People with type O blood enjoy a slightly lower risk of heart disease and blood clotting, but they may be more susceptible to ...

Brown University biologists found that when a protein called AIMP3 was removed from heart cells in mice, it led to severe ...

Turner syndrome is a rare genetic disorder found in some women and people assigned female at birth. It can cause short stature and a range of health issues including heart defects, learning ...

Women with Turner Syndrome may have certain physical characteristics such as a short and wide neck, low-set ears, or a lower hairline at the back of the head. 3.Heart Defect. Heart problems such as ...

Turner syndrome is a chromosomal disorder that affects females only. Read about its causes, ... Some people with TS are born with heart defects or very slight heart abnormalities, ...

Turner syndrome can be diagnosed at any age. It can be detected before birth if prenatal testing is done. In early childhood, infants with Turner syndrome often have swollen hands and feet. The ...

INTRODUCTION. Turner syndrome (TS) is one of the most common aneuploidies, leading to a characteristic phenotype and a wide range of comorbidities.Its incidence is 1/2,500 live female births, which ...

Turner syndrome can also cause cardiovascular defects, especially defects of the aorta (the main artery pumping blood from the heart). Cardiovascular abnormalities are the leading cause of death ...

Holly Turner's doctors initially thought her tremors were due to stress, but they were symptoms of ALS, which also took the lives of her mom and sister. Now she is doing everything she can to ...

Turner syndrome. A baby with Turner syndrome is missing all of or part of the X chromosome. This only affects babies with X chromosomes and can cause growth problems and heart and ovary defects at ...

Doctors treating babies born with Turner syndrome need to look for heart rhythm abnormalities, in addition to the usual heart problems of high blood pressure or left-sided structural heart defects ...

Background—Girls and women with Turner syndrome are at risk for aortic dissection and rupture. However, the size of the aorta and the clinical characteristics among those with Turner syndrome and dis ...