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Experts Need to Include Children in Research

...tments for neuromuscular diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and prevention of the complications of sickle cell disease, to name but a few. Professor Warner said that people should be assured that all research involving children would be carried out ethically and responsibly. We will of course be...

New Target for Muscular Dystrophy Drug Therapy Discovered

...l of Medicine have discovered a new target for the muscular dystrophy drug therapy . The researchers have f...r to dystrophin, the defective protein in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)-puts the brakes on its own expression in muscle cells. The production of utrophin...

Differences in Brain Functions Results in non-contact Knee Injuries

...hallenge to explain how such a highly conditioned, muscular and coordinated athlete is injured, unless we consider that he was momentarily distracted the instant before his foot contacted the ground, resulting in an awkward landing, Swanik said. But McNabb is not alone. An estimated 200,000 anterior cruciat...

New Clues for Treatment of Disease That Causes Accelerated Aging

... other more prevalent disorders including forms of muscular dystrophy and heart disease. In addition, recent studies by other labs have shown that occasional errors in the production of lamin A may take place even in people with "normal" copies of the gene. Scientists suspect that accumulation of these bad ...

Now Sex Determination of Fetuses in Six Weeks in UK

...ers that usually only affect boys, such as Duchene muscular dystrophy. This test is very dangerous. It would inevitably lead to babies being aborted simply for not being the 'required' sex, warns Michaela Aston of the pro-life charity LIFE . But David Nicholson, director of DNA Worldwide, said parents are...

Daily Steroids Helpful for Boys Down With Muscular Dystrophy

...een found beneficial for boys affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy. A new study has found that daily intak...ime and reduce their risk of scoliosis. Duchenne muscular dystrophy occurs in one in 3,500 boys. Symptoms start in early childhood and rapidly progress with m...

Medical Marijuana Activist Drops Lawsuit

...tis-related condition characterized by generalized muscular pain and fatigue and a host of other ailments. Raich and Diane Monson of Oroville plus two unnamed providers sued the government in October 2002 to prevent any interference with their medical marijuana use. A federal judge in San Francisco reje...

'Muscle Noise' may Diagnose Neuromuscular Disease Sans Radiation Exposure

...tion responses may help monitor the progression of muscular diseases. The key advantage of the new technique is that it does not require external sourceslike indentation or ultrasoundto produce the propagating waves. The researchers believe that their method may be complementary to X-rays and Magnetic Res...

Researcher Studying Disease That Cripples Newborns

... type 1 myotonic dystrophy (DM1) a common form of muscular dystrophy because they have mild symptoms or none at all, notes Mani S. Mahadevan, M.D. a pathologist at the University of Virginia Health System and winner of the 2007 Rachel Fund Award for myotonic dystrophy (DM) research. DM1 is the nations mo...

Dynamic Sonography Accurate in Diagnosing Muscle Tears

...occer players ranging from 20-30 years of age with muscular trauma in the thigh and calf. Dynamic sonography o... are successfully performing dynamic sonography in muscular trauma and our players have benefited tremendously in the management and follow-up of muscle tears, ...

Dystonia Awareness Week: 4 -11 June, 2007

...h this malady have no voluntary control over their muscular movements, which results in spasms and sustained contractions. These give rise to repeated jerky movements of parts of the body and awkward postures. Dystonia affects men and women; especially those above 40. Children may also be affected. As it i...

Now Sex Determination of Fetuses in Six Weeks in UK

...ers that usually only affect boys, such as Duchene muscular dystrophy. This test is very dangerous. It would inevitably lead to babies being aborted simply for not being the 'required' sex, warns Michaela Aston of the pro-life charity LIFE . But David Nicholson, director of DNA Worldwide, said parents are...

New Clues for Treatment of Disease That Causes Accelerated Aging

... other more prevalent disorders including forms of muscular dystrophy and heart disease. In addition, recent studies by other labs have shown that occasional errors in the production of lamin A may take place even in people with "normal" copies of the gene. Scientists suspect that accumulation of these bad ...

A New Pill to Burn Away Unwanted Fat

...unately not be able to change the genetic cause of muscular dystrophy, but might slow down the disease progres...use will be on serious medical conditions, such as muscular dystrophy, rather than for those desiring a 'gym in a bottle'." GPL/L...

Cure for CMT

...wasting beginning in the legs, calling it peroneal muscular atrophy. Howard Henry Tooth (1856-1926) described ...n 1886, calling the condition peroneal progressive muscular atrophy. Tooth was the first to attribute symptoms correctly to neuropathy rather than to myelopathy...

Scientists Explore ‘muscle’ in a New Drug to Assuage Muscular Dystrophy Symptos

...Muscular Dystrophy or DMD is the most notorious of muscular dystrophy disorders. Sadly, almost 100 male children are born with this crippling disorder each year. An experimental drug has raised scientists’ hope in being able to repair the genetic aberration, so typical among victims of Duchenne Muscular Dys...

Potential Lifesaver Drug Announced

...ulty genes, has been so far successful on Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and cystic fibrosis. The drug is...termines the nature of the disease. In Duchenne muscular dystrophy, for example, the protein necessary for normal muscle development is not made, and the fat...

Doctors in UK Promoting Awareness of Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease

...ndition where the lower oesophageal sphincter (the muscular ring at the lower end of the oesophagus) is abnorm...is caused by the faulty oesophageal sphincter, the muscular ring at the lower end of the oesophagus, near the diaphragm. The sphincter is designed to prevent th...

Deflecting Damage: Flexible Electronics Aid Brain Injury Research

...ising applications for the engineering of nervous, muscular and skeletal tissue. For instance, Morrison said, the electrodes could potentially be used to train heart tissue grown in the lab to contract appropriately when stimulated. The new membranes build upon work done by Lacour during her time at Princet...

Global Warming Could Increase Exotic Fish Poisoning

... sensitivity to temperature extremes, vertigo, and muscular weakness apart from cardiovascular complications also could follow. This, however, is known to be self-limiting, symptoms subsiding after a few weeks. But in a few cases, they could persist, rarely resulting in death too. "Worldwide, we have ...

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