Health - 6 March 2007

A friend's grandchild has been born this morning with this condition. He was not expected to survive the birth but has so far.

For various reasons, not the least of which is emotional, my friend has not been able to find out or share much information, other than:
- the baby's heart being formed as two separate halves (this was known prior to birth as it was seen on the ultrasound);
- it also affects his stomach, but I don't know in what way;
- it may also affect other organs.

Does anyone know the name of this condition?

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2007-03-06 23:26:45 · 4 answers · asked by distordedx 3 in Dental

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2007-03-06 23:22:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

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2007-03-06 23:22:08 · 3 answers · asked by Lewanda C 1 in Cancer

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2007-03-06 23:16:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

Why do they say penile catheterisation is not painful when I have seen patients shouting like its hell upon being cathetered?

Perhaps, the doctors were not doing it right?

2007-03-06 23:15:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

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2007-03-06 23:12:51 · 1 answers · asked by isaritta 1 in Women's Health

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2007-03-06 23:10:10 · 24 answers · asked by Michael V 2 in Diabetes

i hate smoke so much it hurts my throat and eyes. she smokes about 5 cigarettes aday down from a pack ady, but now she seems to be stuck on 5 a day for the last few months. she has nicotine gum, but always refuses to useit. wheni tell her to use the gum she claims it just makes her want to smoke more. she is always complaining that when i ask her when she is gonna quit or when she is going to at least try the gum she bought it just makes her more nervous and wan tto smoke more. but if i dont ask her these quetions it seems like shell never quit and perhaps she will eventually go back up to a pack ady, what should i do?

2007-03-06 23:06:47 · 8 answers · asked by philosopher101 2 in Dental

3 years ago I had a spinal cord injury which left me without the use of my right foot....after a lot of exercise & perseverance it's slowly beginning to get better & I've regained partial use of the foot even though doctors said the injury was permanent....since the accident the muscle running down the back of my upper leg [hamstring] often goes into cramp.....when I attempt to do like butt exercises for example by laying on my back & with knees bent....lift up the lower part of my body my hamstring totally cramps up....it also happens at times while I'm sat at my computer but when I straighten my leg it goes away.....any suggestions please as I really want to get on with more exercises but this damned thing is holding me back slightly.......do you think it needs more stretching? it doesn't happen in my other leg, just the one that was injured......Thanks guys for your help......

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2007-03-06 23:00:10 · 5 answers · asked by Karen Tunay 1 in Cancer

I saw on the news this morning a woman who weighs 42 stone, is bedridden and feels as though the NHS have given up on her. Although she made a few dodgy excuses, I can't help but think her main point was a valid one.

You wouldn't tell an anorexic person to just eat, its not as simple as that as there are underlying psychological problems. So why do we tell obese people to just stop eating? there are clearly underlying psychological causes to that as well.

So should obesity be classed as an eating disorder and treated in the same way with specialist care?

What do you think?

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