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Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote, “’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” This may be true for love. If you have loved before, you…
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According to the Daily Mail, 18-year-old Lewis Nickell from Northern Ireland has Tourette syndrome. The condition is characterized by a mixture of voluntary noises and movements referred to as tics.…
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Have you ever been handed a questionnaire at the doctor's office and wondered why and how it was relevant? Where does it go? Who has the time to read all…
One grandfather in the UK is took a nontraditional route to show his love and support for his granddaughter and her rare disease. Some people run 5Ks, some people go…
Each year on the very last day of February, Jeff Leider makes a detour on his Hunter syndrome (mucopolysaccharide II) journey to travel from his home state of New Jersey to Washington…
In the span of five years, 3-D printing has taken off. What was once a hopeful idea for the future is now a common amenity in universities, a toy for…
Happy Friday! How's the the sweltering heat treating you all (if you're on the east coast of the US, that is)? Hoping you are keeping cool! In the meantime, check out…
Scotland’s Aaron Hunter went on Twitter to challenge the one and only Iron Man. He asked him for help with raising funds and awareness for rapid-onset obesity (RO) with hypothalamic dysregulation…
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