Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Anencephaly lived to age 2

Usually babies born without a brain die the same day of birth but this baby lived to age 2. He only had a brain stem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMlVNFpzKNI&feature=related

Born without a face

This baby had no face even in utero on U/S scan. Surgery was done to give her a face.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=JTJj6hDMkIg

Triglyceride Transport

This is a good write-up on the metabolism of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (VLDL and chylomicron). It emphasises on the importance of the triglyceride (TG) and cholesteryl ester (CE) exchanges between VLDL remnants and HDL, and also how the small dense LDL are formed. It highlights the significant role played by smaller VLDL in atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD).
http://www.lipidcenter.com/pdf/TG_and_VLDL_Physiology.pd

Miracle man walks again

Alhamdulillah, I still have legs. Look at Peng Shulin - he now uses bionic legs:
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/56500-miracle-man-walks-again

Empower Your Health

This site has a lot of patients' stories and cases which are worth reading. The conditions are categorised.
http://www.empoweryourhealth.org/taxonomy/term/82

Rare form of Turner Syndrome

This is a good article on a rare form of Turner Syndrome
i-was-born-with-a-rare-form-of-turner-syndrome