How Mothers of Children with Orofacial Clefts View Barriers to Accessing Care - Newswise

Newswise — When a child is born with an orofacial cleft, a family may face medical, financial, and cultural trials. Knowing how parents perceive their ability to access needed care for a child born with birth defects can help formulate solutions.

Cleft lip/palate cause much more than cosmetic problems - medicalxpress.com

Patients can face serious airway, feeding, speech and hearing problems, as well as social and psychological challenges, Laura Swibel Rosenthal, MD, of Loyola University Medical Center and colleagues write in the June 2012 issue of ...

100 kids to get free harelip, cleft palate surgeries - Sun Star

ANGELES CITY — Some 100 children are set to receive free harelip and cleft palate surgeries from the Kapampangan Development Foundation (KDF), Operation Smile and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) at the Rafael Lazatin Memorial Hospital on ...

Smile Train Achieves Milestone of 750,000 Free Cleft Surgeries - CNBC

NEW YORK, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- "Smile Train has provided 750,000 free cleft surgeries to children around the world since its founding in 1999, and will now dedicate itself to reaching the goal of '1 million smiles' within two and half ...

'He is the love of my life': Mother's inspiring YouTube video about son born with severe cleft palate that left him with no eyes - Daily Mail

A mother whose son was born with a rare form of cleft palate that left him with no eyes has made an inspiring video revealing their struggles - and how the baby boy battled their bullies with his laughter. In the YouTube video, Lacey Buchanan, from ...

Wang Provides a Better Life for Children Worldwide - NHL.com

In 13 years, they’ve helped provide children around the globe receive over 750,000 cleft surgeries. Smile Train is an international charity that provides those born with cleft lip or palate free reconstructive surgery. Their mission is to provide every ...

Children with craniofacial disorders face numerous medical challenges beyond appearance - News-Medical.Net

Children born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other craniofacial disorders face numerous medical challenges beyond appearance. Patients can face serious airway, feeding, speech and hearing problems, as well as social and psychological ...

Art auction to support cleft palate surgery for children - Viet Name News

HCM CITY — Works by several popular artists will go under the hammer at an annual charity dinner in HCM City on Saturday to raise funds for performing cleft palate operations for Vietnamese children, this time in Nghe An Province. This is for the eighth ...

Rotaplast, founded by Marin residents, celebrates 15,000 reconstructive surgeries around the world - Marin Independent Journal

A 5-year-old girl who had been abandoned by her family because of her cleft lip and palate was one of the patients who received reconstructive surgery from Dr. Anne DeLaney of San Rafael during a trip to Guatemala in March. DeLaney, a plastic ...

Mother's Inspiring Video About Blind Baby Son - YAHOO!

Lacey Buchanan never dreamed that a Youtube video she created about her blind baby boy and his rare cleft palate condition would spread virally, racking up some 7 million views and delivering hundreds of personal messages of support to her Facebook and email inboxes.