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DNA Sheds Light on King Tut's Life, Death

(Feb. 16) -- The most famous of all pharaohs was a frail and sickly king who walked with a cane and suffered from a painful bone disease and a club foot. But it may have been a severe case of malaria that finally killed him, according to groundbreaking new genetic analysis. A team of researchers from Egypt, Germany and...

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04/19/12 Denver lacrosse player Drew Babb a profile in courage Source: The Denver Post - Denver CO The lump on his neck proved to be a long way from his heart.
10/23/11 More patients undergoing joint replacement surgery Source: Channel NewsAsia Orthopaedic surgeons at Tan Tock Seng Hospital said there has been a 20 per cent increase in the number of patients over the past two to four years undergoing joint replacement surgery due to an increased awareness of the surgeries. 73 per cent of these patients are women and doctors at Tan Tock Seng Hospital said this is because of the bone architecture of women, as well as the fact they tend to live longer than men.
09/15/11 Splenic Calcification Source: The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) A 28-year-old woman with sickle cell disease who had previously undergone surgery for avascular necrosis of the left humeral head presented to the emergency department with a 1-month history of intermittent pain in the right shoulder.
03/30/11 Ray Emery's sudden return to stardom Source: Globe and Mail The condition is called avascular necrosis, and it is as bad as it sounds.
03/27/11 Horrific injury threatens Chris's career Source: The Daily Telegraph - Australia Chris Lawrence dislocated his right hip on Saturday night against the Raiders, and it was not until hours later that doctors at Campbelltown Hospital were able to put his hip back into place.

Background on avascular necrosis

Avascular necrosis (also osteonecrosis, bone infarction, aseptic necrosis, ischemic bone necrosis, and AVN) is a disease where there is cellular death (necrosis) of bone components due to interruption of the blood supply.

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