http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the UC San Diego School of Medicine and colleagues have identified a new gene, ETS-1, that is linked to human congenital heart defects. The landmark study, recently published online in the journal of Human Molecular Genetics, provides important insights into some of the most prevalent forms of congenital heart defects in humans, including ventricular septal defects and potentially hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a uniformly fatal heart abnormality. http://www.physorg.com/news180297192.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:50:03 EST news180297192 Heart function significantly improved in children and young adults with single-ventricle congenital heart disease who have had the Fontan operation following treatment with sildenafil, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension, say researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. http://www.physorg.com/news177772537.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:40:01 EST news177772537 (PhysOrg.com) -- Children born with certain heart defects have impaired blood flow from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery leading to the lungs, requiring implanted devices (known as right-ventricular outflow tract conduits) to maintain the flow. However, these conduits fail over time, and children typically face multiple open-heart operations during their lives to reopen the passage. http://www.physorg.com/news176409450.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:10:01 EST news176409450 Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have traced the evolution of the four-chambered human heart to a common genetic factor linked to the development of hearts in turtles and other reptiles. http://www.physorg.com/news171116708.html Medicine & Health Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:00:17 EST news171116708 Possible neurological complications of heart surgery, ranging from headaches to strokes, are detailed in a new report in the online journal MedLink Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news169390181.html Medicine & Health Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:10:01 EST news169390181 (PhysOrg.com) -- Few things stun a community more than when a seemingly healthy high school or collegiate athlete suddenly dies during practice or in competition from a hidden heart disorder. http://www.physorg.com/news169143207.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:14:15 EST news169143207 Infants and young children treated with heart drugs get the wrong dose or end up on the wrong end of medication errors more often than older children, according to research led by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center to be published July 6 in Pediatrics. http://www.physorg.com/news166206061.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:21:24 EST news166206061 Structural cardiovascular abnormalities present at birth are the leading cause of heart failure in children. Nearly half a million children in the United States have structural heart problems ranging in severity from relatively simple issues, such as small holes between chambers of the heart, to very severe malformations, including complete absence of one or more chambers or valves. http://www.physorg.com/news166193096.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:20:01 EST news166193096 A test that measures oxygen levels in newborns can detect "critical" congenital heart disease, but there are variables involved with the test that require more study before it is adopted for universal newborn screening, according to a new joint statement from the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics. http://www.physorg.com/news166117528.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:45:53 EST news166117528 (PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified the earliest master human heart stem cell from human embryonic stem cells - ISL1+ progenitors - that give rise to a family of cells that form the essential portions of the human heart. http://www.physorg.com/news165680045.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:14:48 EST news165680045 The Canadian policy of fortifying grain products with folic acid has already proved to be effective in preventing neural tube defects. The latest article published in the British Medical Journal by a group of researchers from the McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease (MAUDE Unit), the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill University, shows that folic acid also decreases the incidence of congenital heart defects by more than 6%. http://www.physorg.com/news161520195.html Medicine & Health Thu, 14 May 2009 11:44:44 EST news161520195 New research from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the Stanford University School of Medicine is helping physicians unravel the cause of a deadly and mysterious bowel disease that strikes medically fragile newborn babies. The findings could lead to a better understanding of the disease and its medical management, and also shed light on the causes of sepsis, a major killer of children and young adults. http://www.physorg.com/news160029655.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:41:21 EST news160029655 A new studying appearing in Congenital Heart Disease compares the careers and long-term occupational successes of men and women who underwent surgery for congenital heart disease to those of the general population. The project has produced evidence that shows how medicine may provide preconditions for individuals with congenital defects to live a successful life. http://www.physorg.com/news157655365.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:09:55 EST news157655365 A congenital heart disease that often leads to death in newborns is significantly more common during the summer, leading researchers to believe that the environment, and not just genes that affect the heart, may play a role in causing "mini-epidemics" of this disease. http://www.physorg.com/news157626855.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:15:08 EST news157626855 People who suffer an ischemic stroke and also have an abnormality in the heart's electrical cycle are at a higher risk of death within 90 days than people who do not have abnormal electrical activity at the time of emergency treatment, according to new research. http://www.physorg.com/news156751398.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:04:37 EST news156751398 Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have shown in both fruit flies and humans that genes involved in embryonic heart development are also integral to adult heart function. The study, led by Rolf Bodmer, Ph.D., was published in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. http://www.physorg.com/news147447947.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:45:47 EST news147447947 The use of cardiopulmonary bypass does not cause short-term neurological problems in children and teenagers after surgery for less complex heart defects, according to pediatric researchers. The new finding contrasts favorably with previous studies that showed adverse neurological effects after newborn surgery for more complex heart conditions. http://www.physorg.com/news145555865.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:11:05 EST news145555865 These days most children born with congenital heart disease live well into adulthood, thanks to innovative surgical, interventional and medical treatments. That means that not only are cardiologists caring for a growing number of adults with repaired heart defects, but the resulting cardiac anatomy and physiology are often much more complex than in the past. http://www.physorg.com/news145289201.html Medicine & Health Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:06:41 EST news145289201