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.
A recent study by Texas A&M researchers evaluated the results to male offspring of parental alcohol exposure. The exposure to the chemical diethylnitrosamine was found to be disruptive to mitochondrial,…
Due to the efforts of public health officials in the 1940s, Murine typhus was almost eradicated in the United States. However, there now appears to be a resurgence in the…
Malaria remains responsible for 50,000 deaths annually. An ever-expanding population coupled with malaria gaining resistance to treatments are prominent roadblocks. As reported in Science Alert, the plan is radical. The…
Prader-Willi syndrome is a leading cause of obesity in children. The rare disease was discovered over seventy years ago, yet this is the first therapy to be approved by the…
National Cancer Center researchers have discovered a mechanism for liver regeneration in animal models triggered almost immediately after episodes of severe liver damage. The study, reported in MedicalXpress, explains that…
Professor Sophia Padilla, lead author of a new study on antibiotic resistance describes the cycle in an article published in UC Irvine’s American Chemical Society Journal. Scientists develop drugs to…
Scientists have earnestly delved into a new study to test a drug for individuals who have genetically inherited a type of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease known as “dominantly inherited Alzheimer’s disease”.…
One Million People: That is an estimate of the number of individuals who die from infections that resist drugs such as antibiotics according to a report in BBC News. Yet,…
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects approximately 1.6 million people in the U.S. According to a report in Healio, this equates to about 1.3% of the adult population. IBD can be…
Sixty-six-year-old Tim Andrews, a resident of New Hampshire, is the fourth patient worldwide to undergo a pig kidney transplantation. As reported recently in a Mass General News Release, Tim is…
As reported in a recent edition of the Harvard Gazette, AI is commonly used to analyze X-rays and scans. AI has begun to outperform physicians in prognostic and diagnostic assessments.…
In June 2023 Jenny Decker took time out from her job as a trauma nurse and sailed out of Kona, Hawaii, beginning her solo voyage around the globe. Jenny’s mission…
This article is written by Enrico Orzes and originally published on Osservatorio Malattie Rare (OMaR). It has been translated from Italian. Patient Worthy is grateful to the team at OMaR…
Mesoblast Biotechnology Company has received FDA approval for its Ryoncil therapy as the first of its kind to be approved in the United States. The therapy has been developed to…
Sickle Cell, an inherited disease, involves crescent shaped red blood cells that are the “vehicles” containing hemoglobin, a protein responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body. For almost a year…
Roche has been developing an experimental drug for Parkinson’s disease for over ten years. According to BioPharma Dive, the latest statements from the company are that the drug, prasinezumab, failed…
According to the data that was presented at the 2024 ACR Convergence, a considerable number of patients are hospitalized when it could have been avoided. As reported in Healio News,…
Approximately one and one half million people are affected by ulcerative colitis (UC) worldwide. It is an inflammatory bowel disorder with, as of yet, no known cause. There are, however,…
The FDA’s recent approval of AbbVie’s new combination therapy provides patients with longer-lasting control of movements. As described recently in Biopharmadive, Parkinson’s disease is characterized by uncontrolled muscle movements or…
The use of the gene therapy elivaldogene autotemcel (Skysona), has been approved due to its success in the treatment of patients diagnosed with the neurological disease cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD). The…
According to a recent report in Healio News, the GLP-1 agonists are medications developed primarily to control blood sugar levels for type two diabetes. About the FLOW Clinical Trial The…
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare disease causing progressive muscular weakness. Severe forms of the disease can be fatal to infants. Apitegromab is an experimental therapy that was successful…
Healio Gastroenterology Source: Concomitant use of common medications does not significantly affect UC induction therapy
Healio Cardiology Source: Immune checkpoint inhibitors for advanced lung cancer linked to higher blood clot risk
Eighty-five-year-old Frank Meuers considers his 500th immunoglobulin infusion to be a cause for celebration. Frank has logged details of his doctor’s visits since his first dose of replacement therapy with…
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