Mystery disease fueled top doc’s passion
Progeria, seen in this boy, causes premature aging, hair loss and physical problems seen in the elderly.
— Her name was Meg, 23, featherweight and feisty.
Standing 3 feet tall, Meg didn’t look like her peers. Bald and skinny, her body was aging rapidly because she had a rare genetic disease called Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome.
People with progeria wrinkle and develop the same circulation and joint ailments as the elderly — except most of them die by age 13.
Progeria affects 200-250 children worldwide, but research into the disease could offer clues on cellular function and how it affects human aging and other age-related diseases.
Jillian Michaels on Motherhood, Insecurities & Her Least Favorite Workout
Fitness guru Jillian Michaels graces the July/August cover of FITNESS magazine and inside, the former The Biggest Loser star and mom to be opens up about her insecurities about her new TV show, motherhood, what motivates her and more.
Heres a sneak peek at the interview which hits newsstands next week:
Jillian on feeling insecure about “uncharted territory” and her new TV gig:
“I’m insecure in my relationships I hate being vulnerable. And if you can’t be vulnerable in relationships, you can’t be truly intimate. I’m insecure about any kind of uncharted territory. I’ve never do
5 Ways to Improve Your Chances of Sticking to a Strict Diet
5 Ways to Improve Your Chances of Sticking to a Strict Diet
Your research is complete. You have a blank food log ready to go. You know exactly how many carbs, proteins, fats, and calories to eat each day. You even have an alarm set to go off every 3 hours to remind you to eat a snack or drink a protein shake. Youve got anywhere from 10-20 weeks to reach your target body fat, but you know full well that cheating can be disastrous.
You know from experience that after 2 weeks your body is going to demand that you feed it some of your favorite tasty treats. But this time is going to be different. This time you are going to stick it out.
Maxine Glover Joins TalkLive
Please come back later today for her full gallery. Maxine is very smart, an American ex-pat, and we are so pleased to have her join us. You can reach her at 800-222-3539, Extension 650.
Why skin is a better lens than glass
IT’S as if Humpty Dumpty was put back together again – stronger than before. Light that passes through an opaque medium, such as an eggshell, can be reassembled in sharper detail and over a wider field of view than if it passed through a transparent lens alone. Such “scattering” lenses could one day be used to see individual living cells, replacing biopsies and improving surgical precision.
In 2007, Allard Mosk and colleagues at Twente University in Enschede, the Netherlands, demonstrated that materials not normally transparent to optical wavelengths can be used to sharply focus what little light gets through.