Word: cystic
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...otherwise healthy person, there is no cause for alarm," says Dr. Lynn Connolly, a practicing clinician and assistant professor at the University of California, San Francisco, who has treated patients with M. avium infection. Connolly is quick to add that if you have AIDS, chronic lung disease, cystic fibrosis or an immune system disorder, then there is some cause for concern. In such patients, the bacteria can cause lung diseases, and in some extreme cases infections in other parts of the body as well. (See the most common hospital mishaps...
...unclear how much vitamin D kids really need. It depends on a host of factors: children with epilepsy, cystic fibrosis or celiac disease may need more than the 400 IUs the AAP is recommending; kids with darker skin or living at northern latitudes with less sun may also require more. That means, of course, parents should consult their own pediatrician about how much vitamin D to give, but says Gordon, "Vitamin D toxicity doesn't occur until at least 2,000 IU a day and maybe as high as 10,000, so they shouldn't be overly worried about giving...
...probably not something I’d like to do again because each one takes so much time and so much effort to do well,” said Parise. The main character in the movie, Jill—played by actress Taryn Manning—suffers from cystic fibrosis, a disease that Parise became interested in while writing the screenplay. “My co-writer and I actually heard a segment…that was about a young girl who actually had cystic fibrosis but was living her life with so much enthusiasm, really living her life fully...
...Jack is struck by her positive approach to life and the two become roommates (and a pseudo-couple); but their differing outlooks continuously clash. What Jack does not know is that Jill’s liveliness spawns from her lack of time—she has been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. As Jack and Jill take on the world in this “Sweet November” look-alike, they create their own manifesto, combining both Jill’s optimism and Jack’s pessimism. However, anger arises when Jill violates rule number one?...
Each new adult-stem-cell breakthrough makes the research easier by offering scientists more options, but advances in genetics make the issue of reproduction harder. Couples can screen out embryos for cystic fibrosis and cancer risk. Should they also be allowed to screen for blond, for smart, for straight or gay? We are on a road toward reproduction that doesn't require eggs and sperm at all. This is a moral wilderness, full of hope and traps. I don't expect aspiring parents to bring order to it when all they want is to survive the journey and make...