Yuemeng Dai, MD, PhD, of Little Rock, AK, will receive the first place Bill Postic Basic Science Award for outstanding achievement in the field of pediatric otolaryngology for his research paper titled "Enos Protein Expressions is Decreased in Involuting Hemangiomas,"during their annual meeting, April 29 – May 1, 2011, in Chicago, IL.

Hemangiomas -- strawberry-like birthmarks that commonly develop in early infancy -- are generally harmless, but up to 10 percent cause tissue distortion or destruction and sometimes obstruction of vision or breathing.

New research finds that a genetic defect test performed during early pregnancy appears to increase the chances that a baby will be born with an infantile hemangioma, or birthmark.

By Gordon, Sandra One in ten babies is born with - or develops - skin blemishes. Here are the essnetial facts on the six most common kinds and the newest ways to treat them.

By Shin, Sandra J; Lesser, Martin; Rosen, Paul Peter Context.-Vascular tumors comprise a minor subgroup of tumors arising in the breast and represent variants of hemangiomas and angiosarcomas. Diagnostic challenges may arise when differentiating hemangiomas from types I and II angiosarcomas.