Andrew Taylor celebrated his 50th birthday this year. This is a big year for anyone, but especially for Taylor, who was told he would not make it to the…
When Deborah, a New Yorker, flew over to Paris to do an internship for an architecture office, she never knew she would be flying across the world and meeting…
Tiffany Rowe was 15 when she accomplished her biggest childhood dream. She met Michael Jackson at a live concert and actually got to dance on stage with him. Over…
For many families, when their child is born with developmental delays, there may be weeks, months, or even years that go by without a diagnosis. During this time, parents…
In the movie "Dallas Buyers Club" the main character, Ron Woodroof, contracts HIV/AIDs and starts getting drugs from an organization that imports medicine from Mexico. Similarly, many London patients are…
A new published research study shows that women who breastfeed at least one child for six months or more are at a lower risk of having nonalcoholic fatty liver…
Randy Hilliard, a doctor of psychiatry and University of Michigan professor, awards his survival to the privilege of being so close to a worldwide known cancer center and having the…
British Columbia faces excruciating decisions about how and whether to cover drug treatment for rare diseases. One particular drug is Spinraza. It is a drug that is a part of…
US Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard gave a recent speech in November raising awareness about a looming health crisis for US people. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (or NASH), she declares, is looming in the…
Ebony.com featured a story this September of a young middle school girl named Kennedy Cooper who has sickle cell disease (SCD). Sickle cell diseases are inherited disorders that affect the…
HPV or human papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the US. It is so common that most sexually active people will catch the virus at some…
Misha Walker and her husband Mike have spent the summer in England, meeting with families who have children with a rare condition called arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC). In the…
Allison McElvin had a healthy pregnancy and all of her ultrasounds went well, so no one suspected anything about her little baby Cooper. Even when she had little Cooper…
There is a new series on Netflix called “Afflicted.” It chronicles the stories of seven people with chronic rare diseases and their struggle to cope with symptoms as they…
Over 55,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer every year. And about 95 percent of people who are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer will lose their lives from it. Pancreatic…
A 64 year old woman recently passed away on May 11, 2018. Ellen Maud Bennett had been feeling unwell for years, and when seeking out medical treatment, her doctors did…
The survival rates for infants and children with brain and spinal cord cancer has improved significantly over the past decades. However, a study published online in early August of…
Dr. David Scadden is a hematologist, oncologist, and Harvard medical school professor. He is also the author of a memoir for a book recalling his early medical schooling and career.…
Denise Albert is a busy woman. She founded The MOMs media company. She enjoys music, concerts, and time with her boyfriend. She is also a happily divorced mom of two…
While there have been well-known racial disparities in the diagnosis and survival rates for breast cancer patients, there may be other factors besides the actual race of a patient causing…
If you look on Ed Sheeran's Instagram you will see a recent photo of him and a beautiful eleven-year-old fan. But this is not just any fan-- the picture holds…
Although having a child with disabilities is no doubt stressful, the stress and worry does not necessarily lessen as the child grows older. As children with disabilities age towards adulthood…
Andrea Jenkyns is a member of the British Parliament and new mother. She was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Morley and Outwood at the 2015 general election.…
The Live Like Bella Childhood Cancer Foundation was created for Bella Rodriguez-Torres. The Miami born girl had stage four of a rare childhood cancer which took her life at the…
Six-year-old Hope has spent her early years in and out of hospitals for treatment for the neuroblastoma tumors that populate her body- her lungs, stomach, arms, and even her spine…
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