By Jodee Redmond from In The Cloud Copy Frankie Hewitson spent more than her fair share of time in the hospital during her childhood. The 27-year-old was diagnosed with three…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In The Cloud Copy Bill Bradford has made helping others a lifelong habit, but now this veteran and former paramedic needs the help of others to…
By Jodee Redmond from In The Cloud Copy Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have recently announced they have identified hundreds of genes that are required for neuron survival. The…
By Rachel Whetstone from In The Cloud Copy New research is exploring the relationship between circadian rhythms in the brain and bacterial fragments. It’s possible that bacteria has an influence…
By Natalie Homan from In The Cloud Copy Spina bifida is a condition that appears when a developing baby’s neural tube doesn’t close completely. The most severe form of spina…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In The Cloud Copy There are not too many things that a mother won’t do for her child, and Alison Reynolds is the perfect example of…
As we live through the Great Quarantine of 2020, online therapy may be piquing your interest. The world is in a time of uncertainty, which is psychologically stressful (and isolating),…
The Problem with Identifying the Genes that Cause a Genetic Disorder from In The Cloud Copy When it comes to genetic disorders, it can be very difficult to pinpoint exactly what…
Continued from Part 1 The surgery was over 12 hours long. I have two rods and 26 screws holding my spine and had nine ribs cut and reduced in…
I was born in 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina to Italian immigrants. I was born with a rare genetic disorder called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome kyphoscoliosis type, but it was not diagnosed…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In the Cloud Copy. Many of us probably don’t think too hard about our medical records on a day to day basis; which is fair -…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In the Cloud Copy. Right before Thanksgiving last year, Sami Winters, an East Bay resident, was admitted to Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, California. It’s now…
By Natalie Homan from In The Cloud Copy Mara Clawson is a visual artist who uses many different mediums to create art pieces that are full of color and life.…
By Jodee Redmond from In The Cloud Copy The results of a case study have found that dantrolene can be used to treat involuntary muscle contractions (dystonia) in children with…
By Rachel Whetstone from In The Cloud Copy Although people sometimes want to hide away when a disease leaves visible marks on their bodies, Academy Award winning actress Tatum O’Neal…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In The Cloud Copy Pompe disease is the lack of a specific protein within the body that helps break down glycogen - a complex sugar that…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In The Cloud Copy Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)-related plexiform neurofibromas (pNFs) is a condition that many children struggle to manage due to a lack of proper…
By Jodee Redmond from In The Cloud Copy A recent study suggests that certain antibodies could be linked to specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes and environmental components in scleroderma.…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In The Cloud Copy A Tufts University science team was able to identify a means to possibly reverse Friedreich’s ataxia. Friedreich’s ataxia (also known as…
By Gracie Van Brunt Hi! My name is Gracie Van Brunt, I am 25 years old and I have a rare disease. At the age of 2, I was…
By Natalie Homan from In the Cloud Copy Most people have heard of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Many do not know, however, that there is an “intermediate” form…
By Natalie Homan from In The Cloud Copy Theo Thomas of Secret Harbour, Australia, may be a shy, soft-spoken 8-year-old, but he loves racing his motorcycle in his town’s Lightweight…
By Rachel Whetstone from In The Cloud Copy Many patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are elderly when they’re diagnosed with the disease. Although stem cell transplants are often thought to…
By Jodee Redmond from In The Cloud Copy Living with a chronic disease is a very stressful situation. It affects a person physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Chronic illnesses often…
By Jodee Redmond from In The Cloud Copy Four United States senators have introduced a new law that, if passed, will assist children living with rare disease to receive tests…
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