Blame defective gene for malformed faces
July 6th, 2012 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 6 (IANS) Scientists have located a gene whose mutation wrecks the shape of human faces as well as triggers mental retardation.They looked at patients with Potocki-Shaffer syndrome, a ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Children improve in rare disorder with own stem cells
February 29th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 29 (IANS) Children shot with their own stem cells, for the very first time in a rare immune disorder, have shown improvement.
The condition, known as X-CGD, is ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Baby with rare disorder born in Bhopal
February 17th, 2012 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 17 (IANS) A collodion baby -- a rare inherited skin disorder -- has been born in Bhopal. Affected babies are born in a collodion membrane, a shiny waxy ... Read more...
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4-day-old baby survives after complex surgery
December 13th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
Faridabad, Dec 13 (IANS) A four-day-old baby girl suffering a rare disorder -- Thornwaldt's Cyst (TC) in the nasopharynx -- was successfully treated at the Asian Institute of Medical Sciences ... Read more...
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This woman craves for furniture polish
July 18th, 2011 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 18 (IANS) A pregnant woman in Britain has a strange craving for furniture polish.Emma Veness, 26, ingests the spray at least thrice a day, The Sun reported.Emma, ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Kids given swine flu vaccine ‘have an increased risk of sleep disorder’
February 2nd, 2011 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 02 (ANI): Finnish researchers have found that children given a swine flu vaccine have an increased risk of a sleep disorder.According to a preliminary study by the National Narcolepsy Task ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Gene that predisposes people to syndrome with high cancer risk identified
December 22nd, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 22 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a new genetic alteration that predisposes people to Cowden syndrome, a rare disorder that is characterized by high risks of breast, thyroid and other cancers. ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
5-yr-old Brit girl with rare disorder sheds her skin every day
September 27th, 2010 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 27 (ANI): Life can't get more troublesome for the five-year-old girl from UK, who sheds her skin 14 times a day-unlike others who shed skin once in 23 days.Annabelle Whitehouse ... Read more...
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6-month-old, Asia’s youngest, operated for rare bleeding disorder
September 22nd, 2010 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Sep 22 (IANS) For the first time in Asia, doctors at a private hospital here successfully operated - by a liver transplant - on a six-month-old child suffering from a rare ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Brit woman dubbed ‘Flamingo Lady’ as rare disorder forces her to stand on one leg
August 5th, 2010 - 7:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 5 (ANI): A Brit woman, dubbed the Flamingo Lady, suffers from a rare condition that forces her to stand on one leg.Joanne Day, 36, a physiotherapist, from Weston-Under-Lizard, Shrops, has ... Read more...
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World’s priciest medicine costs $400k per year
February 24th, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 24 (ANI): The world's priciest medicine, Soliris, costs an astonishing 409,500 dollars a year for the average patient, according to a survey.The survey of the most expensive medicines on earth ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
More evidence that autism is a brain ‘connectivity’ disorder
January 11th, 2010 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 11 (ANI): New research has added to a growing body of evidence that autism is a brain 'connectivity' disorder.Senior investigator Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD, of Children's Department of Neurology, Boston, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
‘Jiyo Befikar’ with Abhishek-Vidya
December 4th, 2009 - 1:51 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
Bajaj Allianz in an event today announced its association with AB Crop and Reliance Big pictures' film "Paa'. On the occasion, they included life insurance cover on Progeria- a rare disorder ... Read more...
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Sequel to Paa in the pipeline
November 17th, 2009 - 4:06 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan starrer Paa has created sensation with the promos showcasing Big B in yet another path-breaking avtar and thus, has become one of the most-awaited movies of the ... Read more...
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What a burden! Vidya Balan carries 45 kg boy on shoulder (Film Snippets)
November 10th, 2009 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Who says acting is easy? Not when you have to carry a boy weighing 45 kgs on your shoulders. Just ask actress vidya Balan, who had ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
‘Paa’ is an emotional film: Director
November 5th, 2009 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 5 (IANS) The film "Paa", in which Amitabh Bachchan plays a patient of a rare disorder called progeria is not an educational movie, but in fact an "emotional story ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Researchers develop faster way to locate disease genes
August 18th, 2009 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) Researchers have successfully developed a novel genome-analysis strategy for more rapid, lower cost discovery of possible gene-disease links.
By saving time and lowering expenses, the approach makes it ... Read more...
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Archaeologists may have found world’s oldest known paraplegic
July 27th, 2009 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, July 27 (ANI): Archaeologists have uncovered the ancient remains of a young man in northern Vietnam who could be the oldest known paraplegic in the world.According to a report in The ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
The mystery of woman’s 200-pound legs continues
July 8th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 8 (ANI): Doctors are still scratching their heads over a woman's rare condition that has caused her legs to grow at an alarming rate, leaving them to weigh more than ... Read more...
Posted in World |
William ‘The Refrigerator’ Perry hospitalized with Guillain-Barre syndrome
April 24th, 2009 - 12:41 am ICT by GD
Former Bears star William (The Refrigerator) Perry has been hospitalized at the Aiken Regional medical Center in South Carolina with ailments related to the Guillain-Barré syndrome. He was diagnosed with the syndrome ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Mandy Sellers: Woman Whose Legs Didn’t Stop Growing
April 13th, 2009 - 9:45 pm ICT by GD
Svetlana Pankrtova, a Russian woman got a place in the Guiness World Records because she had the longest legs in the world for any woman. British woman Mandy Sellers also received international ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Quadriplegic woman set to sail solo around UK using just her breath
June 17th, 2008 - 3:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 17 (ANI): Hilary Lister, a quadriplegic woman and first quadriplegic to sail across the English Channel, now is embarking on a record-breaking journey to sail alone around the British ... Read more...
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Gene that regulates body size may harbour cancer cure
May 13th, 2008 - 1:16 pm ICT by admin
Washington , May 13 (ANI): A new study by Sunnybrook researchers has found that a gene called glypican-3 (GPC3) plays a major role in regulating body size a discovery that may ... Read more...
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