updated at 10:08 AM on 05th March 2009
Born two years ago with severe eye problems, Dakota Clarke could not even see well enough to recognise her own mother and father.
But now the parents of the little girl, who is registered blind, say she can make out their faces for the first time after pioneering stem cell treatment.
ScienceDaily (Mar. 5, 2009) — We usually think of fish as a "heart-healthy" food. Now fish are helping researchers better understand how heart disease develops in studies that could lead to new drugs to slow disease and prevent heart attacks.
At the age of 52, it is difficult for a woman to be with youthful and charming face (without wrinkles, fine lines etc) but it is not in the case of Hollywood star Kim Basinger. Recently in a press conference in Beverly Hills, the Oscar-winning actress appeared to have no fine lines, wrinkles, smooth forehead and fuller lips. It is thought to be the result of clever soft lighting - or a highly skilled make-up artist because she has never admitted to undergo plastic surgery. Alex Karidis, a plastic surgeon opines that it seems she might have undergone cosmetic surgery to get back the youthful look. The scar at the bottom of her ear lobe is seemingly appears like a scar which forms after facelift surgery. Soft lighting and well-applied make-up might be the other reasons. As she is known to be a fan of collagen therapy gel, she might have applied that to improve the beauty of face Photo: Kim Basinger's photo on the left shows her two years ago and, right photo shows her today
Knowing your skin type is the first place to start with skin care. For the most part, all skin care types are the same, only taking into account pigmentation. If you are not sure what pigmentation is, it is the color of your skin.
 Recent studies have shown that specific nutrients in food — namely calcium, omega-3 fats, fiber and vitamin D — are especially powerful at addressing the effects of high blood sugar. When combined, these nutrients have the power to reverse these effects, as well as aid in weight loss. These four supernutrients found in Prevention’s Diabetes DTOUR Diet can help you take control. |
Today's fast-paced world has grown accustomed to the 24/7 access to almost every necessity, from online order processing and moving money in bank accounts to other transactional or informational needs. Additionally, most have access to virtually any personal information needed at any time, courtesy of a mobile phone device.AllOne Health Group in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., recently introduced its secure, mobile access capability to personal health information -- AllOne Mobile. AllOne Mobile, secured through a partnership with Diversinet, places access to and control of an individual's personal health information literally in their own hands courtesy of their mobile phone device.
AllOne Mobile allows any mobile device (e.g., cell phone, PDA) to become a personal health information solution. It works with most basic phones, enhanced phones, smart phones and on all mobile platforms including Java (J2ME), BREW, Microsoft, BlackBerry and the iPhone.
Once registered, a subscriber simply downloads a program that enables ultra-secure communication with a remote server acting as a data hub (the "Vault"), storing key identification, demographic and often-used health information from the individual's PHR. The communication is secured by two-factor authentication utilizing soft tokens, the same security used by the banking industry to secure financial transactions. The Vault also can link to a variety of other health care data sets, such as insurance information, claims data, an EMR, health educational repositories, etc.
A US clinic has sparked controversy by offering would-be parents the chance to select traits like the eye and hair colour of their offspring.
The LA Fertility Institutes run by Dr Jeff Steinberg, a pioneer of IVF in the 1970s, expects a trait-selected baby to be born next year.
His clinic also offers sex selection.
UK fertility experts are angered that the service will distract attention from how the same technology can protect against inherited disease.
The science is based on a lab technique called preimplantation genetic diagnosis, or PGD.
 |  I would not say this is a dangerous road. It's an unchartered road  Dr Steinberg |
This involves testing a cell taken from a very early embryo before it is put into the mother's womb.
Nerve stimulation therapy is used to treat many different types of disorders, including back pain, epilepsy, depression, and headaches. Some recent clinical findings were presented at the 2009 American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Wouldn’t you love to go to Hawaii for a medical meeting? The research was on the use of occipital nerve stimulation for refractory migraines. Vagus nerve stimulation has been used very successfully to treat epilepsy. A stimulator gets implanted under the skin (similar to a pacemaker) and then electric impulses are sent up the vagus nerve in the neck.
