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Cathleen said:
I have no good news to add, but did want to post my appreciation to Miz Cate for her uncanny ability over the past couple of years to make me lol just when it's most needed.
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I have no good news to add, but did want to post my appreciation to Miz Cate for her uncanny ability over the past couple of years to make me lol just when it's most needed.
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SweetErika said:He should be home around 2 or 3:00am!!!
*Crosses fingers for a safe 13-hour drive.*
woo hoo! that's fabulous Erika.
:being polite about your activities once he arrives, unlike someone else we know
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quoll said:It's one of those stories that just make you feel good isn't it.
The littlies are doing well, although I think Little Feet is turning into an alien, since he started teething he's become a real Klingon.
Not only is she a cutie but it makes me smile to be reminded how some people overcome adversity.
Glad your family is well quoll and just because (((quoll)))
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Not earthshaking news
But, I finally sold my old 12 year old car! Yea!
What a relief to get rid of it before something else goes bad.
Good new for me for sure. And my kids get a rib dinner out of the deal.
Good all around.
But, I finally sold my old 12 year old car! Yea!
What a relief to get rid of it before something else goes bad.
Good new for me for sure. And my kids get a rib dinner out of the deal.
Good all around.
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I have a fantastic job with a small company. Unfortunately there is no way for me to be promoted as the company is far too small. So - great news for me - I finally got an interview with a large company who I'd love to work for!
*crosses fingers* Interview is on Friday...
*crosses fingers* Interview is on Friday...
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I have not been around online much at all and not here on Lit in over a month. But after logging on tonight, I found a message sent to me long ago from a dear friend telling me how wonderful things were going for her!
Hard to imagine anyone more deserving of some good news.
Thank you for sharing...
Hard to imagine anyone more deserving of some good news.
Thank you for sharing...
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I'm glad to hear when missing soldiers finally make it home. His family now has peace.
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Shot May Reverse Type 1 Diabetes
Doctors Hope To Improve Quality Of Patients' Lives
POSTED: 11:44 am EDT July 18, 2010
UPDATED: 9:03 pm EDT July 18, 2010
BOSTON -- Medical researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital are currently testing if a long-used vaccine – a simple shot or series of shots over time -- could reverse Type 1 diabetes, NewsCenter 5's Bianca de la Garza reported Sunday.
Ben Rosenthal has lived with diabetes since his diagnosis at just 13 months. By the age of 5, he needed five to 10 shots of insulin a day to control his blood sugar.
"When the kids brought in birthday cake, I couldn't have it," he said.
Rosenthal never knew when a diabetic shock would set in. "You, like, go to sleep and wake up in the hospital. It's really scary."
He now uses an insulin pump, instead of shots, to control his diabetes. That switch has made managing his disease easier, but Dr. Maria Faustman wants something even better for her diabetic patients.
"Permanent disease reversal," she said.
Faustman said she thinks a vaccine called bacillus Calmette-Guerin, or BGC for short, could reverse type one diabetes in humans. The vaccine has been around for 80 years, used safely to treat tuberculosis and bladder infections.
The BGC vaccine costs about $15 per dose. Faustman's research showed that the shot got rid of type one diabetes in mice.
"We got rid of bad white blood cells, and the pancreas regenerates so they self-healed," she said.
About a dozen diabetes sufferers have been coming to Mass. General to get the BCG vaccine for about 2 1/2 years.
The side effects are minor. Patients have reported some inflammation at the shot site and, occasionally, a slight fever.
"The question is, can we use this old-fashioned, cheap drug and find out the right dosing to decrease the bad white blood cells so the pancreas can kick in?" Faustman said.
According to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, as many as 3 million Americans live with Type 1 diabetes. Forty children are newly diagnosed each day in the United States alone. Type 1 is less common than Type 2, or adult-onset diabetes, which is largely caused by poor diet and a lack of exercise.
Faustman concedes that if her research is ultimately proven effective, there are some who stand to lose. She estimates that type 1 diabetes care in the U.S. alone is a $15-17 billion per year industry.
Rosenthal hopes for a possible breakthrough that he's been waiting for his whole life.
"I would relax. I would just live my life live normally, [it would be] really peaceful for me. It would be amazing," he said.
Additional information about the clinical trials can be found at http://www.faustmanlab.org, and individuals interested in participating in future trials should e-mail DiabetesTrial@partners.org.
The research was funded in part by the Iacocca Foundation, which was founded by Lee A. Iacocca, the former leader of Chrysler, in 1984 in honor of his late wife, Mary K. Iacocca, who died from complications of Type 1 diabetes.
Copyright 2010 by TheBostonChannel.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. src
Mass General Hospital Diabetes Center
Doctors Hope To Improve Quality Of Patients' Lives
POSTED: 11:44 am EDT July 18, 2010
UPDATED: 9:03 pm EDT July 18, 2010
BOSTON -- Medical researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital are currently testing if a long-used vaccine – a simple shot or series of shots over time -- could reverse Type 1 diabetes, NewsCenter 5's Bianca de la Garza reported Sunday.
Ben Rosenthal has lived with diabetes since his diagnosis at just 13 months. By the age of 5, he needed five to 10 shots of insulin a day to control his blood sugar.
"When the kids brought in birthday cake, I couldn't have it," he said.
Rosenthal never knew when a diabetic shock would set in. "You, like, go to sleep and wake up in the hospital. It's really scary."
He now uses an insulin pump, instead of shots, to control his diabetes. That switch has made managing his disease easier, but Dr. Maria Faustman wants something even better for her diabetic patients.
"Permanent disease reversal," she said.
Faustman said she thinks a vaccine called bacillus Calmette-Guerin, or BGC for short, could reverse type one diabetes in humans. The vaccine has been around for 80 years, used safely to treat tuberculosis and bladder infections.
The BGC vaccine costs about $15 per dose. Faustman's research showed that the shot got rid of type one diabetes in mice.
"We got rid of bad white blood cells, and the pancreas regenerates so they self-healed," she said.
About a dozen diabetes sufferers have been coming to Mass. General to get the BCG vaccine for about 2 1/2 years.
The side effects are minor. Patients have reported some inflammation at the shot site and, occasionally, a slight fever.
"The question is, can we use this old-fashioned, cheap drug and find out the right dosing to decrease the bad white blood cells so the pancreas can kick in?" Faustman said.
According to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, as many as 3 million Americans live with Type 1 diabetes. Forty children are newly diagnosed each day in the United States alone. Type 1 is less common than Type 2, or adult-onset diabetes, which is largely caused by poor diet and a lack of exercise.
Faustman concedes that if her research is ultimately proven effective, there are some who stand to lose. She estimates that type 1 diabetes care in the U.S. alone is a $15-17 billion per year industry.
Rosenthal hopes for a possible breakthrough that he's been waiting for his whole life.
"I would relax. I would just live my life live normally, [it would be] really peaceful for me. It would be amazing," he said.
Additional information about the clinical trials can be found at http://www.faustmanlab.org, and individuals interested in participating in future trials should e-mail DiabetesTrial@partners.org.
The research was funded in part by the Iacocca Foundation, which was founded by Lee A. Iacocca, the former leader of Chrysler, in 1984 in honor of his late wife, Mary K. Iacocca, who died from complications of Type 1 diabetes.
Copyright 2010 by TheBostonChannel.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. src
Mass General Hospital Diabetes Center
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Mother Embraces Baby She Thought Died in Haiti Quake
JULY 29, 2010MSNBC
A mother broke down in tears as she was reunited with her baby girl six months after the earthquake that devastated Haiti."
I had thought Landina was dead and when I heard she was alive I was in shock," the eight-month-old infant's mother, Marie Miracle Seignon, told Britain's Channel 4 News. "This is very emotional for me."
Doctors said the January earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands in the Caribbean island nation actually saved Landina's life.Last December, a house fire caused by candles left Landina seriously injured and suffering burns to her skull.
She was undergoing treatment at La Trinite hospital in the capital when the devastating temblor struck and was buried in the rubble for two days.
When Landina was pulled from the debris, she was moved to a field hospital run by Doctors Without Borders. Her right arm was badly injured in the quake and had to be amputated.
Complex surgery
It was during her stay there that British surgeon David Nott realized that Landina would likely die within days if she did not receive an operation, Channel 4 News reported. Her skull had been so damaged by the house fire that it left her brain exposed to the risk of a fatal infection.
Since the complex operation could not be carried out in quake-ravaged country, the doctor helped to set her up with a British charity that specializes in craniofacial reconstructive surgery.
The charity, Facing the World, did not know where Landina's family was or if any of her relatives were even alive. With her medical records destroyed in the quake, they didn't even have names to work with.
Facing the World brought the baby to London, paying for her travel and medical costs and acting as her temporary guardian.In March, Channel 4 News' Inigo
Gilmore returned to Haiti to help the charity hunt for Landina's family.With the publicity surrounding the story, several people pretended to be family members, thinking they could benefit from the relationship.
Gilmore interviewed people at the first hospital Landina had been treated at and was told that her mother was possibly living in a slum area of Port-au-Prince called Bizoton.
He put out a radio announcement and located Seignon, a 26-year-old mother of four.
"Sometimes movies do come true"
Seignon had an admission card from the hospital bearing Landina's name, Channel 4 News said.
"When the notice was put out on a radio, a friend raced to my house and said, "Please sit down." She said, "This may sounds like something from the movies but sometimes movies do come true. I need to tell you that Landina is alive.""
Seignon added: "I didn't believe at first, and even after the reporter came and showed me the pictures it was still hard to believe.
"After a DNA test proved that Seignon was Landina's biological mother, the charity helped her travel to London to spend six weeks with the baby she hadn't seen in half a year.
Visiting Landina at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in the U.K. capital, the mother told Channel 4 News: "Seeing her now in reality is a shock to me because I last saw her as a little baby with two hands, now she has only one. Even though I had seen her in pictures I didn't believe it. Now it's real."
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JULY 29, 2010MSNBC
A mother broke down in tears as she was reunited with her baby girl six months after the earthquake that devastated Haiti."
I had thought Landina was dead and when I heard she was alive I was in shock," the eight-month-old infant's mother, Marie Miracle Seignon, told Britain's Channel 4 News. "This is very emotional for me."
Doctors said the January earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands in the Caribbean island nation actually saved Landina's life.Last December, a house fire caused by candles left Landina seriously injured and suffering burns to her skull.
She was undergoing treatment at La Trinite hospital in the capital when the devastating temblor struck and was buried in the rubble for two days.
When Landina was pulled from the debris, she was moved to a field hospital run by Doctors Without Borders. Her right arm was badly injured in the quake and had to be amputated.
Complex surgery
It was during her stay there that British surgeon David Nott realized that Landina would likely die within days if she did not receive an operation, Channel 4 News reported. Her skull had been so damaged by the house fire that it left her brain exposed to the risk of a fatal infection.
Since the complex operation could not be carried out in quake-ravaged country, the doctor helped to set her up with a British charity that specializes in craniofacial reconstructive surgery.
The charity, Facing the World, did not know where Landina's family was or if any of her relatives were even alive. With her medical records destroyed in the quake, they didn't even have names to work with.
Facing the World brought the baby to London, paying for her travel and medical costs and acting as her temporary guardian.In March, Channel 4 News' Inigo
Gilmore returned to Haiti to help the charity hunt for Landina's family.With the publicity surrounding the story, several people pretended to be family members, thinking they could benefit from the relationship.
Gilmore interviewed people at the first hospital Landina had been treated at and was told that her mother was possibly living in a slum area of Port-au-Prince called Bizoton.
He put out a radio announcement and located Seignon, a 26-year-old mother of four.
"Sometimes movies do come true"
Seignon had an admission card from the hospital bearing Landina's name, Channel 4 News said.
"When the notice was put out on a radio, a friend raced to my house and said, "Please sit down." She said, "This may sounds like something from the movies but sometimes movies do come true. I need to tell you that Landina is alive.""
Seignon added: "I didn't believe at first, and even after the reporter came and showed me the pictures it was still hard to believe.
"After a DNA test proved that Seignon was Landina's biological mother, the charity helped her travel to London to spend six weeks with the baby she hadn't seen in half a year.
Visiting Landina at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in the U.K. capital, the mother told Channel 4 News: "Seeing her now in reality is a shock to me because I last saw her as a little baby with two hands, now she has only one. Even though I had seen her in pictures I didn't believe it. Now it's real."
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