What do you do when your four-year-old daughter first notices a man with a prosthetic leg? A coworker picked up the story in a grocery store when his little girl…
Since this is my first contribution to Patient Worthy, I thought I would spend some time writing about the process it took to receive my diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis…
Norway scientists Suchi Mittal, et al. have found compounds that reduce levels of a key gene that increases the risk of developing Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's disease is a degenerative central…
Raise your hand if you like Adele, the English singer-songwriter! Well, hopefully, your hand is raised, but if not, that’s okay too. I’d still like you to consider Adele’s actions…
I second-guess every decision I make. Should I wear my hair pulled back, or will it just flop in my face all day long? Should I wear heels and risk…
Prepping for bedtime in my house is like going into battle. The children are provided the first warning around 7:30 p.m. From that moment forward, everything revolves around the mission-critical…
You know the Internet meme: There’s a woman, head in hand, silently weeping, or James Van Der Beek, from his Dawson’s Creek days, on the edge of crying big elephant…
There is so much about how our bodies work that we take for granted. The careful concert of organs, systems, and structures that allow us to breathe, walk, talk, and…
Parents strive to make a child’s life better—even before the baby bundle comes into this world. The sacrifices parents make for their children are innumerable, and one dad from Mississippi…
You know the best thing about a 3-day weekend? A 4-day work-week! We hope you had a fun and safe Labor Day Weekend here in the states. How do you…
A record amount of dollars is heading to help those fighting Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia (WM). According to its website, for the first time, the International Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Foundation (IWMF) approved $2.2…
"The Troubles" in Ireland/Northern Ireland go back to the 1700s, and they were aptly named. There's been a lot of fighting on both sides—those sides being the Irish and the English.…
Chances are you grew up with the fragrant scent of baby powder perfuming the air. Your mom may have used it to prevent your diaper rash or to sooth herself…
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is most common in males, and is characterized by muscle weakness that progresses over time. Onset is as early as three years of age and the life…
I sat behind Bobby in Basic Algebra class, room 17. We were both 15 years old. Each day of class, we’d manage a polite “Hey.” Then one day he wasn’t…
We've all heard it before: "Stay positive! Look on the bright side! Don't let the little things get you down!" The fact of the matter is it's way easier to…
September is National Blood Cancer Awareness Month and September 15th is World Lymphoma Awareness Day. To find out more, check out the Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF). Not only does this…
Rare diseases like ALS and SMA cause damage to motor neurons. Often, these conditions lead to death, in part because muscles in the chest are wasted away and the patient…
Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) is a very rare cancer of the blood. So rare in fact, that there are only 4,200 cases diagnosed in the U.S. each year and…
On September 28th, 2017 at 9 PM EST, a new online, mindfulness-based, stress reduction course will be given by none other than the extraordinary Julie Desch, MD. She is a physician…
Odds are someone you know has a chronic, even debilitating illness, but you probably have no clue how it's affecting his/her life. Just because a condition isn't obvious doesn't mean…
The human brain is a mystery. Although enormous strides have been made to understand how it works and how our neuro pathways respond to various stimuli, there is still so…
Quite possibly, one of the most challenging attitudes to embrace is self-compassion. It should be easy enough to adopt simple self-love into our lives, but it truly is where the…
"Be strong," they say. "Don't give up." However well-meaning the sentiment, those phrases sometimes ring empty. What does it even mean to be strong? To persevere? I think Jackie Barber's story…
When I first read this story in Fortune about the Zika Virus potentially being used to treat a rare form of deadly brain cancer called glioblastoma, I immediately thought of…
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