The Sleepy Road to Diagnosis and Deprivation: A Narcolepsy Patient Story, Part 1
I want to start off by saying that the intention behind my words are not to convey or express any sort of anger, hatred, or resentment. I am choosing to…
I want to start off by saying that the intention behind my words are not to convey or express any sort of anger, hatred, or resentment. I am choosing to…
According to a story from labblog.uofmhealth.org, one of the defining features of Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare disorder, is hyperphagia, which is extreme overeating and obsession with food. While this is…
The Study: MRx0518-I-003 MRx0518-I-003 is a trial investigating MRx0518 as part of a combination treatment for pancreatic cancer, used with preoperative radiotherapy. The trial will evaluate the therapies safety and…
According to a story from the University of Aberdeen, 57 year old Sandy Patience of Inverness, Scotland, is one of a total of 801 Huntington's disease patients from around the…
When Jessica Karnes was a kid, she was told she was no longer allowed to eat chicken nuggets. As a self-proclaimed lifelong picky eater—and a four-and-a-half-year-old at the time—this was a…
According to a story from BioSpace, the biopharmaceutical company Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has recently announced the results of its phase 3 clinical trial, which was testing the company's investigational drug…
Hyperphagia is an extreme hunger and obsession with food, and it is a symptom of Prader-Willi syndrome. While many of the other effects of this condition have treatments, this…
Olmsted syndrome is a rare disease most frequently caused by mutations in TRPV3. For some patients, it is caused by MBTPS2 mutations. It is characterized by palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) as…