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New Born With Progeria Looks Like 80-year-old Man
A new born baby looks like an 80-year-old man in the district of Magura,
Bangladesh, was found to have a rare condition called progeria.
Local doctors, who have been left stunned, say the baby has wrinkles on the
face, has a very shrunken ...
Poverty Affects Cognitive Function and May Contribute to Premature Aging
Rising income inequality in the United States means that four out of five Americans will live near poverty at least once in their lives, suggested a recent Associated Press survey.
Poverty and perceived hardship over decades among relatively ...
Weight Loss from Bariatric Surgery may Help Reverse Premature Aging
Weight loss from bariatric surgery appears to reverse the premature aging associated with obesity, suggests a research.
The study revealed whether bariatric surgery -- a procedure that bypasses the gastrointestinal tract and leaves only a ...
15-Year-Old Nihal Bitla Finally Succumbs to Progeria
India’s first reported case of progeria, Nihal Bitla has passed away at the age of 15 years in Telangana. He has been the face of progeria for the nation and is one among the 60 children currently diagnosed with progeria.
He went to his native ...
Zika-Infected Pregnant Women Face 1-in-100 Chance of Baby with Birth Defect
Brazil has been hardest hit by the mosquito-borne Zika virus, with some 1.5 million people infected and 745 confirmed cases of the brain-deforming syndrome. Zika has been linked to an increased risk of microcephaly - an otherwise rare condition that ...
Program of Excellence for Rare Genetic Disorder Affecting Kids
To develop effective treatments for children with CDKL5, a rare X-chromosome-linked genetic disorder that causes severe neuro-developmental impairment and early-onset, difficult-to-control seizures, the London-based LouLou Foundation and the Orphan ...
Virtual Reality Helps in Giving a New Lease of Life for a Baby With Birth Defect
Virtual reality artificially creates sensory experiences including sight, touch, hearing, and smell. US Doctors have now achieved a new milestone using this for saving a life of a baby. Minnesota Baby Teegan Lexcen was born with a birth defect ...
Heavy Smoking and Alcohol Use Leads to Premature Aging
Scientists reveal that heavy smoking and alcohol use cause distinctive changes to human DNA, leading to an accelerated premature aging.
Interestingly, moderate alcohol use -- about one to two drinks per day -- was correlated with the ...
13-Year-Old Teen With Rare Genetic Disorder Dies After Waiting For Multi-Organ Transplant
After battling a rare genetic disorder 13-year-old has died in Bartow County. Dalton Robinson’s case was so rare that in the last 20 years only 88 of these transplants had been done. He was one among a handful of people who needed multi-organ ...
Haryana Initiates Birth Defect Surveillance In India as Primary Prevention Tool
Haryana collaborates with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Center for Disease Control (CDC) to initiate statewide birth defect surveillance in India.
Director National Health Mission Inoshi Sharma, said there are 1.7 million children ...
New Insights into Premature Aging and DNA Damage
Scientists suggest that a molecule called interferon may play a role in premature aging. They found that DNA damage that is normally associated with aging stimulates interferon signaling, which in turn may cause features of premature aging. ...
Hayley Okines, Campaigner of a Rare Premature Aging Disease Called Progeria, Dies at 17
Hayley Okines, who raised awareness of a rare genetic disorder, progeria, which causes premature aging, has died aged 17. On April 2, it was announced that 17-year-old progeria sufferer Hayley Okines from Bexhill in East Sussex, England, had passed ...
Lithuanian With Birth Defect Gets Life-Changing Bionic Arm
A 21-year old Lithuanian boy, Martynas Girulis, who was born with a neuromuscular disease that left him unable to use his arms, has undergone a bionic reconstruction surgery, and is now able to control his bionic arm with his brain.
Austrian ...
Risk of Birth Defect Double With Pregnant Women Taking Painkillers
Using doctor prescribed painkillers by women of child bearing age, face double the risk of serious birth defects in babies than their counterparts.
Many women are unaware that prescription opioid-based medications such as codeine, oxycodone, ...
Learning Disabilities Due to Genetic Disorder Reversed by Statins
Learning deficits caused by a mutation linked to a common genetic cause of learning disabilities could be reversed with statins, a popular class of cholesterol drugs. This was discovered by UCLA neuroscientists and published in the November 10 ...
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