The medical team at the University of Alberta Hospital offered a brain cancer patient at the age of 30 to use DCA, a drug used to treat rare metabolic disorders, which also showed the ability to shrink tumors in rats. After 15 months the tumor was gone, 3 other patient who took this drug had their tumors shrink significantly or stop growing.
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On week 20 of their pregnancy, doctors told Jessica Browning that her twins are in risk, the twins looked healthy, but their bags were different sizes. Usually, parents have a decision to make to lose one of the twins, but Jessica went under a risky operation in which a hole was made in the thin membrane that separated the twins, allowing the fluid to equalize. Babies were born healthy at 32 weeks.
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A team of scientists from Duke university have shown how a single protein may trigger autistic spectrum disorders by stopping effective communication between brain cells. This study raises hopes of the first effective drug treatments.
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A handbag made by the handbag company Miche Bag, which is based in Utah, has already raised $700000 for cancer research. $5 of every purchase of this “Hope” handbag is donated to the huntsman cancer institute.
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Nathan Saavedra, a 2 years old toddler, was born with a rare birth defect and was in need for a kidney transplant. Chris Doing, a 38-year-old information technology security analyst heard about Nathan and contacted the hospital, after a blood test he was a donor match. On October 25th the 2 operations took place and now, for the first time in his life, Nathan had normal kidney function.
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Cyberdyne company from Japan produces a robot device called HAL which gives power to its wearer by anticipating and supporting the user’s body movements. The company is gearing up for mass-production and already started leasing the suit to welfare facilities last year.
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A new San Francisco clinic will supply medical care for uninsured, the clinic, which was created by Barbara Quinn, a 72-year-old registered nurse who teamed up with clinic by the bay, is operated by volunteers.
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Herb Swift from Washington state, survived a heart attack last week after his coworkers saved him by performing CPR, which they already knew how to perform since 3 months ago, Herb had a heart attack and they saved him back then.
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A baby was born to a 42 years old mother from the US from an embryo which was frozen for almost 20 years. The mother had been undergoing IVF treatment for 10 years without success until the successful implanted embryo.
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American Red Cross and Red Cross Racing are giving away a 2011 Ford Fiesta to one lucky winner donor thanks to a donation made by the Ford Motor Company. In addition Red Cross Racing-themed prizes will be given including T-shirts, hats and a miniature die-cast Red Cross car.
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