Max Moore normally loved going on family walks with his mom Mandie, dad Devin, and brother Chase (age four at the time) throughout their neighborhood. But when he was eight…
by Danielle Bradshaw, In the Cloud Copy A common occurrence among children that have rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation or ROHHAD syndrome is that they’re also…
According to a story from STV News, Aaron Hunter, who is nine years old and was born with the rare condition ROHHAD, recently earned the Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser…
According to a publication from the Warwick Beacon, friends and family of 4-year-old Banner Mazza are raising money for the boy's medical expenses. Mazza was recently diagnosed with ROHHAD, a…
One of the greatest gifts of being a kid is imagination. When you're a kid, anything is possible and even the hardest times can turn into something so much better…
POW! BANG! KAPOW! On a typical day, Thor, Batman and Wonder Woman focus on purging the world of archenemies that threaten our very peace and prosperity. And the way things…
There is a rare disease—and I do mean rare because less than 100 people in the world have been diagnosed with it—and it has an uncommonly long name. Get ready…
Scotland’s Aaron Hunter went on Twitter to challenge the one and only Iron Man. He asked him for help with raising funds and awareness for rapid-onset obesity (RO) with hypothalamic dysregulation…
At 5 years old, Holton Jones was diagnosed with ROHHAD, or rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation. According to the Pensacola News Journal, his parents knew something…
Fino a poco tempo fa, il termine ROHHAD non significava nulla. Ma poi ho sentito parlare di un bambino canadese di 11 anni chiamato Denika Bailey che ha questo raro…
Imagine being told that your son probably wouldn’t live beyond his twenties when he was only six years old. Unfathomable. But that’s the news the Vella family received and had…
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals is currently developing a melanocrotin-4 (MC4) receptor therapy called setmelanotide for the treatment of obesity and related disorders caused by genetic defects. This therapy could potentially be used to…
I recently wrote about an 11-year-old Canadian girl who has an extremely rare disease called rapid-onset obesity with hypoventilation, hypothalmic dysfunction and autonomic dysregulation, or ROHHAD. There are roughly 100…
Until recently, the term ROHHAD meant nothing to me. But, then, I heard about an 11-year-old Canadian child named Denika Bailey who has this rare disorder. The letters stand for:…
Chucky Bartolo of Lovin' Malta introduced Jake Vella to the world yesterday. Jake suffers from the rare disease ROHHAD. While he was a regular kid for the first five years of his…
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