On June 1, 2011, a patient diagnosed with myasthenia gravis (MG) died after falling in Wellington Regional Hospital in New Zealand. Those are the basic facts, but behind this tragedy…
One of the most frustrating parts of having a rare disease is getting the dang diagnosis in the first place. We've all heard the garbage excuses before: "It's all in…
There's no doubt that living with a chronic illness is difficult. There may be certain things you can't do and activities you can enjoy. Even so, if you let that…
Few topics in medicine are as fraught with controversy as medical marijuana. Decades of debate over the harmful effects of recreational marijuana use—to mention nothing of its depiction in popular…
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a condition that mainly affects premature infants who have very low birth-weight (under 2.2 pounds). Because the baby's lung tissue is underdeveloped, respiratory distress can result,…
El angioedema hereditario, o AEH, es una rara enfermedad genética que es potencialmente mortal con un muchas preguntas sin respuesta aún. Sin embargo, los científicos del Instituto Karolinska en Suecia,…
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