August 1, 2007, is National Minority Donor Awareness Day in the United States. One type of tissue donation a person can make is bone marrow stem cells for a bone ... Read More

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the 2007 West Nile virus season has already seen reports of 122 human infections, leading to 3 deaths. States ... Read More

Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center and the Kennedy Krieger Institute decided to study different aspects of language as a way to increase understanding of Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder. ... Read More

Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inherited metabolic disorder. In PKU the body cannot completely break down the protein phenylalanine, so it builds up in the body’s cells and causes nervous system ... Read More

Different types of tumors develop in von Hippel-Lindau disease, usually in the eye, brain, or kidneys. Sometimes individuals with the disease may have hearing loss. Researchers at the U.S. National ... Read More

In amyloidosis, abnormal proteins are deposited in the body's tissues. This damages the internal organs and may be fatal. Researchers at Boston University Medical Center used cycles of high-dose chemotherapy ... Read More

Stiff person syndrome (also called Moersch-Woltmann syndrome) is a nervous system disorder in which muscle stiffness comes and goes. Research suggests that stiff person syndrome is also an autoimmune disorder, ... Read More

Goltz syndrome, also called focal dermal hypoplasia, affects the skin, bones of the hands, and the eyes. Goltz syndrome affects mostly girls, so two groups of researchers, one at Baylor ... Read More

Researchers at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology studied the enzymes in the brains of mice with Fragile X syndrome, a genetic disorder ... Read More

Alport syndrome refers to a group of inherited disorders that affect the kidney, hearing, and vision. The symptoms may begin at any age. Many people with Alport syndrome become deaf, ... Read More

Terri Mauro, the About.com Guide to Parenting Special Needs, has put together information about swim gear for people with disabilities or who need special equipment. Although the list is primarily ... Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notified healthcare professionals and individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) on June 28, 2007, that there may be a connection between the use of ... Read More

Jarcho Levin syndrome is a genetic birth defect which causes malformed bones in the spine and ribs (spondylothoracic dysostosis). Infants born with Jarcho Levin syndrome often have difficulty breathing due ... Read More