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Here’s How to Get Your MG Answers in a Quick 5 Minutes!

Here’s How to Get Your MG Answers in a Quick 5 Minutes!

  • Post author:Erica Zahn
  • Post published:January 13, 2016
  • Post category:Myasthenia Gravis/Rare Disease

Myasthenia gravis (which is Greek for "grave muscle weakness") is a neurological disease that causes a person's voluntary muscles to weaken. It mainly affects women under 40 years old and men…

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Amazing Students at Colorado School are Smart AND Kind

Amazing Students at Colorado School are Smart AND Kind

  • Post author:Alisha Stone
  • Post published:January 13, 2016
  • Post category:Narcolepsy/Rare Disease

When I think back to my school days in the South during the 1960s and ‘70s, I’m still haunted by some of the crazy things that I witnessed. For example,…

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What Advice Does This Foundation’s President Have For You?

What Advice Does This Foundation’s President Have For You?

  • Post author:Erica Zahn
  • Post published:January 13, 2016
  • Post category:Familial Hypercholesterolemia/Rare Disease

If you have familial hypercholesterolemia, or FH, having a doctor who truly understands the disorder is essential. In a short YouTube video, Katherine Wilemon, president of the FH Foundation offers some…

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What Do CF And Alcohol Have In Common? It’s In The Genes

What Do CF And Alcohol Have In Common? It’s In The Genes

  • Post author:Alisha Stone
  • Post published:January 13, 2016
  • Post category:Cystic Fibrosis

Yesterday, I read an article posted in Cystic Fibrosis News Today by Patricia Silva, PhD, that was pretty thought-provoking. Scientists have discovered there is a commonality shared by people who…

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