Here's some good news for the day: According to nutritionist Dr. Keith Pearson, there is ample evidence that cinnamon helps to lower blood sugar and fight diabetes! Let's go over…
If you haven't yet, check out our post here on how cinnamon can help lower your blood sugar. And to that point - spices are the very embodiment of "big…
How long can you live without your heart? How long without your liver? Your spleen? Your lungs? A woman in Canada learned the answer to that last one. Melissa needed…
The image of a scientist conducting research on himself is a plot element in most superhero stories, as well as the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novella Strange Case of Dr.…
The artist's medium? Wood, mirrors, and various other materials. His art? Jarring and beautiful headpieces—Tiago Valente's way of understanding his own experience with dystonia. Tiago called it facial dystonia, and from…
Alright, here's a little secret. Don't tell anyone, okay? Promise? Great, here it is: Carbs are delicious. I mean, so so so good. And throughout the last few decades we've…
What would you do if you felt an overpowering urge to nod off? For most people, I think we would just go to sleep. It’s relatively easy to find a…
The World Alliance of Pituitary Organizations unites the pituitary patient community and as one of our partners, they sent us their latest newsletter! In it, you can read the chairperson's report,…
When your child is diagnosed with Tay-Sachs, what should you do? How should you cope? A baby with Tay-Sachs disease appears healthy at birth and seems to be developing normally…
Have you ever felt woozy when you stood up? And maybe it was so bad you actually fainted. One possibility is you have a form of dysautonomia called postural orthostatic…
Huntington's disease (HD) is one of those rare diseases that prior to diagnosis feels like a coin toss. Will you get it? Will it pass you by? It's a genetic…
Some memories come to mind so vividly you remember every sensation: the smells, the sights, the sounds, the feelings. For me, many of my most vivid childhood memories involve the…
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a doctor. A doctor saved my life when I was very young and very sick. He was intrigued by my interesting…
Are you an adult who has been diagnosed with Dermatomyositis (DM) or probable DM? There is a new Phase II study currently recruiting that you may want to discuss with…
Happy Spring Patient Worthians! This week we have pieces from two rare women, one battling the rare disease pemphigus vulgaris, part of the pemphigus and pemphigoid family. The other is…
Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a bone marrow failure disorder that is inherited, but very rare. It was named after Dr. Louis K. Diamond and Dr. Kenneth D. Blackfan, who were the…
Approximately one in 5,000 babies are born with a birth defect called gastroschisis. When a baby's intestines are protruding through a hole in the stomach wall resulting in the intestines being…
2017 Muscular Dystrophy Association Scientific Conference was a beacon of light! Researchers from academic medical centers, pharmaceutical companies, children’s’ medical centers, biotech, engineering, and veterinary medicine came together to share…
Let's talk blood donation. I recently spoke with a man from a small African country who suffers from hemophilia. He told me that when he was growing up, there was no…
There is something you should know about me that will put this subject into some better context. I love food. I live for food, I really do. And it's been a…
Loneliness and lack of social support can make a person feel overwhelmed, so I felt hopeful when I came across this cystic fibrosis (CF) website for kids. Children living with…
One of the hardest parts of being diagnosed with a strange condition you’ve never heard of—like Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)—is just getting your arms around what the hell it is…
To read our primer on Hemophilia, click here and to read our primer on von Willebrand click here. These next three bleeding disorders - grouped under the header "Platelet Disorders" -…
Fear of the unknown is a feeling we’ve all faced at some point. I liken it to standing at the edge of a cliff with nothing but a fathomless crevasse…
To walk in the shoes of others is sometimes what it takes to truly understand their journey. So when I came across the blog, Jason and Justin's Journey x2 - Don't Stop…
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