Few topics in medicine are as fraught with controversy as medical marijuana. Decades of debate over the harmful effects of recreational marijuana use—to mention nothing of its depiction in popular…
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a condition that mainly affects premature infants who have very low birth-weight (under 2.2 pounds). Because the baby's lung tissue is underdeveloped, respiratory distress can result,…
If you're a woman experiencing a multitude of heavy bleeding days, you should do two things as soon as you can: Check out this website Talk to your doctor According to…
If you're living with Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF), you know the headaches (literal and figurative) that come along with it. One of those headaches is finding treatment. Especially a treatment that…
If you have any experience with autoinflammatory diseases, you know that there are a number of things they have in common. Autoinflammatory diseases are: often confused with autoimmune diseases tend to…
Para un adolescente "normal", los mayores problemas de la vida por lo general incluyen no ser capaz de decidir qué ropa llevar a la escuela, qué chico que decir que…
Welcome to this week's Editor's Choice! We hope that those of you who are having a back-to-school week, are smooth sailing! This week, we have some news on IPF and hemophilia…
If a treatment that would cure me or my child had to use dogs for testing, what would I do? That’s the question I had to ask when I saw…
Not too long ago, NIH introduced its Genetics Home Reference pages to the 21st century. Now, you no longer have to feel like you’re wadding through Geocities when you’re doing your research.…
Do you live in the United States? Are you an adult? (Meaning, are you older than 18? Whether or not you have your life together does not apply to this…
Puede la marijuana ser usada para fines medicinales? Es obvio que no somos los primeros en hacer esta pregunta como el debate nacional el uso de la hierba famosa de…
Classified as a "chronic movement disorder," dystonia may appear to some as a disease of the muscles. Like it's cousin Parkinson's disease, however, dystonia is actually a neurological defect. While it's…
Clinical trials are absolutely critical to our understanding of how a drug works and whether it’s safe for use in humans. While clinical trials are not the final word in…
About two months ago, I bucked up and started recycling. (No this is NOT clickbait.) Now let me first explain that for years as a “responsible adult,” I did my…
It's never easy to lose someone you care about to IPF. It can help, though, to not just mourn their loss, but to celebrate their life. When Irv Feldman passed…
How many things do people dismiss in daily life as just a sign of getting older? Too many, in my opinion. But in this article, The New York Times seems…
For anyone living with acromegaly, which substantially increases growth hormone, it shouldn't be a secret that the condition is hard to treat. The gold standard for first-line treatment has been…
If you have a disease known as Pyrin Associated Autoinflammation with Neurtrophilic Dermatosis (PAAND), you're in luck! Your tongue isn't, though, because that's a TWISTER! Fun fact: It's caused by…
When you have a chronic illness like ankylosing spondylitis (AS), you get used to taking a lot of pills. And I mean A LOT. You take pills for the pain.…
What does pulmonary fibrosis, or scarring of the lungs, have to do with blood? Probably more than I'm aware, because when I first saw that a biopharma company specializing in…
Pompe disease is one of those rare disorders that progresses steadily over the course of a person's life. Patients are lacking the enzyme that breaks down glycogen, and the build-up of…
Race and ethnicity is a touchy subject—and rightfully so—but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be discussed, especially in terms of healthcare. The fact is, certain genetic diseases pop up in…
Pompe disease an inherited neuromuscular disorder that is caused by certain gene mutations, particularly in the gene that makes acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA). In Pompe's most severe form, it's often fatal because…
A cure may be just around the corner for people who have hemophilia B. And anytime the word "cure" appears in a sentence with a disease state, there's cause for…
Welcome to this week's Editor's Choice! This week we are highlighting this inspirational, beautiful mother who wants to spread her message. She's currently battling multiple sclerosis in a courageous and proactive way,…
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