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.
According to a recent article in MedicalXpress, researchers at Houston Methodist have reported acute transverse myelitis (ATM) in forty-three COVID-19 patients across twenty-one countries. Spinal cord lesions developed in these…
Most cancers are inflamed (hot tumors) and under the right conditions can be controlled by T-cells. According to a recent article in Genetic Engineering and Biology News, there is another…
Is it or was it COVID? That is the question doctors and parents are asking as the number of children admitted to the hospital for a rare pediatric inflammatory…
British researchers recently conducted a study of 235,379 COVID-19 survivors over a six-month period after they survived their initial infection. The researchers discovered that one out of three patients…
In the last decade, scientists have made great strides in uncovering details of the underlying causes of neurodegenerative diseases. It is only a matter of time that treatment and prevention…
Solna Braude describes her brother’s struggle with neurological disorders in her interview with Cure PSP. Her brother, Laurence, was no stranger to the medical world. He was a surgeon, cornea…
William Frackrell’s desire to serve his country was born out of his years as a boy scout and his military career. Then, according to a FOX 13 exclusive with William’s…
The Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine was welcomed as the third alternative to Moderna and Pfizer vaccines but with even more perks. It was a one-time shot that used “viral…
Alarming details of Katy Grainger’s sepsis infection were covered in the April 2021 issue of Women’s Magazine. The interview took place over two years after Katy lost both feet and…
In a recent interview with CNN, Dan Schoenthal, a retired 56-year-old police officer of Great Valley, New York, explained that in 2015 he received a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease.…
Prime editing, a new entry in gene-editing technology, is said to be an extension of the “genetic toolbox.” According to a recent article in Science Daily, prime editing designs…
It is now commonplace for patients to find that a drug such as prednisone, usually prescribed for relief of allergic and rheumatic symptoms, is also prescribed to treat leukemia. According…
Researchers have been able to identify similarities in outcomes between colorectal liver metastases that cannot be completely removed by surgery (unresectable) and patients with the KRAS mutation. Surgical resection…
CNN Newsource ran a special report about five-year-old Emmett Monaco of Beaverton, Oregon who is fighting to stay alive, but his body is slowly failing him. Emmett was diagnosed with…
A healthy brain translates into a healthy blood-brain barrier (BBB) which is a complex series of blood vessels in the brain. When the BBB malfunctions, it may lead to diabetes,…
A note from Lisa: Please read and share this piece with anyone living with ALS or any life-threatening condition that can benefit from compassionate use: Lisa’s friend of thirty years…
According to a recent report in Medical Xpress, over twenty studies have indicated escalating events of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in children worldwide. In the United States, NAFLD heads…
Lauren Peikoff’s painful and discouraging experience is unfortunately very common. According to an account reported in NBC’s Think section, Lauren, an associate producer of a national news program, manages…
Cancer Network recently reported that Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ Vyxeos was approved by the FDA to treat therapy-related pediatric patients one year or older who were newly diagnosed with acute myeloid…
It takes courage to suspect that there is something wrong and doctors are misdiagnosing your symptoms. It takes courage to keep going back and politely but firmly asks for more…
In a recent contribution to MSN, Dr. Christopher Austin, director of the NIH Advancing Translational Sciences, compared the medical community’s record-breaking approach to the COVID-19 pandemic with current efforts…
Macey Brietenback, a resident of Bel Air, Maryland, is nineteen years old and has endured various operating procedures over 70 times. WJZ has been following Macey’s struggle with her…
One year ago, Dr. Audrey Odom John Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Philadephia’s Children’s Hospital, treated a teenage patient for what seemed to be a new disease.…
The latest gene editing technology, prime editing, expands the 'genetic toolbox' for more precisely creating disease models and correcting genetic problems, scientists say. Read the source article at sciencedaily.com
Click here for updates on this story BEAVERTON, Oregon ( KPTV ) — A 5-year-old Beaverton boy is fighting a rare disorder called Krabbe disease. His parents say it’s possible…
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