Rare Classroom: Pseudobulbar Affect
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
Jazz Pharmaceuticals has launched an educational program called Find the Right Fit, which aims to spread awareness and help patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML).…
Happy Friday! Sept. 24 is FH Awareness Day. Familial hypercholesterolemia is a gentic disorder characterized by the inability of the body to remove LDL -- sometimes called "bad cholesterol" --…
Several decades ago, gene therapy seemed to be on target to treat a disease by simply replacing a defective gene with a healthy one. A recent article republished in APNews…
Recently, pharmaceutical company Alimera Sciences announced that the first patient was enrolled in the NEW DAY clinical trial to test ILUVIEN as a potential treatment for patients with diabetic macular…
Last month, the annual ESC Congress, headed by the European Society of Cardiology, discussed innumerable treatments and advances in the field of cardiology. During the conference, biopharmaceutical company Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals…
Tyrosinemia is a metabolic disorder which prevents the body from processing the amino acid tyrosine. Without treatment, the disorder can be lethal. There are three different types of tyrosinemia with…
Chronic kidney disease patients often develop aortic stenosis, which requires a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure to treat. The question arises: will a TAVR procedure worsen the renal function…
According to a recent article in MedicalXpress, in 2004 Professor Sophie Lucas of the Louvain de Duve Institute began studying immunosuppressive cells that are known to block immune responses in…
An article that appeared recently in Psychology Today asks whether dementia is responsible for falls. The answer brings to mind the many medical and environmental factors that affect the elderly…
According to a story from BioSpace, Ziopharma Oncology, Inc. has recently announced that its investigational therapy Ad-RTS-hIL-12 with veledimex (also called Controlled IL-12) has been given Rare Pediatric Disease designation…
As reported in BioSpace; today, Biocryst Pharmaceuticals has been given a boost to further their work to explore the merits of a potential oral treatment for PNH. The U.S. FDA…
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
As reported in Biospace; You probably know that a purple ribbon is used to commemorate cancer, pink for breast cancer, orange for leukemia. What do you know about childhood cancers…
According to a recent article in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, the neural circuit that is responsible for insomnia has been identified by scientists at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory…
There is currently an unmet medical need for therapies and research for Parkinson's disease, with the incidence increasing drastically. In fact, the number of cases around the world is expected…
As reported in Science Daily, researchers at the University of Bristol’s MRC Epidemiology Unit working with pharmaceutical companies have developed an approach to reduce the failure rate of developing drugs.…
According to a story from Medscape, thyroid storm is a collection of symptoms that can be described as acute hyperthyroidism (overactivity of the thyroid gland) or thyrotoxicosis, a condition of…
September 15th, 2020 is recognized as World Lymphoma Awareness Day. This day is dedicated to spreading awareness about lymphoma and falls in the context of Blood Cancer Awareness Month, which…
This year, September 13-19 is being recognized as Balance Awareness Week. Organized by the Vestibular Disorders Association, the goal of this campaign is to help spread awareness among both the…
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
This past week, Target RWE announced data from its TARGET-NASH study, designed to better understand differences in health outcomes for patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). According to their…
According to a story from BioSpace, the drug company Plus Therapeutics has recently announced that its investigational therapy Rhenium NanoLiposomes (RNL™) has earned Orphan Drug designation from the US Food…
Happy Friday! Sept. 13-19 is Balance Awareness Week. It's intended to bring attention to balance-related vestibular disorders such as Meniere’s disease and vestibular migraine. Looking for ways to help out?…
According to a recent article in MedicalXpress, researchers in Japan led by Dr. Shinsuke Ishigaki and his team at Nagoya University, have identified new molecular details about tau’s activity. Alzheimer’s,…