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Mon 05/17/10 05:02 PM
Topic: Strange Medical Conditions
Edited by strangegurl on Mon 05/17/10 05:03 PM
Fatal familial insomnia (FFI):

a very rare autosomal dominant inherited prion disease of the brain. The disease's genesis and the patient's progression into complete sleeplessness is untreatable and ultimately fatal.

Reading a book on it right now... Yikees!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_familial_insomnia
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Mon 05/17/10 04:45 PM
Topic: Jax, FL...anyone?
Edited by strangegurl on Mon 05/17/10 04:47 PM