Thursday, May 31, 2012

The Same Gene That Makes Kids Grow Too Fast Can Also Cause Stunted Growth

12:20 PM Anonymous
UCLA geneticists have identified the mutation responsible for IMAGe syndrome, a rare disorder that stunts infants' growth. The twist? The mutation occurs on the same gene that causes Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, which makes cells grow too fast, leading to very large children. Published in the journal Nature Genetics, the UCLA findings could lead to new ways of blocking the rapid cell division that allows tumors to grow unchecked.  The discovery also offers a new tool for diagnosing children with IMAGe syndrome, which until now has...
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Exercise May Be Bad For Some

12:02 PM Anonymous
A new study suggests that not every healthy person benefits from regular exercise: for a small 7% minority it may increase heart and diabetes risk factors. The researchers did not suggest this should stop people exercising but point to the importance of using this type of knowledge to personalize exercise programs.   Claude Bouchard, a professor of genetics and nutrition in the Human Genomics Laboratory at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the US, was lead author of the study, which was published...
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Teenager, 19, who thought her watery eye was caused by make-up discovers it is CANCER tumour behind her nose

5:36 AM Anonymous
When Tasha Jilka began suffering from a watery left eye, she put the strange symptom down to her make-up or the seasonal weather. But far from being an innocuous allergic reaction to cosmetics, the teenager's bizarre ailment was one which changed her life forever, as she was later diagnosed with cancer. The 19-year-old's watery eye was caused by a rare cancer tumour called olfactory neuroblastoma at the back of her nose which left doctors eventually having to rebuild her whole face. Tasha's rare diagnosis was eventually made a year...
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Nigeria has highest malaria cases in the world

3:24 AM Anonymous
The Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has dislosed that Nigeria has the highest malaria cases in the world, adding that the country alone contributes 23 per cent, which is almost a quarter of the global malaria cases.   Chukwu, who was represented by Mrs Fatima Bamidele, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, stated this in Lagos, on Monday, at a dinner organised to mark the World Malaria Day, also disclosed that the country contributed about 11 per cent of maternal deaths and 30 per cent of child deaths,...
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