الجمعة، 21 ديسمبر 2018

NHS to fund surgery on unborn babies with spina bifida

From April patients will be able to have prenatal procedure to repair foetus’s spine

Unborn children with spina bifida will be able to have surgery in the womb under NHS plans to give more patients innovative treatments.

Evidence from abroad has found that the procedure can improve the lives of sufferers, even allowing some infants to walk who might not otherwise have been able to do so.

Everolimus, a new drug that treats epileptic seizures caused by a genetic condition that leads to benign tumours forming in the body and the brain. About 300 people, most of them children, will start to get it.

Selexipag, a new tablet that treats pulmonary arterial hypertension, a life-threateningly dangerous form of high blood pressure. It works by relaxing and widening the blood vessels connected to the heart and lungs to stop them getting damaged, ultimately reducing the risk of heart failure.

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from Pregnancy | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2SfGkrY

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