newswise.com | Submitted by AccessDNATeam, 03.17.10
Interdisciplinary medical teams are instrumental in giving children with orofacial clefts appropriate care. Such a team would include a surgeon, a dental professional, and a speech pathologist among others. Mothers consistently rate cleft care higher when a team is in charge of that care than when an individual is in charge.
medpagetoday.com | Submitted by genetime, 11.06.08
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 5 -- Women who smoke during pregnancy may be putting their babies at risk of cleft lip or palate, researchers reported here.
Infants whose mothers smoked had a 2.1-fold increased risk (95% CI 1.0 to 4.4) of the deformities, Gary M. Shaw, Ph.D., of the March of Dimes California Research Division and the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, and colleagues reported online in the Journal of Pediatrics.