Famous Hermaphrodites

• Author: Fendi
• Filed under: Asides, Famous, Girls, Health, Home, Medical, Medicine, Men, Nature, News, School, Science, Society, information
• Date: Oct 8,2008

DURING the 19th century, tourists in the grand museums of Europe often had their own private agenda. What they really wanted to see were those wicked cabinets. Read the rest of this entry »

The famous Dietrich Stephan

• Author: Fendi
• Filed under: Asides, Celebrities, Events, Famous, Medical, Medicine, News, Politics, Science, Society
• Date: Oct 8,2008

This according to the famous site askmen.com that Dietrich Stephan has a famous scientist biography. Why is he famous? Read the rest of this entry »

SMA disease

• Author: Fendi
• Filed under: Asides, Family, Health, Medical, Medicine, Personal Growth, Science, Women
• Date: Oct 7,2008

Leading the way for awareness of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has been Whitby woman Tracy Lacey’s mission for the past nine years.

Her daughter Tori was diagnosed with the disease in 1999 at age 1. Tracy and her husband Shawn started up a charity as a way to connect with other families affected by SMA. Tori’s Buddies is a research fund that works under the umbrella of FightSMA, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure.

SMA refers to a group of diseases which affect the motor neurons of the spinal cord and brain stem that are responsible for supplying messages to muscle cells for them to function properly. The disease afflicts infants, children and adults worldwide. It is estimated that spinal muscular atrophy occurs in between one-in-6,000 births. Between 1-in-40 and 1-in-80 men and women carry the gene, according to www.fightsma.org.

Despite the fact SMA is the leading inherited killer of children under two years of age, the disease still remains relatively unknown to most people so part of the crusade is to provide a voice, Ms. Lacey said. AP/ SMA disease

Bloods crips book of knowledge

• Author: Fendi
• Filed under: Asides, Medical, Medicine, News, Science, Shopping, TV, Tips
• Date: Oct 3,2008

MS-13 and 18th Street are the largest gangs in the county, followed by the Bloods and Crips, Zuleger said. In Loudoun Read the rest of this entry »

Women polio leg braces

• Author: Fendi
• Filed under: Asides, Family, Health, Home, Medical, Medicine, Science, Society, Women, information
• Date: Sep 24,2008

Epidemics are typically accompanied by panic and rapid reaction. Polio struck terror in the hearts of parents 50,000 Americans were crippled or killed by polio in 1952. Read the rest of this entry »