By Lauren Thayer from In The Cloud Copy Sickle cell disease (SCD) is group of inherited red blood cell disorders. In a typical, healthy red blood cell, the cell is…
By Caitlin Seida from In The Cloud Copy Researchers in Russia completed a study measuring certain biomarkers among those with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and depression. The study sought to…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In The Cloud Copy Shimmer Research has announced that OWEAR - the Open Wearables Initiative - has decided to make their health technologies, like their database…
By Lauren Thayer from In The Cloud Copy COVID-19 has brought life to a screeching halt for everyone across the world. Schools cancelled, work transitioned to remote, all activities cancelled,…
By Lauren Thayer from In The Cloud Copy Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is a complicated condition of the blood in which excessive numbers of mast cells (a type of white blood…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In The Cloud Copy In a six-month long early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) trial - which was called NORD-STAR - researchers reported at the European League Against…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In The Cloud Copy The chances of your child having Jordan’s syndrome are incredibly small. That, however, was not the reality for Joe Lang and his…
By Lauren Thayer from In The Cloud Copy Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is progressive, resulting in the patient having problems with movement. The symptoms of Parkinson’s disease…
By Lauren Thayer from In The Cloud Copy Systemic sclerosis is a rare autoimmune disease that is characterized by vascular abnormalities and fibrosis of various parts of the body, including…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In The Cloud Copy A research team has found a connection that ties disease-linked alpha-synuclein proteins and their tendency to loosely combine (or to aggregate) and…
By Caitlin Seida from In The Cloud Copy CRISPR-Cas9, often called just CRISPR, is a technique used to quickly edit DNA to alter gene functions. Think of it like the…
Reprinted with permission from Findacure.org Today’s guest blog is written by Polly Moyer, Co-founder of the Action for Mal de Debarquement Syndrome UK facebook page and founder of the Familial MdDS facebook…
By Lauren Thayer from In The Cloud Copy Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease or NAFLD is a term used to describe a range of conditions in which a patient’s liver has…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In The Cloud Copy The Lancet Psychiatry has published a review stating that although there have been signs demonstrating that delirium may be a common symptom…
By Lauren Thayer from In The Cloud Copy Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder that is characterized by involuntary, repetitive movements and vocalizations. These movements and vocalizations are called…
By Lauren Thayer from In The Cloud Copy Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders or FASDs are a group of conditions that can affect a child both physically as well as behaviorally. …
By Lauren Taylor from In The Cloud Copy Biogen announced new data from the NURTURE trial of pre-symptomatic patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). SMA is a rare, autosomal recessive…
By Jodee Redmond from In The Cloud Copy When a patient identified as Ms. B in a case history complained of headaches starting at the back of her head and…
My name is Mika Jayne Covington. I’m 29 years old and I live with an ultra-rare disease called cystinosis. I am also a transgender woman and my pronouns are she,…
By Jodee Redmond, In the Cloud Copy The work of a pediatric oncologist isn’t for the faint of heart. All their patients are children, and the outcome isn’t always good.…
by Danielle Bradshaw, In the Cloud Copy A common occurrence among children that have rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation or ROHHAD syndrome is that they’re also…
By Lauren Thayer from In The Cloud Copy Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults or LADA is a slow progressing form of autoimmune diabetes. Similar to type 1 diabetes, also an…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In The Cloud Copy Cheri Tannenbaum spends her days making 1960s flower child themed clothing and it’s a style that she’s rather fond of wearing too.…
By Lauren Thayer from In The Cloud Copy Hemophilia is a medical condition in which a person’s blood clotting ability is severely reduced. This inability to properly clot leads to…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In The Cloud Copy Angelman syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that is a combination of multiple physical and mental disabilities. 1 in every 15,000 people…
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