Comprehensive cleft care for children in India is driven by the non-profit private model while government has achieved little ...

John Blankenship will have another surgery next summer to close the hole in the roof of his mouth. His family is so grateful ...

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FRIDAY, Dec. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Using a nerve blocker before surgery to correct cleft palate can reduce or eliminate ...

What Are Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate? Cleft lip and cleft palate are facial and oral differences that occur very early in pregnancy, while the fetus is developing inside the uterus. When the tissues in ...

MIAMI - Flipping through a photo album documenting her early years, Fort Lauderdale resident Stephanie Heintz points out that what you can't see in the pictures is that she was born with a cleft ...

It's estimated that every three minutes, somewhere in the world a baby is born with a cleft lip or palate, making it one of the most common birth defects. Eighteen-year-old Emma Johnston was born with ...

A Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, RSUTH, Dr. Otto Nimi Aria, has called on ...

For many Americans, cleft conditions may seem like a distant concern. But for thousands of families across the country, it is a long journey filled with resilience and courage to ensure a lasting ...

A branchial cleft cyst is a type of birth defect in which a lump develops on one or both sides of your child’s neck or below the collarbone. This type of birth defect is also known as a branchial ...

Cleft lip or palate affects one in 700 babies in the United States and the United Kingdom. The reason for this defect lies in defects normal development of the face within the mother’s womb. The exact ...