When she was 3 years old, the doctors said that Elana could have either a laryngeal cleft, which is a hole in the larynx, or primary ciliary dyskinesia. Boston Children’s Hospital was considered the ...

Laryngeal cancer affects roughly 12,500 people in the U.S. annually, with about 4,000 deaths. Persistent hoarseness, sore throat, difficulty swallowing, and a lump in the neck or throat are ...

All of this made me who I am today, stronger and confident. I now realise I was using these things to deal with having a cleft, and I was out of control – my poor parents. I found it really hard ...

In a new study, MIT biologists have discovered how a genetic variant often found in people with these facial malformations leads to the development of cleft lip and cleft palate. Eliezer Calo, an ...

Biologists have discovered that disruptions in transfer RNA function can lead to the development of cleft lip and cleft palate. Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common birth defects ...

The Department of Plastic Surgery at JIPMER, through the Smile Train Cleft Project, organised a nurses mentorship programme on rendering comprehensive cleft care through feeding and nutrition.

OPERATION of Hope and bottling company Schweppes Holdings Africa Limited, are back again this year, offering free corrective cleft lip surgeries at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo. The free ...

The infant, born prematurely with a cleft lip, had been wrapped in cloth and left unattended in the backseat. (Also Read: Bomb hoax delays Bengaluru-bound Karnataka Express by 3 hours, Four held ...

INNSCOR Africa Limited, in partnership with Global Cleft and Cranio-Facial Foundation, recently spearheaded a series of cleft lip operation camps meant to improve the lives of many children across ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has sanctioned a law that makes it compulsory for public hospitals to offer reconstructive surgery for cleft lip or cleft palate. The piece of ...