselves. By discovering what our emotional deformities are, we can move toward their correction.” Emotional deformities - that’ll stop ya’! The response to the reflection says; “Today I am no longer a slave to alcohol, yet in so many ways enslavement still threatens - my self, my desires, even my dreams. Yet without dreams I cannot exist: without dreams there is nothing to keep me moving forward.” If I left the talk there I&#821... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1356267 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:15:51 +0100 1356267