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.
AVM arteriovenous malformation
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…
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Developing A Worldwide Community for People With Rare Diseases
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…
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November is Mouth Cancer Action Month
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…
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Treatment for Adult Patients with Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) is Now Available in the UK
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…
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A New Drug With the Potential to Lessen the Demand for Liver Transplants
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…
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Study: Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Patients May Benefit from Involvement in Decision Making
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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…
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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis is Often Misdiagnosed
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…
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Traveling the World Before Retinitis Pigmentosa Takes Their Sight
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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…
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Award Winning Blind Master Chef Alerts People to the Value of Eye Exams to Prevent Vision Loss
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…
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Mesothelioma Patient Appears Free of Cancer After Deadly Prognosis
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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…
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Compassion Corner: Study Examines Ways to Approach Patients When Doctors Deliver ‘Bad News’
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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…
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An Experimental Nasal Spray Could Treat a Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia
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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…
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Scientists Have Created an Atlas Connecting Fungi to Thirty-Five Cancers
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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,…
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PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome Has Been Assigned Its Own Diagnostic Code
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…
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The Newest Alzheimer’s Treatment Alleviates Some Side Effects but Exacerbates Others
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…
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October is the International Gaucher Disease Awareness Month –Join Us – Get Informed and Get Involved
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…
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Compassion Corner: A Comparison of Empathy vs Compassion in Your Patient-Doctor Relationship
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…
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ICYMI: FDA Approval of SKYSONA to Slow the Progression of Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy
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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…
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Thirty-One Days Hath October, and Thirty-one Unique Events Happening for Dysautonomia
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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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Will Gene Therapy Save These Children with Rare AADC Deficiency?
This week SciTech Daily published news of the successful eradication of a heretofore incurable form of brain cancer. The research was conducted at Israel’s Tel Aviv University in collaboration with…
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Glioblastoma: Experimental Treatment Eradicates Tumors in Animal Model
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The new nonprofit Every Cure has been created on the basis that every drug currently on the market effects multiple areas in the body. This premise has been proven…
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New Use for Old Drugs Brings Hope to Rare Disease Patients
An article in BioSpace announced that the FDA’s CNS committee met twice in recent months to discuss the merits of AMX0035 for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Within…
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A Drug Extending Survival Six Months or More Has Received FDA Approval for ALS
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This was the fifth time Yadi Martin was pregnant. The first four pregnancies ended in miscarriages. But this time it was different. The fetus had a heartbeat. As Yadi and…
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After Four Miscarriages, Finally a Heartbeat – Then – CHAOS
Neuroscience News recently published an intriguing article suggesting that letrozole, a drug developed to treat breast cancer, has the potential to treat brain tumors. The discovery began with a question…
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Could This Breast Cancer Drug Treat Glioblastoma?
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Seven-year-old Rydder Ames of Hamilton, Ohio began having troubling symptoms five months ago. His mother, Krista Steven took him to the ER after a week-long headache followed by a…
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7-Year-Old Diagnosed With Diffuse Midline Glioma, a Rare Brain Cancer