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.
Ryner Lai, MBBS, a medical graduate of Queen Mary, London University, is a physician and writer with a passion to use medical research as a way of improving patients’…
Karyopharm Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company focusing on novel cancer therapies, has issued a statement via PR Newswire that the FDA has granted regulatory designations to eltanexor, Karyopharm’s Selective Inhibitor…
On August 10, 2022, KTVU anchor Leslie Griffith passed away in Lake Chapala, Mexico, where she had been living for the past six years. Leslie was 66 years old…
Six years after receiving a lung transplant a young woman 21 years of age noticed an article in Reforestemos Patagonia © about another young woman who was waiting for a…
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…
The Problem: Colorectal Cancer (CRC): It is fourth on the list of life-threatening cancers in the United States and the number of incidents is rising mostly among people under fifty…
According to a recent press release from Globe Newswire, Albireo Pharma announced that Lancet Gastroenterology published results of the PEDFIC 1 trial evaluating Bylvay® in the treatment of progressive…
This is Part Two of a two part story. Click here to read Part One. Joyce Sanchez, M.D., professor at Wisconsin’s Medical College, supported the women by stating that…
A recent article published in Physicians Weekly and also by the National Institute of Health stated that immunosuppressive medication and kidney biopsies may not be necessary if children with…
This is Part One of the two part story. Stay tuned for Part Two Imagine being told the pain you are feeling throughout your body is not real and then…
Targeted Oncology recently published an article describing a group of T cell malignancies associated with blood disorders (hematologic cancers). Currently, a high rate of patient deaths and relapses are occurring…
Inside Precision Medicine recently featured an article describing a study that was published in the European journal Diabetologia conducted by a team of Chinese and Swedish researchers. The study suggested…
Results of a recent study published in Medscape Medical News assessed the effect of treatment with radiotherapy on patients who have prostate cancer that is localized. Statistics show that…
According to a recent article in the British publication Latest Page News, doctors at the University College in London and Royal Free London believe that a ‘cure’ is possible within…
Rare Disease Diagnoses Get a Boost from Scientists’ New guidelines Professor Dame Sue Hill, Chief Scientific Officer of NHS England, recently interviewed with MedicalXpress citing the importance of unraveling the mystery…
This is Jason’s story as told to Memorial Sloan Kettering’s “In The News”. Jason Mascolo at 34 years of age had been living with constant leg pain for years. However,…
Researchers acknowledge that the primary cause of failure of stem cell transplants is disease relapse. This holds true specifically for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants where a cancer patient…
John Hornsby Sr., a native of Kentucky, suffered for six months with what he thought was a hernia. John was wrong. He had incurable Non-Hodgkin’s follicular lymphoma, and surgery…
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…
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) begins with very little warning. When children are born with FOP, they appear normal aside from a possibly characteristic malformation of the largest toe that…
Although many people in the United States face challenges when seeking healthcare services, new research has found that when seeking a diagnosis for a rare disease, the situation is…
The Catawba Virginia Farmers Market’s mission is to provide the Catawba community with local produce and handicrafts. Stephanie and Donald Schneider owners of Pacaberry Farms have been vendors at the…
Dr. Cecilia Chung and associates at the Vanderbilt University’s Medical Center conducted a study published recently in MedPage Today. Results showed that patients who had inflammatory disorders, as well…
Scientists have known for years that Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is caused by a gene on the X chromosome. The gene (the WASP gene) can be found throughout the immune…
Takeda and its collaborator, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, recently announced results from AROAAT-2002 of the investigational drug fazirsiran. The drug is an RNA interference therapeutic developed to lessen alpha-1 antitirypsin protein…
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