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Editor’s Choice: Updates on a Lung Disease Mystery and Why You Should Always Brush Your Teeth

Editor’s Choice: Updates on a Lung Disease Mystery and Why You Should Always Brush Your Teeth

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:February 23, 2018
  • Post category:Rare Disease

It's no longer Valentines Day, but we're still sending love to the rare patient community! It's been an exciting week for Hemophilia B patients waiting for a new treatment! We…

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How Could Stem Cells Reverse Multiple Sclerosis?
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How Could Stem Cells Reverse Multiple Sclerosis?

  • Post author:Samuel Sachs
  • Post published:February 23, 2018
  • Post category:Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis represents one of the leading causes of disability in young adults. It’s an autoimmune condition that eats away at parts of the body’s nerve cells. Recent research by…

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Bone Disease With Multiple Myeloma
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Bone Disease With Multiple Myeloma

  • Post author:Erin DiNapoli
  • Post published:February 23, 2018
  • Post category:Multiple Myeloma

Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the blood that develops in the plasma cells found in soft tissue at the center of the bone, called bone marrow. Bone disease is…

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Daughter Takes Action After Father Passes Away from Rare Esophageal Cancer
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Daughter Takes Action After Father Passes Away from Rare Esophageal Cancer

  • Post author:James Moore
  • Post published:February 23, 2018
  • Post category:Esophageal Cancer

According to a story from wncn.com, Seneca Ottey was diagnosed with esophageal cancer at sixty years old. Seneca was the father of Michelle Urban, who works as a pharmacist in…

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MacKenzie: A Miracle Baby Born with Cantu Syndrome
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MacKenzie: A Miracle Baby Born with Cantu Syndrome

  • Post author:Samuel Sachs
  • Post published:February 23, 2018
  • Post category:Cantú Syndrome

In a lot of ways, MacKenzie Bozeman looks like every other child. She seems joyful, and energetic. She gives her parents plenty to keep up with. It would be almost…

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Fitness Community Supports One Of Their Own Through GBS
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Fitness Community Supports One Of Their Own Through GBS

  • Post author:Meagan Fulps
  • Post published:February 23, 2018
  • Post category:Guillain Barré syndrome

Michael Mavis, a fitness trainer from Granville, Michigan, recently experienced flu like symptoms leading to paralysis, later learning it was much more than a mild sickness, reported Grand Rapids Patch.…

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Raise Awareness of Turner Syndrome During the Month of February!
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Raise Awareness of Turner Syndrome During the Month of February!

  • Post author:Jean Martell
  • Post published:February 23, 2018
  • Post category:Rare Disease/Turner Syndrome

February is Turner Syndrome awareness month! Turner Syndrome is a chromosomal condition that affects approximately one in every 2,000 women. The condition occurs when a woman lacks all or part…

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Woman With Rare Disease Wakes Up With Different Foreign Accents
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Woman With Rare Disease Wakes Up With Different Foreign Accents

  • Post author:Meagan Fulps
  • Post published:February 23, 2018
  • Post category:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome/Foreign Accent Syndrome

Michelle Myers, a mother of seven and American citizen who has never been out of the country, suffers from a rare disease that causes her to wake up with different…

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February 28th is Rare Disease Day – Spread the Word!
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February 28th is Rare Disease Day – Spread the Word!

  • Post author:Jean Martell
  • Post published:February 23, 2018
  • Post category:Rare Disease

This Wednesday, the last day of February is internationally-recognized Rare Disease Day - a day when we realize that in fact - rare diseases are not so rare. There are…

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