Using data from the Nurses' Health Study, researchers looked at women who reported regular aspirin use (2 or more tablets per week) versus those who did not regularly take aspirin, ... Read More

Tositumomab (Bexxar), an orphan drug approved by the U.S. FDA for marketing in June 2003, is a dual-action therapy for treating non-Hodgkin's B-cell lymphoma. A cancer-killing monoclonal antibody carries ... Read More

Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a mitochondrial disorder. Since mitochondria are found in cells throughout the body, this syndrome may affect many organs and body systems.

Reuters News reports that a rare case of craniopagus parasiticus exists in the Dominican Republic, and an international team of doctors plan to operate in February 2004 to correct the ... Read More

This genetic disorder of Chromosome 10 results in deformities of the head and face.

Many neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease, are thought to be caused by abnormally-shaped (misfolded) proteins. These abnormal proteins do not function correctly and may cause other ... Read More

Multiple myeloma, a bone marrow cancer, often comes back (recurs) after treatment. Researchers looking into why this happens uncovered a rare immune system B-cell that gives rise to the malignant ... Read More

This genetic disorder, named for the distinctive kitten-like cry made by infants with the disorder, is caused by a partial deletion of chromosome 5p.

Researchers have been trying for more than a decade to create a mouse version of human pancreatic cancer, one that would mimic the way the disease develops and progresses in ... Read More

A study published in the December 2003 issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine examined the effect that passive cigarette smoking in the home had on 52 children with ... Read More

Multiple sclerosis is no longer considered a rare disease--estimates are it affects 350,000-400,000 Americans alone. Research about MS, however, is valuable for other rare neuromuscular and autoimmune disorders, since new discoveries about ... Read More