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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 ...

Progeria Patients may Have New Hope for Treatment

Children affected by progeria, which is a rare disorder characterized by premature ageing, die in their teens of ailments like heart failure and stroke, which usually affects older individuals. Cao and her colleagues have taken a big step in that ...

Scientists Discover Genetic Disorder Causing Strokes and Vascular Inflammation in Children

Inherited mutations in a blood enzyme called ADA2 that cause a syndrome of sporadic fevers, skin rashes and recurring strokes, beginning early in childhood have been discovered by scientists. The novel genetic disorder was called deficiency of ADA2, ...

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