The Sleep Aid That May Help Patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
At some point in your life, you might have taken a melatonin supplement from a bottle to get to sleep, or to get over jet-lag. Your body naturally produces melatonin…
At some point in your life, you might have taken a melatonin supplement from a bottle to get to sleep, or to get over jet-lag. Your body naturally produces melatonin…
Eleven-year-old Talia Duff finds herself in the rare situation of being one of only 22 people in the world to suffer from a rare disease. Last year, Jocelyn Duff received…
Good news for mantle cell lymphoma patients! A new treatment called Calquence has just received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for adults who suffer from this rare…
According to an encouraging letter she wrote in The FCS Foundation, the day that Melissa learned that her beautiful 3-week-old daughter had a rare disease- familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS), or lipoprotein lipase…
As parents, we want to protect our children from harm and keep them safe. So when your child is suffering from a rare metabolic disorder, it's natural to feel helpless.…
Pauline Siegel was 35-years-old when she was unexpectedly struck with a rare disease that would render her disabled from the waist down. The diagnosis took several painful days to finally…
Rare disease research can be daunting. It's much more difficult for rare, or orphan, diseases to find adequate funding to develop treatments than it is for diseases that have larger…
Every year, families travel across town and from around the country to be together for the holidays. This year, while you're sharing pumpkin pie and Black Friday Sale flyers, take…
Sean Kisielnicki's life is ruled by Hunter syndrome. This rare condition not only affects him, but takes a toll on the entire family. The morning routine is always the same.…
November is Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness month, and this year the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) has launched a special, nation-wide campaign to raise awareness for the disease called The Right Heart. Pulmonary…