Surgeons successfully perform heart surgery on babies (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge - Doctors from the Hanoi Heart Hospital and the Ho Chi Minh City Heart Hospital have successfully performed surgery on three babies 6-19 months old, who suffered from ventricular septal defect.
Study: Treatment helps addicted moms have healthy babies (Vallejo Times-Herald)
With treatment, women who are smoking, using drugs or drinking alcohol when they get pregnant can still have healthy babies, a newly released Kaiser Permanente study found. Nancy Goler, a Kaiser Permanente Medical Center -Vallejo obstetrician and gynecologist, was the
State Expands Screening Program For Babies Born in Arkansas (Ashley County Ledger)
On July 1, Arkansas expanded screening of newborn babies to include 29 rare conditions that can be harmful-even fatal-to babies. At a press conference at the March of Dimes, leaders in the public health and health care arenas talked about the expansion of the Arkansas Newborn Screening Program.