Congenital deafness research requestby
DeafBlog
The DeafBlog has been contacted by a medical student who has chosen congenital deafness as the topic for her dissertation. She's looking for any individual who may be interested in completing a short...
TMC1, a Deafness-Related Geneby
nih.gov
have discovered that dominant and recessive mutations in TMC1 underlie two forms of hereditarydeafness, known...
Relevant Publication:
K Kurima et al. Dominant and recessive deafness caused by mutations of a novel...
Hereditary Pancreatitisby
Dr. Anshu Gupta
About Hereditary Pancreatitis
Hereditary Pancreatitis is a rare inherited condition.... In the United States, it is estimated that at least 1,000 individuals are affected with hereditary pancreatitis...
New embryo test could detect thousands of hereditary disordersby
pvedmom
embryos prior to implantation in order to avoid having children with debilitating hereditary conditions... hereditary disorders in the embryo's DNA can be flagged up.
Professor Alan Handyside, who led the research...
Posture: What is it? Is it hereditary?by
Dr. Eben Davis
I am often asked if bad posture is hereditary. After-all..often times you can look at 3... is hereditary or not. I have focused all of my time and energy on learning how to correct it.
So...
Hereditary cholesterol- the good news!by
Monique
and since this is hereditary cholesterol officially there is nothing you can really do about it except for taking a high doses... as we could about hereditary cholesterol. Finding information about normal cholesterol was easy...
Understanding Hereditary Cancerby
Dr. Ramunas J.
“All cancer is genetic, but some cancers are more genetic than other” – I often quote this paraphrase from George Orwell Animal Farm .
To learn about these “more genetic” or hereditary cancers...
Red Flags for Hereditary Cancerby
Lisa E. L.
York Times about red flags for hereditary cancer went into detail about specific findings in families. About 5-10% of cancers are thought to be strongly hereditary; for people who worry about their genetic...
Should I be on Enbrel since I am asplenic?
I do not have a spleen due to hereditary spherocytosis. I get very sick while on Enbrel and wonder if the combination is too much or if it is just the Enbrel. Also very important, a sed rate cannot be done on HS patients......false reading. Spherocytes do not form a rouleoux.
oftentiredcrap
Hereditary Angioedema : New Therapies for Rare but Potentially Fatal Disease
with recurrent swelling of the hands, feet, arms, legs, face, genitalia and throat. The disease is hereditary... care unit visit.
Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) was elegantly reviewed by Dr. Busse about four years... of this rare, but potentially life-threatening disorder.
More about Hereditary Angioedema
HAE occurs...crap
why are migraines hereditary?
I would like to know why migraines are hereditary? And am I most likely to give to my daughter?
Tracie H.crap
Is crohn's disease hereditary?
Is crohn's disease hereditary? My mother died from colon cancer, my daughter has crohn's disease and now I have been diagnosed with a microscoptic bacteria that is akin to the above problems.
Ellencrap
A Bridge of Understanding
According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communicable Disorders, more than 28 million Americans are deaf or hard-of-hearing. The Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness has found that 2,000 people in L.A. County are deaf or hard of hearing and HIV positive.
For these 2...crap