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22Mar/15

A mother’s quest to cure her son

March 22, 2015ResearchAngelman, Angelman syndrome, Ben Gruber, Biology, Branches of biology, Carl Johnson, Circadian rhythm, Developmental disorder, Elizabeth Dykaens, Genes, Genetic disorder, Genetics, Genodermatoses, Health, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Louis, Mental disorder, Nashville, Neurological disorders, Neuroscience, Psychiatric diagnosis, Psychiatry, RTT, seizures, Sleep, Syndromes, Terry Jo, Terry Jo Bichell, UBE3A, United States, vanderbilt universitysmbale

Researchers have discovered a link between circadian rhythms and Angelman syndrome, a genetic disorder which inhibits brain development leaving its victims unable to speak while suffering from seizures and sleep problems. The link between the biological clock and Angelman’s could prove to be a powerful tool in the search for treatments and a possible cure for the disease. Its discovery was made in part by a mother who has sacrificed everything in order to try and help her son. Ben Gruber has more.
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17Mar/15

South African doctors perform world’s first successful penis transplant

March 17, 2015MedicineAndre van der Merwe, Cape Town, Clinical medicine, Foreskin, Human anatomy, Human male reproductive system, Human penis, Medical specialties, Organ transplantation, Penis, Penis transplantation, Religious male circumcision, South Africa, Surgery, Urinary systemsmbale

South African doctors perform the world’s first successful penis transplant on a young man who had his organ amputated after a botched circumcision ritual.

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16Mar/15

Horse dung has scientists on scent of antibiotic success

March 16, 2015ResearchAndreas Essig, Antibiotic, Bacteria, Branches of biology, C. cinerea, Copsin, Defensins, Health, Infectious diseases, London, Manure, Markus Aebi, Medical specialties, PaulI Kallio, Pharmaceuticals policy, Pichia pastoris, United Kingdom, Veterinary medicinesmbale

The key to creating the next generation of antibiotics could lie in horse dung. That’s according to researchers at ETH Zurich and the University of Bonn who have produced copsin, an antibiotic protein compound, in the common inky cap mushroom that grows in manure.
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09Mar/15

France debates ‘deep sleep’ option at end of life, no euthanasia

March 9, 2015MedicineAnimal euthanasia, Assisted suicide, Belgium, Death, Disability rights, Ethics, Euthanasia, France, François Hollande, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Homicide, Jean Leonetti, Jean-Luc Romero, Legality of euthanasia, Medicine, Netherlands, pain, Palliative care, Palliative medicine, Palliative sedation, Right to die, Sedation, Social Issues, Stephane Mercier, Suicide, Switzerland, Terminal illness, VILLEJUIF, Vincent Lambert, Voluntary euthanasiasmbale

Some say it’s euthanasia, others say it’s not enough, French legislators are to start examining a draft law which would give the right to “deep and ongoing sedation” until death for terminally ill patients.

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27Feb/15

Chilean girl with cystic fibrosis tells president: Let me die

February 27, 2015HealthAndres Castillo, Atheists, Bachelet, Chile, Cystic fibrosis, Epidemiologists, Ethics, Euthanasia, Fredy Maureira, Given names, Heads of state, Health, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Jaime Burrows, Jaqueline Riquelme, Medicine, Michelle Bachelet, Pediatricians, president, SANTIAGO, SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan Supermasochist, Social Issues, Valentina Maureira, Womensmbale

A fourteen-year-old girl suffering from cystic fibrosis asks Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet to authorize her euthanasia.

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24Feb/15

Measles death in Germany sparks vaccination debate

February 24, 2015HealthcareBerlin, Biology, Cowpox, Health, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Infectious diseases, Influenza, Measles, measles virus, Medical specialties, Medicine, Mononegavirales, NEXT MEDIA, Pediatrics, RTT, U.S. SOURCES, Vaccination, vaccinations, Vaccine, Vaccine controversies, Vaccine-preventable diseases, Virus, Zoonosessmbale

(Next Media Online) – Following the February 23 death of a German toddler from measles, health officials in Berlin are considering making vaccinations mandatory.
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24Feb/15

Twins joined at chest, separated after 26-hour surgery

February 24, 2015HealthAdeline Faith Mata, Biology, Cardiothoracic surgery, Clinical medicine, Conjoined twins, Craniopagus twins, Darrell Cass, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Houston, Knatalye Hope, Lakshmi Tatma, Mackenzie, Maria and Teresa Tapia, Medical specialties, Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Twin, United Statessmbale

Ten-month-old conjoined twins who shared a chest wall, intestine and pelvis were separated in a first ever surgery of its kind, at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.
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24Feb/15

Blind man sees wife for first time in 10 years

February 24, 2015HealthAllen Zderad, Anatomy, Artificial organs, Biology, Bionics, Blindness, Carmen, Emerging technologies, Eye, Health, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Life sciences, Mayo Clinic, Medicine, Neuroprosthetics, Ophthalmology, Retinitis, Retinitis pigmentosa, Rochester, United States, Visual prosthesissmbale

A 68-year-old blind man is overcome with emotion upon seeing his wife for the first time in more than a decade with the help of a bionic eye implant.

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23Feb/15

Freetown neighbourhood sealed off as new Ebola cases emerge

February 23, 2015HealthcareAberdeen, Bankulay Kamara, David Keretesz, Ebola, Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone, Economic Community of West African States, Freetown, Health, Infectious diseases, Medical specialties, Moussa Kabia, Patrick Tombi, Responses to the West African Ebola virus epidemic, Sierra Leone, West African Ebola virus epidemicsmbale

Sierra Leone has imposed a lock down in Freetown’s Aberdeen district, following a spike in Ebola cases, in what is seen as a setback for the country hardest-hit by the virus. Health workers are conducting searches as part of government efforts to contain the virus.
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23Feb/15

11 Wesleyan students treated for MDMA drug overdoses

February 23, 2015HealthcareAmphetamines, Connecticut, Connecticut's Wesleyan University, Drug culture, Drug overdose, Drugs, Education, Effects of MDMA on the human body, Entheogens, Euphoriants, Lauren Rubenstein, MDMA, Medicine, Methamphetamines, Michael Whaley, Middletown, Molly, Pharmacology, Psychoactive drugs, Social Issues, Stimulants, Substituted amphetamines, United States, Wesleyan Universitysmbale

Eleven students at Connecticut’s Wesleyan University are being treated for overdoses of the drug MDMA.

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