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The Eyes Can Tell a Story: Copper Rings and Sunflower Stars
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The Eyes Can Tell a Story: Copper Rings and Sunflower Stars

  • Post author:Kathy Devanny
  • Post published:April 21, 2016
  • Post category:Rare Disease/Wilson Disease

Wilson Disease: the rare, autosomal (meaning it occurs in both men and women), recessive (meaning that an individual must inherit one copy of the mutated allele from each parent to…

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How Did She Learn That Copper Can Kill?

How Did She Learn That Copper Can Kill?

  • Post author:Erica Zahn
  • Post published:March 24, 2016
  • Post category:Rare Disease/Wilson Disease

When talking about genetic diseases, rare and otherwise, it helps to know a little bit about genetics. Every person's body has thousands of genes that are responsible for generating proteins…

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What You Need To Know About Wilson’s Disease And Drug Prices

What You Need To Know About Wilson’s Disease And Drug Prices

  • Post author:Erica Zahn
  • Post published:February 24, 2016
  • Post category:Rare Disease/Wilson Disease

For more than half a century, Grandview, Michigan, resident Bruce Mannes has taken a drug Cuprimine (penicilamine) to manage his Wilson's disease, a genetic disease that prevents the liver from properly filtering the…

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This is What Happens When Parents Are Clueless

This is What Happens When Parents Are Clueless

  • Post author:Alisha Stone
  • Post published:February 8, 2016
  • Post category:Wilson Disease

Okay, call me crazy. Call me SNARKY, but this is ridiculous! Here’s another perfect example of: Not having all of the facts! OR Stupidity that almost gets an innocent young…

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Teenage Girl Proves Cheating Death Is Actually a Thing

Teenage Girl Proves Cheating Death Is Actually a Thing

  • Post author:Lady Kehveen Abernathy
  • Post published:February 3, 2016
  • Post category:Wilson Disease

On a Friday night, Torrie Kruse's world went black. The teenager can't recall being rushed to the hospital. She can't recall doctors scrambling around her hospital bed, trying to make sense of the problem. She…

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Doctors Dismissed a Loving Mother and This is the Result

Doctors Dismissed a Loving Mother and This is the Result

  • Post author:Kiki Jones
  • Post published:February 2, 2016
  • Post category:Wilson Disease

Raise your hand if a doctor’s accused you of pill-seeking? Blamed your symptoms on your weight or claimed you were too young, too black, too old, too Latino to be…

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All That Glitters Is Not Gold. What Poisoned This Man?

All That Glitters Is Not Gold. What Poisoned This Man?

  • Post author:Kiki Jones
  • Post published:February 1, 2016
  • Post category:Wilson Disease

You know how that saying goes: “All that glitters is not gold.” Or maybe, “too much of a good thing can make you sick.” Both apply to the metal copper.…

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Shared Love of Guns Brought These Two Together, Resulting in a Saved a Life

Shared Love of Guns Brought These Two Together, Resulting in a Saved a Life

  • Post author:Erica Zahn
  • Post published:January 25, 2016
  • Post category:Wilson Disease

Gun range employee Chris Twardy didn't know how many of his customers cared about him--but he found out and as a result he has a new lease on life. Twardy,…

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