Feb 27, 2022
Williams syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by a microdeletion in chromosome 7. This can cause things like cardiac anomalies, hypercalcaemia and intellectual disability, and it is associated with distinctive facial features and personality.
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Feb 13, 2022
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetic conditions where you get hypertrophy of the heart muscles, particularly the left ventricle and often the interventricular septum. This causes diastolic dysfunction as the thickened, stiff ventricles can’t fill with blood properly. In some cases, people also get outflow tracts...
Feb 6, 2022
Following on from our recent episode on assessing head injuries, we discuss concussion. A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury which temporarily alters brain function. It's really common - about 20% of children will have one by the age of 10.
In this episode, we discuss why kids are more likely to have...