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May 4, 1999
Inaugural James Hill Memorial Lecture Features Abrams
Readying Statistical Software
Asian/Pacific Islander
Fellows in Minority Health
NIH Hosts
Frederick Center Holds Festival, May 13-14
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Holland's Huizing Cuts Swath Through Maryland Athletics
By Rich McManus
It may come as a surprise to learn that the first language of the
Maryland state women's biathlon, cyclocross and cycling champion
is not English, but Frisian. But that's only natural for a woman born
31 years ago in a little farming town in the north of Holland. That's
where Dr. Marjan Huizing and her little sister would pedal an hour
back and forth to school each day from age 6 to 18.
Results Explain Mysterious Irish Malady By Kelli Carrington
An international team of researchers has discovered genetic
mutations underlying a newly recognized group of inherited
inflammatory disorders. These illnesses, one of which was first
described in a family of Irish and Scottish descent, are characterized
by dramatic, sometimes month-long episodes of high fever, severe
pain in the abdomen, chest, or joints, skin rash, and inflammation in
or around the eyes. Some patients also develop a potentially fatal
complication called amyloidosis, a disease in which there is
deposition of a blood protein in vital organs.
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NICHD's Dr. Marjan Huizing