Have you heard of myasthenia gravis? If not, that's not surprising considering it is a rare disease, with about 20 out of 100,000 known sufferers. However it is probably under-diagnosed and those…
One way people spread awareness is by wearing shirts and other items with messages about what they support. If you want to be one of those people and you want to…
June is Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month and Patient Worthy is here to help the cause. We recently published this great article about having a sense of humor when dealing with myasthenia gravis.…
Happy Father's Day Week Patient Worthians! We hope you celebrated your rare dads this week-- because they deserve it. As you know, it's Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month so we are highlighting some new drug…
As if you needed further proof that the human spirit can accomplish incredible things, here’s a great story from “across the pond.” In 2012, 15-year-old British student Jessica Gillatt was…
Here at Patient Worthy, we know how hard it can be trying to find information online about rare diseases. Blogs about personal experiences can highlight the worst aspects of a…
Miry Constantini-Souroujon is a professor in the Department of Natural Sciences at the Open University, Israel. She has spent three decades studying myasthenia gravis (MG) and ways to treat it. Here, we…
San Angelo Live reports Keelie Brydson first noticed something was wrong in the fourth grade when, she says, "my eyelid would be really droopy." Turns out that Keelie has myasthenia…
So this is kind of a bummer: Clinical trials looking into using Alexion Pharmaceutical’s drug Soliris for treatment-resistant generalized myasthenia gravis have just come up short of expectations. Soliris, which…
You know what a cool word is? Twibbon What is a Twibbon? Those things you see on people's profile pictures on Facebook and Twitter to show support for what they…
One of the hardest parts of living with a rare disease like myasthenia gravis is just finding someone else who lives with the disease. MG patients are few and far…
Jeff Joseph. Record Spotlight reports he’s not like every 24-year-old trying to figure their way through this so-called “real world.” He’s different—in challenging ways and in freakin’ cool ways. Joseph…
Happy Almost-Father's Day Patient Worthians! This week, we have some important information on the rare disease myasthenia gravis in the spirit of June being it's awareness month. Also, have you ever…
Quick question: What does multiple myeloma have to do with myasthenia gravis (MG)? On the surface, not much—one is a rare cancer of the blood, the other is an autoimmune…
Every day, millions of people wake up hoping that today will be a good day—that today, the pain will be at a bearable level. Myasthenia gravis (MG) patients know the high…
Happy June!—a month dedicated to spreading awareness about myasthenia gravis (MG) and other neuromuscular diseases. MG affects nearly 20 people in every 100,000 around the world. One of those people…
The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of Illinois is hosting the 2016 Strides Against MG Walk. This will be the foundation's fourth year hosting, so needless to say, they know what they're doing.…
Myasthenia Gravis is a neuro-muscular autoimmune disease that can make the body go weak at any time. If you have Myasthenia or MG like me, you know that some days…
Between all the murder, betrayal, and Shakespearean-esque drama, no one would say Fox’s breakthrough, musical-hit Empire represents reality. But one can argue the show represents an important step forward for the…
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) can make it hard for its sufferers to function normally whatsoever, as is the case for Cathy Liner, a woman living in Salem, North Carolina. Cathy has dedicated her life to…
Congrats Patient Worthians! You made it to Friday! This week we have some interesting Myasthenia Gravis pain remedies. Additionally, we have a pretty sweet Acromegaly poster designed by one of our…
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a debilitating neuromuscular disease characterized by muscle weakness that gets worse during periods of activity and improves after resting. It is sometime fatal because the muscles…
The human body is still a mystery in so many ways to doctors and scientists. Despite having more knowledge and research to draw from, there are still illnesses that confound researchers and…
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is not exactly a common disease, but it affects young adult women most, so the question of pregnancy matters a lot. If you're noticing any unusual breathing problems,…
Have you ever thought about blinking? Right now, try not to blink for as long as you can... You blinked, didn't you? That's the function of an involuntary muscle. You…
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