Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (U.S.) have developed a laboratory test to identify infants born with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID). Infants who inherit this disorder do ... Read More

A review of the book Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Miller, Gelanis, and O'Connor, a comprehensive guide to living with the disease, published in 2005 by Demos Medical Publishing.

FOX Broadcasting's weekly medical drama, "House," is about Dr. Gregory House, an infectious diseases specialist, and his team of young interns. The episode aired during the week of March 20, ... Read More

How much do you know about Lyme disease? What causes it? Can it be prevented? What's the association between Lyme disease and arthritis? How did it get its name, which ... Read More

This syndrome, which occurs in identical twins sharing the same placenta, comes from transfusion of blood from one twin to the other in the uterus. This leads to an imbalance ... Read More

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill treated mouse embryonic stem cells with a growth factor and then injected the cells into the livers of mice with ... Read More

Dr. Ilya Bezproxvanny, associate professor of physiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and his research colleagues have discovered that certain drugs may hold promise for treating Huntington's disease, a neurodegenerative ... Read More

Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is a condition in which bacteria, usually from a pelvic infection, spread through the abdomen and cause inflammation of the tissue surrounding the liver. It occurs in 15-30% ... Read More

Infection with a newly-identified coronavirus may be associated with Kawasaki disease, the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries. Researchers at Yale University found evidence ... Read More

A study by researchers at Duke University Medical Center and Howard Hughes Medical Institute suggests that an inability of red blood cells to relax blood vessels through the release of ... Read More

This inherited metabolic disorder is one of the most severe peroxisomal disorders. Despite the progress research has made in understanding Zellweger syndrome, most infants born with the disorder die within ... Read More

On February 18, 2005, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted orphan drug status to Ammonul (combination of sodium phenylacetate and sodium benzoate) as a therapy for the treatment ... Read More

The American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society published a new practice guideline for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the January 11, 2005, issue of Neurology. ... Read More