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Editor’s Choice: So What’s the Deal with Kratom?

Editor’s Choice: So What’s the Deal with Kratom?

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:July 11, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: Four Rare Stories for the Fourth

Editor’s Choice: Four Rare Stories for the Fourth

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:July 3, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: Equality, Advocacy, and a Sense of Purpose in the Rare Community

Editor’s Choice: Equality, Advocacy, and a Sense of Purpose in the Rare Community

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:June 27, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: Start of Summer with Rare Patient News

Editor’s Choice: Start of Summer with Rare Patient News

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:June 20, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: Shady Stem Cells, Anti-Virals and Young Adults Fighting Cancer

Editor’s Choice: Shady Stem Cells, Anti-Virals and Young Adults Fighting Cancer

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:June 13, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: Game of Thrones, Rare Disease, and Letting it Out

Editor’s Choice: Game of Thrones, Rare Disease, and Letting it Out

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:June 6, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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When Dealing with Rare Diseases, Sometimes We Need to Vent
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When Dealing with Rare Diseases, Sometimes We Need to Vent

  • Post author:Denise Crompton
  • Post published:June 3, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: Adjusting to Life with a Rare Disease

Editor’s Choice: Adjusting to Life with a Rare Disease

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:May 30, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: Approaching Huntington’s Head On

Editor’s Choice: Approaching Huntington’s Head On

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:May 23, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: Rare Patients Helping Other Patients

Editor’s Choice: Rare Patients Helping Other Patients

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:May 15, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Rare Inspiration: A Myasthenia Gravis Patient Story

Rare Inspiration: A Myasthenia Gravis Patient Story

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:May 10, 2019
  • Post category:Myasthenia Gravis/Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: Thinking Creatively When it Comes to Rare Disease

Editor’s Choice: Thinking Creatively When it Comes to Rare Disease

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:May 9, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: Rare Disease Adults and Other Stories

Editor’s Choice: Rare Disease Adults and Other Stories

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:May 3, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Opinion: Adults are 50% of Rare Disease Patients— Let’s Start Acting Like It

Opinion: Adults are 50% of Rare Disease Patients— Let’s Start Acting Like It

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:May 2, 2019
  • Post category: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,…

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Editor’s Choice: Four Stories of Hope, Strength, and Promise

Editor’s Choice: Four Stories of Hope, Strength, and Promise

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:April 25, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: Let’s Talk About Drug Prices

Editor’s Choice: Let’s Talk About Drug Prices

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:April 18, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: New Life, New Discoveries, New Stories

Editor’s Choice: New Life, New Discoveries, New Stories

  • Post author:James Moore
  • Post published:April 12, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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,…

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Editor’s Choice: Standing Strong and Letting Go

Editor’s Choice: Standing Strong and Letting Go

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:April 4, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: Approvals and Disappointments in Rare Research News

Editor’s Choice: Approvals and Disappointments in Rare Research News

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:March 28, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: Grief, Loneliness, and Financial Pressures of Rare Disease

Editor’s Choice: Grief, Loneliness, and Financial Pressures of Rare Disease

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:March 20, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: From Wisconsin Moms to Jeopardy Hosts, Rare Cancers can Affect Anyone

Editor’s Choice: From Wisconsin Moms to Jeopardy Hosts, Rare Cancers can Affect Anyone

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:March 13, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: Do You Think This Was Rare Disease Discrimination?

Editor’s Choice: Do You Think This Was Rare Disease Discrimination?

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:March 7, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: Spread Awareness on Rare Disease Week

Editor’s Choice: Spread Awareness on Rare Disease Week

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:March 1, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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Editor’s Choice: Painful Lessons in Rare Disease Life and Apps that Make it Easier

Editor’s Choice: Painful Lessons in Rare Disease Life and Apps that Make it Easier

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:February 20, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

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…

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A Painful Lesson for Which I am Grateful
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A Painful Lesson for Which I am Grateful

  • Post author:Tom Seaman
  • Post published:February 20, 2019
  • Post category:Cervical Dystonia/Dystonia

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…

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