Study: Abdominal Fat Ups Heart Disease Risk
Nov 12th, 2008 · A German study in this week's New England Journal of Medicine offers more evidence that abdominal fat increases the risk of metabolic syndrome and heart disease.
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Experts Identify Fungus Suspected In Bat Die-Off *
Oct 30th, 2008 · In the Northeastern United States, bats have been dying by the thousands, struck down by a strange ailment called "white-nose syndrome." Researchers have identified a previously unknown fungus that flourishes in the cold and that may be a cause of the syndrome.
Tourette's As A Way Of Life *
Oct 20th, 2008 · Writer Marcos McPeek Villatoro has Tourette's Syndrome, a condition one of his daughters inherited. But he warns: don't ever say either of them suffer from the condition. For them, it's just something that makes life more interesting.
'The Condition' Resonates With Turner Syndrome Families ****
Aug 2nd, 2008 · It's not clear whether "the condition" that the title of Jennifer Haigh's new novel refers to Turner's syndrome — a genetic disorder that prevents puberty and full growth in girls — or how the family of a child with the condition comes to grips with it.
Warding Off Marital Problems After An Earthquake
Jul 8th, 2008 · Nearly two months after the earthquake in China, survivors are facing long-term psychological damage. These include post-traumatic stress syndrome, depression and marital problems. Some Chinese care providers have invited American "crisis intervention" specialists to offer assistance.
Introducing the Autism Rights Movement ****
Jun 2nd, 2008 · Ari Ne'eman is president of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and has Asperger's Syndrome. Ne'eman is part of a movement redefining autism as a different way of being rather than a disease.
Old Drug Offers New Hope for Marfan Syndrome
May 8th, 2008 · New evidence indicates that the connective tissue disorder, which can be deadly, may be treatable with a common blood pressure drug.
Listening In on a Bat Cave
May 6th, 2008 · A mysterious disease called "white-nose syndrome" is striking down hibernating bat populations in New York State. Four of the state's six species of hibernating bats are suffering from this affliction, which is decimating bat populations throughout the Northeast. Jim Metzner has been training scientists to make audio recordings of their field research. Biologists from New York's Ulster County go underground as they try to work out what is killing the region's bats.
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