Selfies, yes selfies, could help diagnose a rare genetic disease stat : CNET

National Human Genome Research InstituteCould diagnosing rare genetic disorders one day be as simple as snapping a picture with a smartphone? "Even experienced clinicians have difficulty diagnosing genetic syndromes in non-European populations." The first looked at Down syndrome, and the next will focus on Noonan syndrome and Williams syndrome, both rare but seen by many clinicians. Researchers with the National Institutes of Health's National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) successfully used facial recognition software similar to that found in airports and on Facebook to diagnose a rare genetic disease called 22q11.2 deletion syndrome using photos alone. Their data is now part of the NIH's Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations, a resource launched last year to help clinicians diagnose birth defects and genetic diseases.




The woman, who has Huntington disease, which causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain, comes in once a week with her husband, Thomas told CBS. Thomas told CBS he hopes his story will inspire others to follow in his footsteps. I just started doing it," Thomas told CBS. One day, Thomas told CBS that he decided to sit down at the table and feed the customer while allowing her husband to eat his food. Joe Thomas, who has worked at IHOP for 11 years, was photographed helping one of his regular customers eat on Saturday, CBS News reported.


A Penn State study found that the legumes may help "blunt" the increase of lipids in subjects' bloodstreamEating peanuts during a meal may help ward off cardiovascular diseases that can lead to heart attacks or stroke, according to a Penn State study released on Wednesday. This spike increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, the number one cause of death in the US and around the world. According to researchers, there was a 32 percent reduction of triglyceride levels in the subjects who ate peanuts compared to the control group. The medical trial monitored 15 healthy overweight and obese men who were fed control meals "in liquid form" with ground, unsalted peanuts." A control group was fed the same meal without peanuts.


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