Mayo Clinic researchers identify new form of muscular dystrophy in adults
...e genes involved in zaspopathy are passed along to offspring in a dominant manner. This means that a child will develop the disorder by inheriting one copy of the mutant gene from one parent. The Mayo Clinic researchers tentatively named the new syndrome "zaspopathy" after the affected ZASP protein. Signific...Parents who quit smoking may influence their offspring to quit as young adults
...re young may have a big influence on whether their offspring will quit smoking as young adults. "We found that parents quitting smoking early, before their children reach third grade, is associated with nearly double the chances that their children would quit smoking in young adulthood," said Jonathan Bricker,...Opponents of needle-exchange programs should think about their message to drug users
...ildren born with AIDS in the United States are the offspring of IDUs or their sexual partners. IDUs also risk exposure to various forms of hepatitis. Between 50 and 80 percent of IDUs contract hepatitis C the most dangerous strain -- within their first year of needle use. Martin also translates the problem in...