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News about Rare Disorders
 CBS News | South Carolina woman 'very ill, but stable' with rare infection CNN By Tom Watkins, CNN (CNN) -- A South Carolina woman undergoing treatment for infection with a rare case of "flesh-eating" bacteria was in critical but stable condition Thursday at Greenville Memorial Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said. New mom diagnosed with flesh-eating bacteria days after giving birth South Carolina woman battles flesh-eating bacterial disease Mom battling flesh disease undergoes 5th surgery |
 Zee News | Doubt Cast on the 'Good' in 'Good Cholesterol' New York Times The name alone sounds so encouraging: HDL, the ?good cholesterol.? The more of it in your blood, the lower your risk of heart disease. So bringing up HDL levels has got to be good for health. Or so the theory went. Now, a new study that makes use of ... Raising HDL Levels May Not Lower Heart Attack Risk Study questions whether raising ?good" cholesterol reduces heart attack risk 'Good' Cholesterol May Not Be That Good |
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 The Age | This is your brain on sugar: UCLA study shows high-fructose diet sabotages ... UC Los Angeles [Correction: Paragraph 5 of this release was changed from an earlier version to reflect that the study focused on fructose generally, not specifically on high-fructose corn syrup; that high-fructose corn syrup is not necessarily "six times sweeter" ... Sugar Makes You Stupid, But Omega-3s Will Smarten You Back Up Fructose makes rats dumber. What sugars should we avoid? Sugar can make you dumb, US scientists warn |
A Stem-Cell-Based Drug Gets Approval in Canada New York Times In a boost for the field of regenerative medicine, a small biotechnology company has received regulatory approval in Canada for what it says is the first manufactured drug based on stem cells. The company, Osiris Therapeutics of Columbia, Md., ... Osiris Approved To Market Prochymal For Graft-Vs-Host Disease In Canada Osiris stem cell therapy approved in Canada Canada OKs Osiris drug; first stem cell therapy |
 msnbc.com | Breast cancer study reveals 'substantial genetic diversity' Los Angeles Times A new study of the protein-coding genes in 100 breast cancer tumors revealed vast differences among the cancers and highlights how complicated the disease really is, researchers said Wednesday. ?A sobering perspective on the complexity and diversity of ... Study unpicks gene changes behind breast cancer Team maps breast cancer history Mutations 'storm' may drive cancer |
 Zee News | Study finds Zithromax (azithromycin) may carry higher risk of death than other ... InjuryBoard.com People taking the popular antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), commonly called the ?Z-pack,? may have more than double the risk of death from cardiovascular problems than people taking other antibiotics. Vanderbilt University researchers found in a new ... Popular Antibiotic May Raise Risk of Sudden Death Common antibiotic boosts death risk: study Popular antibiotic is bad for heart, may lead to death |