Rare Classroom: Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
On September 2, 2021, Patient Worthy attended a webinar from the SYNGAP Research Fund titled "Treatments in Development for Epilepsy Syndromes: Opportunities for SYNGAP1." This program provided an overview of…
When Alison was just nine months old, she was diagnosed with a mild case of cerebral palsy. To this day, she and her doctors still aren’t certain if that's what…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
According to a story from Ebene Magazine, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially authorized that immunocompromised people could receive a third booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. This…
According to a story from medwirenews.com, a post-hoc analysis from a recent clinical trial has revealed that treatment with filgotinib can result in improvements in structural lesions detected by MRI…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
September 7, 2021 will be recognized as World Duchenne Awareness Day. This day will be set aside in recognition of awareness surrounding Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare and debilitating genetic…
According to a story from Healio, recent research has suggested that giant cell arteritis, a rare immune-mediated disease, could be made worse from the use of checkpoint inhibitors, a class…
In a story posted on msn.com, primary biliary cholangitis patient Cathy Mumford talks about why she feels it is important for patients living with a rare disease to participate in…
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
In a video posted on OncLive, Dr. Anita Kumar, a medical oncologist, discusses different considerations that must come into play when choosing a treatment for people living with relapsed/refractory mantle…
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
According to a story on the Renal Fellow Network, rituximab has emerged in recent years as an effective therapy for ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). This is a group of autoimmune diseases…
In a video conversation on OncLive, Dr. Daniel Catenacci and Dr. Sam Klempner discuss new biomarkers and therapeutic agents that could have implications for the future treatment of gastric cancer…
According to a story from Pharma Times, a combination treatment consisting of nivolumab (marketed as Opdivo) plus ipilimumab (marketed as Yervoy) will now be available to UK patients living with…
According to a press release from Street Insider, the biopharmaceutical company Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc., has recently announced positive interim findings from its ongoing phase I clinical trial, which consists of…
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
According to a story on medicaldialogues.in, a recent study has determined that antifibrotic treatment can reduce the rate of mortality and acute exacerbations in people living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis…
The month of August is recognized as Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Awareness Month. This is a time of year in which the community works hard to spread awareness about this…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…