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I’m assisting my professor in writing a chapter of his book ‘genetic and epigenic environmental toxicology’. He has given me a brief outline of what the mtDNA chapter should concern but I am having a hard time finding some good literature on these topics. Does anyone know of any relevant articles or can offer any insight to these topics? The outline is below ( I especially need help with the starred topics):

Damage to mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA repair
*Heteroplasmy
Rearrangements of mitochondrial DNA
Consequences of mitochondrial damage
*energy production
*Carciongenesis
*Myopathies
Oxidative Stress
*Analysis Methods
*Case Studies / applicability to ecotoxicology

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i’ve recently had some bad news i’ve been diagnosed with HCM (hypotrophic cardio myopathy) its a genetic heart defect.
so we’ve started to get my finances in order, won’t go through it all but we’ve hit a real problem when we rang the mortgage people with whom i have critical illness cover, the lady was very nice and initially said yes this is no problem you are indeed covered for this…….then there was a little pause and she returned to say ….erm ..sorry no.. in fact you are not covered you took your most recent policy out in 2002 (i have 2 policies one from 2000 one from 2002) and HCM wasn’t added to the policies until 2003.
so am i screwed over here or can i do something about this i’m really worried for my family and our future please can you give me some good advice and help please??
sorry HCM has been added to new policies since 2003 and not added to mine which was pre 2003 (sucks big time)!!
No! i think you’ve got this wrong please read the question.. i know i’m not covered i only have to ring them and i’m sure they’ll tell me again (i know you know nothing of my policy and the finer details)!!
what i’m asking is there a chance i can fight this?? there must be something in this for them to add the condition to there policies post 2002 so can i contend it? is there a chance if i seek legal advice?? have you heard of anyone doing this??
please can you help me here and please dont start your answer with ” Wow my cat has this” i really didn’t know if this was some wierd joke that i dont really get or if this answerer was being genuine.

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Does anyone know anybody or their selves who have neuropathy, myopathy? Muscle spasm seizures, loss of feeling in legs on and off, muscle atrophy, with myelin sheath depletion, loss of balance, coordination. When they grab onto something they cant let go unless they really think about what they are doing?? Feels like they are stepping in pot holes and like the floor is falling out from underneath you. Hot sensation in legs, like fire ants are biting you.

Please answer if you know anything at all, this is very important, its for my dad..please and thank you!

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…for an otherwise nonmoving relatively sedated patient?

Also, does the ventilator at all cause edema to the extremities or is it entirely due to preexisting cardiac myopathy?

Do you know of any guides on the internet that I can read on the ventilator…it’s not an easy bit of good information to find. I don’t know of any brand names, so if you could suggest that, that would help me search the web. Thanks.
I appreciate your reply Fred F… I don’t know how many people actually have worked with the ventilator to even reply…(sigh) but your reply is helpful.

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My wife is diabetic with multiple complications.eg. neuropathy, nephropathy,myopathy.
had recurrent viterous haemorraghes both eyes for which injection avastin was given three times intraocularly plus laser therapy to retina.
lastely she had been operated for a major bleed in viterous humour in left eye(viterectomy). vision has reduced to almost 30 feet only with no reading vision. She is on insulin injection . she is type 2 diabetic.i will be highly obliged if some thing else can be done improve hher vision

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human chromosomes in order of decreasing size i.e. from the largest to the smallest. Include the sex chromosomes?

OR

Find the chromosomes that are associated with the diseases and conditions?

Alzheimers Disease
Zellweger Syndrome
Oguchi disease
Charcot-Marie-Tooth myopathy
Hair color, red
Dwarfism
Obesity, susceptibility to
Breast cancer
Polydactyly
Pfeiffer syndrome
Peters anomaly
Krabbe disease
Prader-Willi syndrome
Cocaine (and antidepressant) sensitivity
Fish-eye disease
Carpal tunnel syndrome, familial
Eye color, green/blue
Gigantism
Schindler disease
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

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That only effect the Jewish people? The list is near endless but here’s a small sample of ailments, quite a few are exclusive to their people. Chosen for disease one might say? If there are any explanations or theories behind this I would like to know.

Alpha 1-anti-trypsin Deficiency
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Aut. Dom. Optic Atrophy
Aut. Dom. Retinitis pigmentosa
Bardet Biedl syndrome
Berger’s Disease
Beta-thalassemia
Bloom Syndrome
Canavan disease
Celiac Disease, or Sprue
Color-blindness
Con. Stat. Night Blindness
Congenital blindness
Congenital deafness
Corneal Dystrophy
Crohn’s Disease
Cystic fibrosis
Dwarfism
Hereditary Hearing Loss
Kaposi’s sarcoma
Lactose intolerance
Leber’s congenital amaurosis
Lipoamide Dehydrogenase-
Deficiency
Early rheumatoid arthritis, often
occurring in childhood
Elephant man’s disease- Proteus
syndrome
Fabry Disease
Factor XI deficiency
Familial Dysautonomia
Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Familial hyperinsulinemia
Familial Mediterranean fever
Fanconi Anemia
Gaucher Disease
Glucose-6-phosphate-
dehydrogenase deficiency
Glycogen storage disease type 1a
Glycogen storage disease type III
Machado Joseph Disease
Malformed limbs
Maple syrup urine disease
Mucolipidosis IV
Multiple Sclerosis
Muscular Dystrophy
Nemaline Myopathy
Niemann-Pick disease
Non-Classical Adrenal Hyperplasia
Non-syndromic sensorineural
Progeria
Psychotic disorders- abnormally high incidence of
Rib cage misaligned
Stargardt disease
Tay Sachs
Temperature intolerance
Thalassemia
Torsion Dystonia
Type III Glycogen Storage disease
Usher Syndrome Type 1F
Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
Wilson disease

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I have Hyper-tropic Obstructive Cardio Myopathy , Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis . I was diagnosed last year . I went to the hospital because i was feeling very tired all the time . I was admitted and they ran so many test it was crazy , I was not a sickly person i am also male and 37 years old . I had blood clots in my lungs , swelling in my legs , my chest was very tight hard to catch breath . This has really worried me because i was a very busy person i worked in the oil industry for 10 years or so , Overseas and USA . last couple yars i have niticed i was feeling more and more tired all the time . i still have a lot of symptoms and strange heartbeat , always short of breath and get chest pain on daily basis . i get dizzy my muscles hurt all over . it is difficult to breathe after i eat . i go to the doctor and all they do is medicate me up and send me home after a few days . ANY help ?????

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I tried one of the new monsters with nitrous oxide in it last night…usually energy drinks get me really wired, so my boyfriend bought it and i decided to drink it to get really hyper cuz it seemed high powered. but then i started feeling really weird.

light headed, dizzy, it was difficult to breath and occasionally my heart beat would cause dull sharp pains. i came home and i had a 101 temperature.

i also have cardio-myopathy, a heart condition. and the fever is gone today, but i find it difficult to breath, and alot of pressure on my chest.

is this because of the energy drink?

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I have both COPD and Cardio Myopathy, because of having both I have been told a transplant is not an option for eighter my Heart or Lungs. 5 years ago, I was given 5 years to live. I have put my life in order and am retired collecting Social Security. I am 45 years old with a 16 y/o son. My wife jumped ship a few years ago and now I live alone, yet spend alot of my time with family. Both conditions are untreatable without a transplant so I’m screwed there. I have been recieving medication which helps and I feel I may last a few more years. The process of dying from COPD is long and painful, I have thought of suiside and don’t want to suffer. What would you do?

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