Study: Doctors Spend Insufficient Time Listening to Patients
For anyone who has had to step into a doctor's office, you know the litany of emotions that run through your body. Anxiety, confusion, worry, exasperation - and to say…
For anyone who has had to step into a doctor's office, you know the litany of emotions that run through your body. Anxiety, confusion, worry, exasperation - and to say…
The documentary The Bleeding Edge has just been made available on Netflix in the US and UK (27th July 2018). Described by Netflix as “controversial”, the documentary explores the impact…
I met Jon at the 2018 United Leukodystrophy Foundation Conference and had the privilege of learning his and his family's story. Jon was born in Wisconsin in 1992, joining the…
A study of Lynparza (olaparib) in combination with abiraterone for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer has shown promising results. The full article can be read here, at Bio…
Results from two studies looking at the effects of an experimental drug (bardoxolone) on kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been released. One of the studies…
Ailani Banuelos is a 12-year-old with a dream. She not only wants to see the ocean but paddle in it. Living in Chicago made the dream fairly difficult. There simply…
Ashley Wibberly’s son Levi was born in September of 2013 and lived for just 20 months with Krabbe disease. Ashley couldn’t have seen it coming. Now, however, a new test…
What do Dave Winfield, Steve Garvey, and Don Baylor Jr. all have in common? Besides all being big names in major league baseball, each of the famous athletes is contributing…
Meet Andrea Wilson Woods (pictured below with her little sister); an author, public speaker, career coach, organization founder, and patient advocate. In her early twenties, Andrea became the legal guardian…