Editor’s Choice: So What’s the Deal with Kratom?
Happy 7-11 Day! We hope everyone's on their way to get their free slurpie today! For this week's editor's choice, we're highlighting four articles. First, we discuss kratom, the controversial…
Happy 7-11 Day! We hope everyone's on their way to get their free slurpie today! For this week's editor's choice, we're highlighting four articles. First, we discuss kratom, the controversial…
Happy Fourth of July Season! Today, we're highlighting stories about research and social media, robots in caregiving, sisters carrying each others' babies, and AI advancing glioblastoma research. After this past…
Happy Thursday! Today, we're highlighting stories on three patients facing different struggles: a professor, a Jeopardy host, and a man from New Jersey. We also have an article about a…
Happy Thursday! Today, we're highlighting stories on three patients facing different struggles: a professor, a Jeopardy host, and a man from New Jersey. We also have an article about a…
Happy Thursday! Today, we're highlighting four articles on rare disease news. First, we have a story on a lawsuit against controversial stem cell treatments. Next, we have an article on…
Happy Thursday! Today, we're highlighting a piece from a PW contributor sharing why it's important for people in the rare disease community to vent sometimes. If you'd like to use…
We all run into problems in our everyday lives that cause frustrations and test our patience. If we're feeling well, we react to those issues at the moment and then…
Happy Thursday! Today, we're highlighting two patient stories on adjusting to life and staying strong after a rare diagnosis. Next, we have an article about parents of children with Batten…
Happy Thursday! We hope everyone's enjoying the spring weather. Today, we're highlighting a story from a young man advocating for Huntington's patients. Next, we have an article about a surprising…
Happy Wednesday! We're officially halfway through May if you can believe it! This week we're highlighting a piece about an intern using their rare experience to inform their work, followed…
As I listened to her story I kept thinking, “You can’t make this stuff up.” Or at least no one would want to anyway. The first time I met Adeola…
Happy Thursday! We hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful spring week! This week we're highlighting a story about a partner of ours that helps support creativity in kids with rare…
Happy Thursday! This week we're highlight a variety of articles. First, we're starting with a strong call-to-action from contributor and advocate, Sharon. Next, we have an article about rare disease…
We need to talk about adult rare disease patients. Adults who have a rare disease diagnosis are faced with a blaring issue-- I'm speaking for a large number of adults here,…
Happy Thursday! We hope everyone's spring is off to a good start! As the weather warms up, we're sharing stories demonstrating patient hope, strength, and resilience. We start with a…
Happy Thursday! We hope everyone's month is going well! This week, we're highlighting two stories about drug pricing and reimbursement. Next, we have an article on mastocytosis diagnoses and (yet…
Happy Spring! Anyone else got that spring fever? Unless you're getting tortured by allergies, it is a great time to be outdoors. The bees are buzzing, the flowers are blooming,…
Happy April! We hope everyone's month is going well! This week, we're highlighting two patient stories and two research stories. First, we have the story of Carolyn, a pemphigus patient…
Happy Thursday Everyone! We hope everyone's spring is off to a good start! This week, we're highlighting four articles about research updates. We have news pertaining to Methylmalonic Acidemia patients…
Happy Wednesday Everyone! We hope everyone had a good St Patrick's Day. Today, we're highlighting a story from PW contributor Denise Crompton on grief. This is followed by an article…
Happy Wednesday Everyone! We're excited for the spring weather coming up! Today, we're highlighting an article on some good news for the rare community in canada, followed by an update…
Happy Thursday! Today, we're highlighting an article on a story about rare disease discrimination, followed by news about a musician who went public with a rare diagnosis. After that, we…
Happy Rare Disease Week! This week has been all about rare diseases. Today, we're highlighting an article from a PW contributor with FAP, followed by a story describing some shortcomings…
Happy Wednesday! Today, we're highlighting an article about gene therapy for MPS, followed by a story about a singer with Achalasia. After that, we have an article about app for…
I have lived with pain almost my entire life. Prior to the age of 30, when I developed chronic pain from a neurological movement disorder called dystonia, I experienced pain primarily…