Clubfoot In The News
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| If you hear about Clubfoot In The News, please send me a link to the story - Ponseti or not - so I may post it here. |
| WALKING WITH FAITH By Kiley Miller, Reporter The Hawk Eye 1-800-397-1708 ext. 149 (319) 754-6824 (fax) kmiller@thehawkeye.com Reprinted here with permission: WAYLAND (Iowa) — The first step is the hardest. Before John Mitchell could become a healer, before he could craft devices to help children around the world break free from the shackles of a crippling deformity, he had to act on his unwavering faith. He had to say yes to an old man. A legend's legacy From the highway, MD Orthopaedics is all but invisible: a low beige and blue building set deep in a nearly empty business park. It seems a nondescript structure to hold such an amazing story inside. It's like a paper sack wrapped around a Bible. Mitchell founded this company three years ago with one worker — himself. Now he employs 11. Read the rest of the Mitchell story... |
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ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CLUBFOOT TREATMENT The Ponseti International Association for the Advancement of Clubfoot Treatment was established to improve the treatment of children suffering from the crippling deformity of clubfoot in countries throughout the world. Clubfoot affects approximately 150,000 infants each year. The disease is more prevalent in certain areas of the world: one in 500 African newborns will be impacted, and one in 150 newborns in the Pacific islands will be born with the deformity. In many countries these children are left untreated; their deformed foot disables them throughout their life and leaves them dependent on the charity of others for survival. Thanks to the lifelong dedication of a remarkable UI physician, Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, there is an effective, inexpensive treatment that can restore these children to a normal life. Dr. Ponseti perfected a nonsurgical method of treating infants with clubfoot. The "Ponseti method" uses manipulations and casting rather than surgical correction. This association is committed to advancing the treatment of children with clubfoot deformity through education, improved care, and research. |
| Researcher seeks genetic cause for orthopedic birth defects Beth Miller Senior Medical News Writer millerbe@msnotes.wustl.edu (314) 286-0119 April 9, 2007 -- "The orthopedic center sees 175 new patients a year with clubfoot, one of the most common birth defects, which affects one in 1,000 children," Gurnett said. Read entire story here... |
| Group targets clubfoot globally LEMOYNE, Pa., May 24 CURE Clubfoot Worldwide, an effort to eradicate clubfoot, will focus on building treatment programs in developing countries, the Pennsylvania group says. Read the rest of this story... |
| From The Sunday Times May 28, 2006 Babies with club feet aborted Lois Rogers MORE than 20 babies have been aborted in advanced pregnancy because scans showed that they had club feet, a deformity readily corrected by.......read more. |
| Ponseti Named as Clubfoot Pioneer "Dr. Ponseti's remarkable achievements and his dedication, energy and compassion have made a difference to countless children and their families," said Jean Robillard, M.D., dean of the UI Carver College of Medicine. "Through this association and the partnerships it will foster, our goal is to make Dr. Ponseti's clubfoot treatment available to any child, born anywhere in the world, with this condition." Read More... |
| New dynamic brace developed to advance clubfoot treatment by Beth Miller ...many parents used the brace less than had been prescribed, which can allow recurrent clubfoot deformities that may require extensive surgery. In fact, past studies had shown that about 30 percent to 40 percent of families do not use the traditional brace as prescribed....read more about the Dobbs brace here. |
| Ponseti method revolutionizes clubfoot treatment Altering how the foot is manipulated before casting may obviate surgical correction. By: Bradley M. Lamm, DPM, and John E. Herzenberg, MD Read Ponseti story here... |
| Published August 02. 2007 3:36PM Pomerantz will receive an honorary degree from the UI By Diane Heldt The Gazette diane.heldt@gazettecommunications.com Also to get honorary degrees are Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Solow, international author Orhan Pamuk and world-renowned UI orthopedic surgeon Dr. Ignacio Ponsetti. Read more here... |
| Walk tall: A small-town medical manufacturer achieves global reach MD Orthopaedics sends its corrective footwear products to parents of children with clubfoot around the world. Read more here... |
PediaCast With Dr. Mike
between Dr. Mike and one of Iowa City's leading clubfoot experts who works with Dr. Ponseti - Jose Morcuende, MD, PhD University of Iowa Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Discussion on Club Foot. button on your left hand side of your screen If you want, you can slide the "play" bar over about 1/3 of the way to begin this segment. |
| International symposium to focus on clubfoot treatment - 31 Aug 2007 By University of Iowa Non-surgical, low-tech Ponseti technique proving effective Read More Here.... |
| "Although he was limited in what he could accomplish physically as a boy, Rex went on to become a Boy Scout and complete Scout training. It wasn't until the clubfoot became extremely painful in his later years as a physician that he had the leg amputated," she said. Read entire story here.... |
| Antidepressants may raise the risks of birth defects Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 07/31/07 BY RITA RUBIN USA TODAY Some antidepressants appear to increase the risk of certain birth defects in babies born to mothers who took the drugs during their first trimester, but the actual number of cases is quite small, say two reports. Read story here.... |
| He’s passionate about mountains, conquers them with deformed feet Pulkit Vasudha ....for it took seven rather painful surgeries in the first 30 years of his life to restructure his feet. Read more here... |
| Pro-life peers attempt to derail bill which allows late abortions for babies with minor defects By JAMES CHAPMAN In one region, the South West, 117 babies with club feet, cleft palates, or webbed or extra fingers and toes were aborted between 2002 and 2005. Read More... |