Rose became acquainted with Patient Worthy after her husband was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) six years ago. During this period of partial remission, Rose researched investigational drugs to be prepared in the event of a relapse. Her husband died February 12, 2021 with a rare and unexplained occurrence of liver cancer possibly unrelated to AML.
Researchers have known about EGCG for decades. It is a plant compound called catechin found in green tea that may prevent disease and protect cells from damage. According to…
Reports by experts find approximately five to ten percent of cancers may be traced to hereditary genetic changes (germline mutations) which exist in each and every cell. Instead, research in…
Lyme disease is often either misdiagnosed or completely undiagnosed. According to Inside Precision Medicine's report, researchers at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School recently teamed with Johns Hopkins University to improve diagnostics…
According to a recent article in Medical Life Sciences, the radiation dose rates used by the new FLASH radiotherapy are over three hundred times more intense than conventional treatments. The…
Scientists at California’s La Jolla Institute are conducting a study that is the forerunner of a clinical that will be investigating human antibodies. The new vaccine will be pitted against…
Verge Genomics, based in San Francisco is one of a series of biotechs that have entered into a new era using AI in drug discovery. The company is backed by…
In 2006 twenty-nine-year-old Austinite Ben Munoz of Dallas, Texas experienced such a severe headache and dizziness that he drove to the hospital and underwent surgery several hours later. Ben was…
Join thousands of people worldwide in raising awareness of mouth cancer during the month of November. It is the largest campaign in the UK in support of education and awareness…
Fostamatinib is a spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) inhibitor recommended to treat ITP patients who have been unable to receive a sufficient response from other medications. TAVLESSE® (fostamatinib), developed by Grifols…
Dr. Paul Monga, director of Pittsburgh’s Liver Research Center, and his team are studying cancer and liver regeneration. Dr. Monga recently published a study that finds activation of a medication…
Due to varied periods of decline among patients, previous research indicates that it is difficult to develop treatment options for patients who have relapsed DLBCL. This holds true especially when…
Patrick Freyne recently interviewed three people with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) for his column in the Irish Times. Patrick describes the circumstances behind the first known cases of the ME…
Three of Edith Lemay and Sebastien Pelletier’s four children were diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, an untreatable genetic condition. The parents were told their children would eventually be blind. In trying…
Master Chef Christine Ha of Dublin is coping with the fact that an accurate diagnosis years earlier would have prevented her blindness. Christine now spends a great deal of time…
Several years ago, Laura Evans of Clydebank, Scotland received devastating news from her doctor that she only had two years to live. Laura had been diagnosed with a type of…
Compassion [kuhm-pash-uhn] noun A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. Compassion Corner is a…
Although paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) may not be a common household name, it is experienced by five hundred Americans with over fifty thousand patients visiting hospitals for treatment in…
A team of researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Science Institute and California University in San Diego linked fungi to approximately 35 cancers. They created a pan-cancer mycobiome atlas exposing new…
A code for an autism-linked syndrome has now been established and entered into the U.S. diagnostic manual that catalogs health conditions. According to a recent report in Market Watch,…
Aduhelm was recently approved by the FDA for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The FDA approval, the first in the history of the disease, was based on the drug’s…
The joy of being told you have a normal healthy newborn can at times be overshadowed by concern about whether the baby has a yet-to-be-discovered disease. Medical technology has helped…
Compassion [kuhm-pash-uhn] noun A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. Compassion Corner is…
Through its recently issued press release, bluebird bio announced the FDA’s accelerated approval of the first therapy to slow the progression of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). The disease is the result…
Are you ready for the October 2022 Dysautonomia Challenge? You can make this October stand out on your calendar by making each day meaningful, event ladened, exciting, and dedicated…
The young patients began laughing, and some even began to speak and walk. Imagine the excitement among the hospital staff when they realized that a new medication brought about…
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