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A Mother Passes On A Rare, Terminal Brain Disease To Her Three Children

...k Nolte and Susan Sarandon. The film told the true story of Augusto Odone who created the oil to stop the progression of ALD in his son. br>...

Nepali Rhesus May be Used as an Alternate for HIV/AIDS Research

...ng of vaccines for HIV/AIDS. Writing in the cover story of the current issue of the American Journal of Primatology, researchers headed by Randall Kyes of the University of Washington report that the Nepali macaques are more closely related genetically to rhesus macaques from India than rhesus macaques of...

Court Dismisses 143-Crore Claim Against Hospital In Kolkata For Alleged Negligence In Treatment

...ife Anuradha which resulted in her death. Saha's story began in April 1998 when he and his wife were in Kolkata on a visit to their families. A couple of days later days in Kolkata, Anuradha, 36, developed a cold, a fever and minor skin rash which looked like it was spreading after a week. The skin rash ...

Mad-Cow Resistant Calf Cloned in China

...h genes resistant to mad cow disease. The success story was marked by the birth of a 55-kg calf //in the eastern province of Shandong Researchers at the Laiyang Agro-Science Institute in Shandong claimed to have used gene-transplant technology to introduce the genes to the calf cloned from cells of an a...

Little Makoda-Poster Girl For Leukemia Awareness Campaign Losses Her Battle Of Life

...y. After confirmation of the results in March, her story was made public with an urgent call requesting for donors for blood or bone marrow. Speaking to the media at that time the doctors explained that the best chance for finding a match would be in Asia. The doctors explained that this was so as Makoda...

Older Adults could be Benefited from Chinese Martial-Arts

...of six months. Numbers alone don't tell the full story of the results, however, Yang said. ‘But when you see how it translates to functional performance … how meaningful it is to their daily life – putting on jeans, taking groceries out, even the posture you have when you hold your grandchildren – the ...

The sleep race: White, wealthy, and sleep-wise

Chicago: Read this story at your own risk, of losing sleep over the race that sleeps more! A recent study by a team from the University of Chicago study has discovered //that wealthy whites sleep well as compared to all other ethnic groups. Diane Lauderdale, the school’s p...

Court Fines Newspaper for Revealing AIDS Orphan's Identity

...e report carried three photos of the woman and the story of her sufferings after her parents, who contracte...oman and he bought her photos from a website. His story was scalped from other news reports and the woman's own anonymous writings on the Internet. His lat...

Craniofacial Surgery Gives Tijuana Teen Chance to be 'Normal' Kid

...o matter how you look at it. At the center of the story is Jose Daniel (Danny) Lozano, a teenager from Tijuana, Mexico who is recovering from reconstructive craniofacial surgery. Danny is one of many children who have received medical care made possible by a highly specialized medical team at Cedars-Sinai...

Discovery In "Bubble Boy" Disease Gene Therapy

...fected with viruses. XSCID was made famous by the story of the so-called "Bubble Boy" who lived inside a plastic "bubble" to shield him from infections. Based on these recent studies, the St. Jude researchers concluded that XSCID itself makes mice--and by extension, children with this disease--particul...

Popular TV Star Making Film On Real Life New York Nightclub

..."When I first heard about these guys, I knew their story would make an original comedy about fame and friendship." Source: IANS...

Overseas dentists joining NHS on a high

...: "The figures published today don't tell the full story with many patients still struggling to find a dentist.” "We welcome dentists from overseas but this is only a short-term solution to the shortage of dentists caused by poor workforce planning in the past. "We must also wait to see the impact of t...

HIV Carriers Join Hands to Fight for their Rights

...ltiplied till they breathed their last. But the story is changing. Several voluntary groups are stepping in to help HIV carriers and AIDS patients. One of the HIV carriers who attended the workshop is Vijaya (name changed). Life has not treated Vijaya kindly. She contracted AIDS from her husband s...

Fight Back Against Inherited Sudden-Death Heart Condition

...s gone. I have a new lease on life.” Catherine’s story is proof that proper care can give HCM patients a chance at better quality of life and peace of mind, says Sharlene Day, M.D., who directs the U-M’s HCM Clinic, one of only seven specialized programs for HCM patients in the nation. It brings together...

"Macbeth effect"- study correlates cleanliness and conscience!!

...n 27 different students. The students read a short story in which the lead character either behaved ethically or unethically. In the story, there is a prestigious law firm. The lead character gets a document that a colleague requires for a case. The main character gives the document to the colleague in ...

Molecular Medicine And Diabetes

...-term prognosis." "We hope and pray that Lilly's story will bring hope to all those who suffer with diabetes," added Lilly's parents. "This was Lilly's unique 'cure' but there are many other 'cures' on the horizon."Lilly will still see her friend the school nurse every day," said Laurie, "but from now on...

Cell-Wall Carbohydrate in Anthrax Bacterium Holds Promise for New Vaccines

...ter was delivered in 2001. Still, a New York Times story on September 18 reported that despite a $900 million “push to add a new anthrax vaccine to the stockpile,” there have been setbacks. The Times reported that “only a small fraction of the anticipated remedies are available.” As a first step in unders...

Williams Syndrome, the Brain, and Music

... The current study is just the latest chapter in a story that’s been unfolding for quite some time –gaining increasing momentum in recent years. It all started when Bellugi reached out across disciplines and assembled a team of experts under the umbrella of a Program Project from the National Institutes of...

Tilt the Scales in Your Favor by Simply Weighing Yourself Everyday!

...ons of such a move, let us give you the background story of why the most famous ‘don’t’ of almost all weight loss programmes stands challenged. This study which can be found in detail in the New England Journal of Medicine, with the title ‘Study to Prevent Regain’, or ‘STOP Regain’ , involved 314 people ...

Review Opens Bag of Tricks for Reducing Pain from Children’s Shot

...as simple as having the child count or listen to a story or music while getting the shot. For example, a very young child can be distracted by blowing soap bubbles, Uman said. Distraction could also include having a television for the child to watch or a video game handy, said Lynne Gerson Maxwell, M.D.,...

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