Infants With Rare Genetic Disease Saved by Cord Blood Stem Cells
Children with a fatal genetic disorder called Krabbe disease can be saved and their brain development preserved if they receive stem cells from umbilical cord blood before symptoms of the disease develop, according to a study published in the May 19, 2005, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Without an immediate transplant of stem cells, Krabbe infants rapidly begin to lose all c...Infants with Rare Genetic Disease Saved By Cord Blood Stem Cells
Children with a fatal genetic disorder called Krabbe Disease can be saved and their brain development preserved if they receive stem cells from umbilical cord blood before symptoms of the disease develop, according to a study published in the May 19, 2005, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Without an immediate transplant of stem cells, Krabbe infants rapidly begin to lose all c...Crucial site for endangered frogs and birds saved
Fast action by an alliance of conservation groups battling global extinctions has saved one of the world's most important sites for endangered species. American Bird Conservancy (ABC), Conservation International (CI), and Fundación ProAves of Colombia stepped in to protect the 1,600-acre site on the northwest slope of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta massif, on the Caribbean coast of Colom...New study calculates millions of years saved in lives of AIDS patients
This year, the U.S. federal government will spend $21 billion for HIV/AIDS research, treatment, prevention, and related activities. Is this enormous expenditure paying off? A study published in the July 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online, indicates that it is--and more so than previously thought. The study, by Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, Kenneth Freedber...Endangered shortnose sturgeon saved in Hudson River
For the first time in U.S., and probably global, history a fish identified as endangered has been shown to have recovered -- and in the Hudson River, which flows through one of the world's largest population centers, New York City. The population of shortnose sturgeon, which lives in large rivers and estuaries along the Atlantic coast of North America, has increased by more than 400 percen...Lives Saved through Simple Changes
Public health advocates have long observed that public health and prevention often get short shrift in the competition for attention and funding. This is probably// because the significance of "statistical" lives saved vs. "actual" lives saved through expensive, high-tech medical care is often misunderstood. In actuality the same resources could help several more people through preventive...Lives being Saved through Weight loss treatment
New research has been released by Australian obesity experts that show gastric banding surgery can save lives.// At the international conference on obesity in Sydney there were three studies which showed that there was up to 75 per cent reduction in mortality rates in obese people who had the surgery. A small adjustable band is placed around the upper part of the stomach f...Living Liver Donor Who Saved Life of Mother-in-law Represents Cedars-Sinai in Rose Parade
When Keith Karzin donated half his liver to his mother-in-law in November 2003,// he wanted nothing in return except to save the life of his wife’s mother and his children’s grandmother. But the 45-year-old Valencia resident has been chosen to represent Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on the Donate Life Rose Parade? Float this coming New Year’s Day. “It’s going to be an honor, and...Billions of Dollars Saved in U.S. By Polio Vaccination
A new study by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) finds that polio vaccination in the United States //has resulted in a net savings of over $180 billion, even without including the large, intangible benefits associated with avoided fear and suffering. This first study to retrospectively demonstrate the enormous benefits of polio vaccination appears as part of a spec...Viagra Plays Another Role-Premature Baby Saved
Parents of a premature baby are thanking doctors who clutched at the last straw to save their child; using Viagra to resurrect his lungs.// Little Lewis Longfellow was born last August when his mother was just into 24 weeks of pregnancy. His premature birth coupled with low birth weight was bad enough, but this was worsened when his lungs collapsed the day after birth. Doctors...