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Kris Newby and her husband were unaware that they both had been bitten by ticks while on vacation on a small ”Vineyard” island. An article that appeared recently in…
According to a story from mirror.co.uk, Jack Ruddock, aged four, had always been an endearing and good spirited child, but his life took a dramatic turn when he was hospitalized…
According to a story from cmfblog.org.uk, caregiving could be another career field that will ultimately see automation replace human workers. While it may seem difficult and even a bit creepy…
According to a story from Healio, a recent study found that sarcoidosis patients that were diagnosed with the disease when they were older tended to have more severe disease and…
According to a story from Markets Insider, the biopharmaceutical company Camurus has recently issued an announcement indicating that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company's Investigational…
According to a story from The Columbian, twins Jill Noe and Whitney Bliesner had developed a deep bond during their childhood days growing up in Oregon. However, they did not…
According to a story from BBC, nine year old Sam Short has been trying an experimental drug for three years that aims to improve his growth. This is because he…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, the gene and cell therapy company Abeona Therapeutics, Inc. has recently announced that its experimental gene therapy ABO-202 has earned Fast Track designation from…
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Each year over eighteen thousand people in the United States are diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) a common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. A recent FDA news release…
Anita Lawson was paying the doctor a visit for her annual checkup in 2003 when she was told something that surprised her: she had anemia. She had some issues with…
According to a story from seas.harvard.edu, Harvard freshman Kavya Kopparapu was reading a story about the late Senator John McCain's diagnosis with glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer. She was stunned…
According to a story from ScienceBlog, the results of an international research study which was led by a team of scientists in Oakland, California and Munich, Germany, has led to…
Emily Dover This is Emily Dover's story. At birth- perfectly healthy newborn, smaller than her siblings (8 pounds) 1 week- was having trouble sleeping and began crying in pain 4…
In May 2016, I was diagnosed with a rare genetic neurological disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). Sadly, it's incurable and there's no medication to ease my condition. Since then, my life…
According to a story from EurekAlert! an international team of scientific researchers have made an unusual discovery. The team found in the course of their studies that dietary supplementation with…
China has been making waves lately, improving its efforts to efficiently and effectively provide healthcare for its nearly 1.5 billion population. “Health is a prerequisite for people's all-round development and…
Happy Thursday! Today, we're highlighting stories on three patients facing different struggles: a professor, a Jeopardy host, and a man from New Jersey. We also have an article about a…
Tannaz Motevalli Tannaz Motevalli is the Exhibition Coordinator at the National Library of Medicine, an artist, a researcher, and a writer. She also lives with cystic fibrosis (CF). Experiencing fewer…
According to a story from Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, there are a wide variety of different treatment approaches for cancer; however, the effectiveness of these treatments so far has been…
In honor of its 30th anniversary, the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) has announced ten new grants as part of its Rare Disease Research Grant Program! NORD is the…
According to a story from BioSpace, on June 7th, 2019, Londyn Wright became the first baby in the US to receive Zolgensma, a recently approved gene therapy treatment for the…
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According to a recent article in MedicalXpress, the story begins fifty years ago with the grim statistics that a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) would not survive longer than…
According to a story from BioPortfolio, the biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca recently announced the release of positive results from a phase 3b clinical trial. This trial was testing the safety and…
According to a story from Pulmonary Hypertension News, a recent study has found that lapses in treatment adherence can result in serious side effects for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients…
According to a story from princetoninfo.com, Sara Cooper was diagnosed last November with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Sara has had an active career as an event planner, marketing consultant, and real…
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