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Severely ill pro-Palestine activist ends hunger, thirst strike in UK priso
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Khalid, who suffers from limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, had escalated his protest by refusing fluids on Friday before ending the strike on Sunday (local time), the same day he was treated in intensive care as his heart rate slowed to a dangerous level. He has since been returned to the Worm
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Researchers suggest new approach to diagnose genetic muscle disease
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
It's tough to tell the difference between the dozens of varieties of limb girdle muscular dystrophy, an uncommon, genetic muscle disease characterised by weakness in the hips and shoulders that makes walking and lifting the arms difficult. Until date, defining the subtype was not crucial in
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