Teen with Incredibly Rare Genetic Condition is Cured in World First By British Doctors
A teen diagnosed with a rare genetic condition has become the first person in the world to be cured of chylous ascites, thanks to UK doctors.
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Taking Ketamine and Looking at Smiling Faces is a Therapy That Could Help End Depression, Shows Clinical Trial
Being given ketamine and then looking at smiling faces could help end depression, according to a new scientific study.
Boy With Crippling 'Suicide Disease' Takes First Steps in a Year After Traveling to US for Pioneering Treatment
A boy's agonizing pain from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome has been relieved by electro-stimulation from a machine called VECTTOR therapy.
New Scoliosis Brace that Grows With Patients Wins Dyson Award For Grad Student Who Wants to Make a Difference
A grad student invented an adjustable brace for young scoliosis patients who need to fix their spines—winning an award for her design genius.
Blind For 15 Years She Now Has 20/20 Vision And Sees Her Grandchildren For the First Time
59-year-old Connie Park was blind for 15 years, then surgery helped her see her daughter again. Watch them together.
Toddler Given Cancer Prognosis of 6-12 Months Defies the Odds to be Declared Cancer-Free in 8 Months
A toddler given a prognosis of six to 12 months to live after doctors found a tumor has defied the odds and been declared cancer-free.
Fourth Patient Seemingly Cured of HIV Through Wild Coincidence
The media continues the one-handed count of patients that seem to be cured of HIV as a man has stayed in remission for 17 months.
Diabetes Might Be Cured Using Healthy Stool Samples, Say Researchers at UCSD
Live bacterial therapeutics (LBTs) injected into mice stopped the progression of diabetes—and could end the need for human insulin injections.
When Antibiotics Failed, She Found a Natural Enemy of Superbug Bacteria to Save Husband's Life
Her husband was dying from a bacterial superbug, but Steffanie Strathdee, an epidemiologist, found the needle in a haystack to cure him.
Newlyweds Become Medical Researchers To Find Cure For Wife's Rare Genetic Prion Disease
This husband and wife aren't going to let a genetic disease get in the way of being able to grow old together.
Prostate Cancer Breakthrough Could Stop the Tumor Spreading After It Becomes Resistant to Current Therapy
A prostate cancer breakthrough could stop the tumor spreading after it becomes resistant to current therapy, Dutch Cancer Institute scientists say.
Scientists Turn Brazilian Tree Bark Into Promising Treatment for Leukemia
Compounds from a Brazilian tree bark can now be used to treat acute myeloid leukaemia after a new technique that delivers it straight into the cancer cell.
Light Therapy is Harnessed to Target and Kill Cancer Cells in This World First
An innovative light-activated therapy from ICR could help detect and treat an aggressive brain cancer type, a new study shows.
Bone Loss Meds May be Lowering Ovarian Cancer Risk, Scientists Find
Medicines used to prevent bone loss may help lower the risk of ovarian cancer according to research by The University of Queensland.
MS Breakthrough: New Genetic Clues to What Triggers Multiple Sclerosis Discovered by Scientists
New genetic clues as to what triggers the development of multiple sclerosis in people have been discovered by scientists.
FDA Approves First Alopecia Drug That Restores Hair Growth in Many Patients
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Olumiant (baricitinib) oral tablets to treat adult patients with severe alopecia areata.
3D-Printed Ear is Made and Transplanted From Patient's Living Cells
The ear is 100% alive, made from the patients' cells and collagen, and in most cases restores hearing as well as aesthetic form.
This Gel Stops Brain Tumors After Surgery, Offering Hope for Glioblastoma Cancer Patients
Medication delivered by a novel gel cured 100% of mice with brain cancer, a striking result that offers hope for glioblastoma patients.
Revolutionary Music Therapy Helps Paralyzed Man Walk and Talk Again - It 'Unlocked the Brain'
A man left paralyzed from Guillain-Barré disease is walking and talking again after music therapy and listening to The Carpenters nightly.
Toddler Is First to Be Cured of Rare, Deadly Condition, Using New Versions of a Faulty Gene
Teddi Shaw is now predicted to live a long, normal, healthy life thanks to this "cure" for metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD).
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