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Laurence Kim Peek (November 11, 1951 – December 19, 2009) was an American savant.Known as a "megasavant", [1] [2] [3] he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities.
The National Cancer Institute estimated 22,070 new cases of primary brain cancer and 12,920 deaths due to the illness in the United States in 2009. The age-adjusted incidence rate is 6.4 per 100,000 per year, and the death rate is 4.3 per 100,000 per year. The lifetime risk of developing brain cancer for someone born today is 0.60%.
His parents, Scott Berns and Leslie Gordon, both pediatricians, received their son's diagnosis when he was less than two years old. [3] Roughly a year later, in an effort to increase awareness of the condition, they established the Progeria Research Foundation to promote research into the underlying causes of and possible treatments for the disease. [4]
In the first half of this decade, 89 rock stars have died as a result of cancer, surpassing the 79 cancer-related deaths in the 2000s. Comparatively, there have only been 12 overdose-related ...
The sesamoid bones act as a fulcrum for the flexor tendons, the tendons which bend the big toe downward. Symptoms include inflammation and pain. Sometimes a sesamoid bone is fractured. This can be difficult to pick up on X-ray, so a bone scan or MRI is a better alternative. [1]
At the time, the 60-year-old singer shared the news with his fans: "Last fall I was diagnosed with stomach cancer. I’ve spent the last 6 months receiving chemo, radiation and surgery. So far, so ...
Robert Boyle "Bobbi" Campbell Jr. (January 28, 1952 – August 15, 1984) [1] was a public health nurse and an early United States AIDS activist.In September 1981, Campbell became the 16th person in San Francisco to be diagnosed with Kaposi's sarcoma, [2] when that was a proxy for an AIDS diagnosis. [3]
Sellars was born with abnormally large and misshapen legs and feet, which continued to grow at a disproportionate rate. In a November 2009 interview, she estimated that she weighed about 21 stone (294 lb or 133 kg): 6 stone (84 lb or 38 kg) for her upper body and the remainder in her legs and feet (210 lb or 95 kg).