Waiting, hoping for a lifeline Nov 3, 2008
A. With leukemia, a plastic anemia and some immune deficiency diseases, stem cells in the bone marrow malfunction, producing large numbers of defective or immature blood cells or low blood cell counts. Those cells interfere with normal blood cell production, accumulate in the bloodstream and may invade other tissues. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Vitamin D tests soar as deficiency, diseases linked Jul 14, 2008
By Dan MacMedan for USA TODAY. Doctors are diagnosing a growing number of Americans with Vitamin D deficiency, including Susan Tellem, 62, left, and her daughter Tori Tellem, 40, pictured in Van Nuys, Calif. (USA Today -- News)
Your health questions answered Nov 1, 2007
Many years ago, the NHS decided that it would provide free prescriptions for patients who were suffering from "deficiency diseases" ones caused by the human body's inability to produce natural hormones. People with diabetes are not able to produce enough insulin, whereas asthma is not caused by a specific hormone deficiency. (Independent)
Glycine Supplements Prevent Degenerative Diseases Sep 7, 2007
Study leader Dr. Patricia de Paz Lugo said, We concluded that many degenerative diseases such as arthrosis can be treated as deficiency diseases due to the lack of glycine, since supplementing a diet with this amino acid leads to a notable improvement in symptomology without the need to take painkillers ... The researchers believe glycine should be considered an essential amino acid, and that many degenerative diseases are in fact deficiency diseases brought on by the lack of glycine. (Newsmax)
Mysteries of autoimmune diseases unravel Sep 4, 2007
In the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Immunology, researchers estimate, based on a random telephone survey, that another group of immune disorders called primary immune deficiency diseases may afflict as many as one in 1,200. In these diseases, caused by an inborn genetic defect, the body can't mount an effective immune response to infection. (USA Today)
3.7 mln Nepali kids getting vitamin A Apr 21, 2007
The National Vitamin A program is being carried out since 1993 with the objective of bringing down infant mortality, checking night blindness and other vitamin A deficiency diseases. Every year this program alone is said to save the lives of 12, 000 children from untimely deaths in the country, the daily said. (People's Daily Online, China)
more » Apr 13, 2007
In addition to wine provided by Pond Point Wine ts of Milford, there will be hors d'oeuvres, both live and silent auctions, plus inspirational stories from families living with primary immune deficiency diseases. Tickets are $40 and can be bought at the door. (CTNow.com)
Umbilical cord cells offer hope Mar 18, 2007
When Brunoehler got into the market, the umbilical cord stem cells were used exclusively with children whose bodies had already rejected a bone marrow transplant for treatment of leukemia, noncancerous blood diseases and some immune deficiency diseases. The big difference now is that umbilical cord stem cell transplants are beginning to look more attractive and selected earlier in treatment for disease in both children and adults, Brunoehler said. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Save a life by donating marrow Feb 13, 2007
For other people, immune deficiency diseases, like what Kailee has, can deplete the marrow. Page 1 of 2. (The Daily Lobo, NM)
