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Heart disease: pre-conception awareness
By Laura Lee Davies on 14/02/2006 01:12:06
Heart specialists demand greater awareness between patient and doctor of pregnant women with heart problems.
Heart specialists are calling for greater awareness of the risks faced by pregnant women with Congenital Heart Disease. There are thought to be around 125,000 women in the UK with the condition and if they fall pregnant, they are 100 times more
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Day-old baby saved by heart surgery
By Jayne Braithwaite on 25/07/2011 14:24:12
Baby undergoes a 36-hour heart operation as soon as he’s born
A poorly baby is on the mend after having complicated heart surgery at just one day old. The little boy was born with a blockage in his heart causing it to swell to a dangerous size.Surgeons at Birmingham Children’s Hospital used microscopic
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Newborn baby becomes youngest person ever to have heart surgery
By Anna Lewis on 08/02/2012 11:03:58
Jasmine Carr was given a 15% chance of survival when she had open-heart surgery at just 17 hours old
Jasmine Carr is on the road to recovery after becoming the youngest person ever to have open-heart surgery, at just 17-hours-old.The tiny fighter had a 15% chance of survival when surgeons at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital operated on her in September
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Meet the smallest baby ever to undergo life-saving heart surgery
By Amanda Pauley on 23/08/2011 15:06:38
Little Eleana weighs just 3lb 5oz
Premature baby Eleana Hastings, born weighing just 3lb 5oz, has become the smallest baby to undergo open heart surgery in Britain.She arrived six weeks prematurely with a hole between two chambers of her heart and dilated pulmonary arteries
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High weight gain in pregnancy linked to heart risks for baby
By Kimberley Smith on 02/06/2010 15:16:47
Children born to mums who put on more pregnancy pounds than recommended have higher risk of cardiovascular problems
Excessive weight gain in pregnancy has been found to have a long-term effect on a child’s weight and heart health. Researchers in Bristol found that children whose mums piled on the pregnancy pounds were more likely to be overweight or obese
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Could heart disease drugs help treat pre-eclampsia?
By Joanna Harvey on 21/04/2011 13:23:42
Common cholesterol treatment thought to be the solution for pregnant women suffering from this pregnancy complication
Prescribed tablets, taken by millions of Britons to reduce cholesterol levels, could help thousands of pregnant women suffering from pre-eclampsia, according to scientists.Pre-eclampsia affects 70,000 pregnancies a year in Britain, and if the world’s first full clinical trial is ...
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Heart DJ Harriet Scott talks about feeling her baby kick for the first time
By Sara Stoddart on 26/05/2011 15:02:09
The pregnant radio presenter announces that very special pregnancy moment to the world
Heart DJ Harriet Scott has been talking about the job of feeling your baby inside you. The popular presenter who first became a mum in January 2010 and is now due with her second baby, announced to her followers on twitter today: "You know when you
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Pink "owns my heart" says husband in sweet tweet on Twitter
By Kyrsty Hazell on 08/06/2011 14:56:58
New dad Carey Hart gushes about his love for the singer and their newborn daughter Willow Sage
Clearly feeling happy and in love with his wife Pink and their newborn daughter Willow Sage, the usually private motorcross racer, Carey Hart, took to Twitter to declare his feelings.“My wife Pink owns my heart. And she just gave me my best
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Blood test for cot death on way?
By Susie Boone on 12/03/2010 12:11:31
Heart problem link to cot death could lead to newborn blood test
Scientists have discovered a heart defect in babies who have died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and believe this may lead to a test to identify newborns at risk of cot death.The research team at the University of Strasbourg claim that cot
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Baby girl is kept alive by Viagra
By Daniella Delaney on 02/12/2011 09:38:22
Heart op child uses sex drug to stop her turning blue
A baby girl is being kept alive by Viagra after going through three heart operations.Cerys Small, 10 months, from Newport in South Wales, was born with a severe heart defect, no spleen and problems with her stomach and bowel.The drug, widely known
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