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Cystinosis Treatments Are in the Works at NIH
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Cystinosis Treatments Are in the Works at NIH

  • Post author:Erica Zahn
  • Post published:April 6, 2016
  • Post category:Cystinosis/Rare Disease

Mika Covington was diagnosed with cystinosis when she was 10 months old, and has struggled with its effects throughout her life. Cystinosis is usually diagnosed before the patient's second birthday. It's…

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Find Out What Happens When The Future Serves the Past
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Find Out What Happens When The Future Serves the Past

  • Post author:Ronald Ledsen
  • Post published:April 6, 2016
  • Post category:Rare Disease/SCID

Here at Patient Worthy we’ve written before about the heavy toll Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) can have on families and about the lessons learned from the most well-known SCID case,…

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Embrace People Who Refuse to be Helpful

Embrace People Who Refuse to be Helpful

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:April 6, 2016
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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#SarcoidosisAwareness

#SarcoidosisAwareness

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:April 6, 2016
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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No Sh*t, Sherlock: You’d Be Tired, Too, If You Lived with PAH!

No Sh*t, Sherlock: You’d Be Tired, Too, If You Lived with PAH!

  • Post author:Alisha Stone
  • Post published:April 6, 2016
  • Post category:pulmonary arterial hypertension/Rare Disease

I revisited an article about a clinical trial that focused on women with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and I’m still baffled, because it just doesn’t make sense. The information provided about…

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Can YOU Get the Quality Health Care of the One Percenters?

Can YOU Get the Quality Health Care of the One Percenters?

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:April 6, 2016
  • Post category:Rare Disease

I often find myself perusing the interwebs while at work (strictly for research purposes ?) and, like an informed citizen, I was catching up on some news. I stumbled on this lovely…

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366 Talking Tips – Communicate Your Feelings

366 Talking Tips – Communicate Your Feelings

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:April 6, 2016
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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Rocky road isn’t just an ice cream

Rocky road isn’t just an ice cream

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:April 6, 2016
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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Man with Cystic Fibrosis Races to Help Others – Part 1
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Man with Cystic Fibrosis Races to Help Others – Part 1

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:April 6, 2016
  • Post category:Cystic Fibrosis/Rare Disease

“My biggest passion in life right now is our team and just trying to help those with CF to be active.”- Manny Goguen Twenty-four-year-old Manny Goguen, a man living with…

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They Have the Best Chocolate-Lover Tricks on the Ketogenic Diet
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They Have the Best Chocolate-Lover Tricks on the Ketogenic Diet

  • Post author:Kiki Jones
  • Post published:April 6, 2016
  • Post category:GLUT1 DS/Rare Disease

In theory, I know there are people who don’t like chocolate. I have been told they exist. And I respect that choice. But my chocolate-loving heart really aches for people…

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Participate don’t Procrastinate

Participate don’t Procrastinate

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:April 6, 2016
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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Choose Silver Linings

Choose Silver Linings

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:April 6, 2016
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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Si usted tiene fibrosis quística, ¿estás loco a no querer un trasplante?

Si usted tiene fibrosis quística, ¿estás loco a no querer un trasplante?

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:April 6, 2016
  • Post category:Cystic Fibrosis/Rare Disease

Leí un artículo recientemente por Andrew Smith que me ha desconcertado, no por él, sino más bien los hechos alarmantes que discutí acerca de las personas con fibrosis quística (FQ)…

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