News tagged with facial deformities
Bone Implant Offers Hope for Skull Deformities
(PhysOrg.com) -- A synthetic bone matrix offers hope for babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the plates in the skull to fuse too soon. Implants replacing some of the infant’s bone with the biodegradable ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Face-to-face with an ancient human
A reconstruction based on the skull of Norway's best-preserved Stone Age skeleton makes it possible to study the features of a boy who lived outside Stavanger 7,500 years ago.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Engineering a new face after injury
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today, surgeons face many limitations when it comes to helping a patient who suffers from a severe craniofacial injury, or an injury pertaining to the skull and the face. Most often a result ...
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Badly burned Texas man waits for face transplant
(AP) -- Dallas C. Wiens wants to be able to smile, to smell the rain, to feel his 3-year-old daughter's kisses.
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Struggling for breath: Videogame technology documents abnormal breathing patterns
Patients with a common chest deformity known as sunken chest exhibit dysfunctional chest wall motion, a finding that may explain routine reports of exercise intolerance pectus patients, according to a study presented at the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Bedouin tribe reveals secrets to McGill's GA-JOE
Van Den Ende-Gupta syndrome (VDEGS) is an extremely rare genetic disorder that is characterized by distinctive head and facial features, such as unusual eyelids, narrow and beaked noses, flat nasal bridges, ...
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Researchers offer alternate theory for found skull's asymmetry
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new turn in the debate over explanations for the odd features of LB1 -- the specimen number of the only skull found in Liang Bua Cave on the Indonesian island of Flores and sometimes called "the hobbit" ...
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Sep 06, 2010 |
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Does cosmetic surgery help body dysmorphic disorder?
A new study finds that while many who suffer from body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) seek cosmetic procedures, only two percent of procedures actually reduced the severity of BDD. Despite this poor long-term outcome, physicians ...
Aug 11, 2010 |
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Marfan, a 'look-alike' disorder, or neither?
Johns Hopkins researchers have compiled what they believe are reliable lists of tell-tale physical signs to help doctors recognize children with Marfan and Loeys-Dietz syndromes. Timely and early diagnosis ...
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Aug 04, 2010 |
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Research of cell movements in developing frogs reveals new twists in human genetic disease
Mutations in a gene known as "Fritz" may be responsible for causing human genetic disorders such as Bardet-Biedl syndrome, University of Texas at Austin developmental biologist John Wallingford and Duke University human geneticist ...
Jul 30, 2010 |
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Shortcut through eyelid gives surgeons less-invasive approach to fix brain fluid leaks
Surgeons at Johns Hopkins have safely and effectively operated inside the brains of a dozen patients by making a small entry incision through the natural creases of an eyelid to reach the skull and deep brain.
Jun 08, 2010 |
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