Albinism is an inherited condition present at birth, characterized by a lack of pigment that normally gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes. Many types of albinism exist, all of which involve lack of pigment in varying degrees. The condition, which...

Albinism is an inherited condition present at birth, characterized by a lack of pigment that normally gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes. It is a rare disorder and it occurs in fewer than five people per 100,000 in the United States and Europe....

Albinism refers to a group of inherited conditions that results in little or no pigment, a matter which gives the skin, hair, and eyes their color. The primary role of this pigment, called melanin, is to protect the skin from sun damage by absorbing...

Albinism (from Latin albus, "white"; see extended etymology) is a form of hypopigmentary congenital disorder, characterized by a partial (in hypomelanism, also known as hypomelanosis) or total (amelanism or amelanosis) lack of melanin pigment in the...

When Albin and Melanie Ulle are asked about their favorite places in "1,000 Places To See Before You Die," they talk less about the destinations than the people they met:_ The maitre d' in France who proudly wore an American flag on his lapel._ The...

Mayra Nieves is used to being ostracized and called names as an albino in this Caribbean community.What she fears is not being able to breathe.Nieves is among hundreds of Puerto Ricans who have a rare type of albinism that leads to a deadly lung disease....

A Fair Lawn school custodian is alleging in a lawsuit that his co-workers laced his pizza with the hallucinogen LSD in an attempt to poison him at an office party in 2005.Dominick A. Rao, a janitor with the district since 2000, was served pizza out...

A man cannot recoup child support payments he made for a son he later found out was not his own, the state Supreme Court has ruled, overturning lower courts' decisions.In its unanimous ruling, the justices ruled that the man, identified only as Roy in the...