Polygamist community faces rare genetic disorder
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COLORADO CITY, Arizona  - In a dusty neighborhood under sheer sandstone cliffs studded with juniper on the Arizona-Utah border, a rare genetic disorder is spreading through polygamous families on a wave of inbreeding.
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In todayÂs world of rapid-fire medicine, ÂinvolvedÂ relatives may be a patientÂs most important advocates.
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Genetic breakthroughs and an unlikely drug offer hope for a disease ravaging the eyes of an aging population.
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Many people in religious circles say it's one of the biggest problems facing families and congregations.  Yet:  It can go undetected.  It has no outward signs.  It is barely discussed.  The culprit? Pornography.  The Rev.
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Mothers and fathers with multiple  sclerosis are equally likely to pass genetic risk for it on to  their children, according to a study countering a previous  finding that fathers were twice as likely to do so.
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A study of a closely knit family with several members suffering from a rare illness is providing what researchers say may be important clues to the cause of diseases ranging
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ST. GEORGE, Utah  - U.S. Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was found guilty on Tuesday of being an accomplice to rape for arranging a marriage between an unwilling 14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old first cousin in 2001.
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AN article in scientific journal says researchers have discovered a rare disease caused by a gene mutation that often kills children before the age of two.
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EPHRAIM, Utah - For more than a decade, a 9,000-member polygamist sect that believed civilization was about to end was borrowing money like there was no tomorrow.
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A father may teach his young daughter about his religious belief in polygamy despite his ex-wife's objections, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Thursday.
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Child-custody conflicts over religion are increasing, but constitutional issues make them hard for courts to resolve.
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A worldwide search discovers a bone marrow match in the US for a boy with a rare genetic disease.
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Though it has long been dismissed as a serious illness, scientists have found a gene linked to the often debilitating syndrome
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Good news for the nation's babies: Nearly 90 percent of newborns are getting tested for a host of rare but devastating genetic disorders.
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Families and doctors are often in the dark about the genetic abnormality known as Klinefelter's syndrome.
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BEAVER DAM, Ariz. -- Mohave County sheriff's deputies say they have arrested one of the brothers of captured polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.  On Friday, deputies responded to a call about an 11-year-old boy locked inside a house in Beaver Dam. Outside the house, the officers found John B.
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Advances in genetic testing are straining the sacred bond of confidentiality between doctor and patient as physicians grapple with whether to keep private diagnoses that might also afflict patients' relatives.