Rare Classroom: Metastatic Melanoma
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…
The month of June is here and every year it is recognized as Myasthenia Gravis (MG) Awareness Month. This is a time meant to help spread awareness about myasthenia gravis…
According to a story from Medscape, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently issued a new restriction on the use of obeticholic acid (marketed as Ocaliva). The agency now…
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…
The month of May is recognized as PKU Awareness Month, a time of year set aside to focus on spreading awareness about phenylketonuria (PKU) among the general public and in…
According to a story from yahoo.finance.com, the medical technology company iCAD, Inc. recently held a webinar featuring several brain tumor experts that discussed the potential of an approach called intraoperative…
According to a story from republicworld.com, the medical fraternity of Queen Mary's Hospital in King George's Medical University, Lucknow was able to successfully treat a woman, age 35, with immune…
The Rare Disease Legislative Advocates (RDLA) held its monthly webinar on May 20, 2021. The primary focus of the webinar was a discussion and overview of drug pricing proposals that…
In an article published in The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC), researchers provided an overview of the current treatment and management paradigm for systemic-sclerosis (also called scleroderma) with interstitial lung…
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…
According to a story from Parkinson's News Today, a small study recently demonstrated that fecal transplants could help relieve gastrointestinal problems in Parkinson's disease patients, as well as reducing the…
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 ANCA Vasculitis News, the month of May is recognized as Vasculitis Awareness Month, a time for spreading awareness about vasculitis among the general public and…
The month of May is recognized as Myositis Awareness Month, a time to play your part in spreading awareness about myositis among the general public and in the medical community.…
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 asbestos.com, patients surviving for five years or more with pleural mesothelioma is still uncommon. However, in those that do, exposure to lower levels of asbestos…
Written by Harsha K. Rajasimha, MS, PhD & Sharlene Brown, PhD Clinical trials are the regulatory mechanisms agencies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) use to evaluate and review…
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…
The month of May is recognized as Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) awareness month, a time set aside to spread awareness about these rare conditions among…
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…
The month of May is recognized as Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Awareness Month, a time for helping to spread awareness about tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) among the general public and in…
The month of May is recognized as International Behçet's Awareness Month and May 20th is Behçet's Awareness Day. This is a special time for spreading awareness about Behçet's disease among…
In a study published on Hindawi, a group of patients with severe cystic fibrosis that were awaiting a lung transplant underwent a telerehabilitation program to maintain their lung function. The…