The love between a father and his daughter is pretty unique. You may remember the story from a few years back of Emily Heaton asking her father, Jeremiah, if she…
Cancer treatment, much like golf, is all about the follow-through. It is true that chemotherapy and surgery are important. However, it’s the maintenance therapies that keep people living for years…
Confession time: I was a Trekkie. Yes, I lusted after Captain Kirk. But deep down my heart belonged to Bones, the smack-talking ship's chief medical officer who often saved the…
With the creation of a new hearing test, researchers in the United Kingdom may be one step closer to diagnosing early hearing loss in young patients with cystic fibrosis (CF),…
It pays to have a friend who's a research endrocrinologist—especially when you have a rare and little-known disease like acromegaly. For Oregon-based teacher, Betsy Whispell, the friendship was a lifesaver. She…
Little Emily Whitehead is looking attentively at a butterfly that has landed on her finger. She coos at it and lets it rest on the tip of her thumb peacefully.…
There's a whole lot more going on in your body than you know. Right now, trillions of microorganisms are hanging out in the gut (and elsewhere,) sustained in their own…
Batten disease, also known as neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) is a fatal, inherited disorder of the nervous system. It involves a build up of lipopigments that accumulate and kill brain…
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