Rare medical condition leaves girl black and blue

This little girl suffers from an odd disease that you will more than likely never type a report on. The disease, glomuvenous malformation (GVM), leaves the girl with black and blue bruises all over her body. There are only 60 known cases worldwide. To combat the condition the youngster takes a daily cocktail of 12 pills and has already visited hospital 100 times for tests and check-ups.

The little girl was born with the condition which means that as a baby she had these bruises. Can you imagine visiting the pediatrician when your child looked like this? I feel so bad for the mom in this case, I can imagine the looks and snide remarks she probably received. You can read the entire article about this rare little girl here.

NEW HOPE FOR ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS?

Alzheimer's patients may soon be getting a new drug to help combat their disease.

Dimebon from the US drugmaker Medivation Inc, has been shown in studies to help patients with mild to moderate forms of Alzheimer's improve memory, language, awareness of time and place, and a more complex process called "praxis", which means having an idea and then actually putting it into practice after one year on the active drug as compared to those taking a placebo.

Patients began showing improvement after 12 weeks, and were sustained after six months and a year. Also, at the six month point, the patients on the drug showed significantly better function on all five aspects of the disease than they did at the start of the trial.

The drugmaker is planning to start a second trial soon, after which it will apply for US and European marketing approval in 2010, said the company in a press statement.

The drug is also being evaluated as a treatment for Huntington's disease.