Does the name Ludwig van Beethoven ring a bell? It should. He was one of the greatest composers the world has ever seen. He also suffered from cirrhosis of the liver, infectious…
We want to celebrate our patient contributors and writers for their efforts in helping the rare community, bringing awareness, understanding and compassion to often neglected disease. The following article was originally…
With all the political hocus-pocus that's enveloped the United States over the past year, I'm starting to get "petition burn-out," "marcher's burn-out," and just a general "call-to-action burn-out." This is…
I have a new hero, an Irishman who’s not only gotten some great press and notoriety, this guy has struck gold in the hearts of the Morquio syndrome community! In…
If you’re like most people (especially me), you’ve never heard of nicotinamide riboside (NR) before. But that may change very soon, especially for the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) community. What…
When I was 15 and received my learner's permit, they asked if I'd like to be an organ donor. I was a little freaked out at the image of getting…
Alveolar capillary dysplasia, or ACD, is an exceptionally rare disease that seldom has a positive outcome. It begins in the womb when the alveoli capillaries in baby's lungs don't properly…
I just had my yearly physical and something weird (for me) popped up in the blood tests. My cholesterol level was up. Not through the roof, but enough to raise…
Primary sclerosing cholangitis, or PSC, is a chronic progressive disease that damages the bile ducts. And, if you didn't know, bile is a liquid that assists the body in the…
What if you were born with an enzyme efficiency that prevented your body from breaking down lipids? Then you are probably one in 50,000 people who has Gaucher disease. And…
It is more blessed to give than to receive, and one man who lives with glomerulonephritis (GN) knows all too well how helping people and doing a good deed out…
Most people think of children when they hear cystic fibrosis. Thankfully with new treatments and new therapies people are living much longer. This gentleman, named Gary Anderson, is a perfect example.…
We can all say that our mothers gave us the gift of life. But how many can say that they gave the gift of life in return? One teenager in…
Cuando me uní a otros millones de fans obsesionados que veían lo que ha sido la popular episodio "Bubble Boy" en Seinfeld en 1992, no tenía ni idea de que…
February is Black History month and for the first week, Old Ways, a site dedicated to promoting good health through cultural foods, is celebrating with health foods! If you're like…
In 1818, a novel was anonymously published in London by an 18-year-old author. It told the story of a scientist who was determined to bring a cadaver back to life…
¿Cuánto cree usted que la media niña de cinco años de edad, pesa? De acuerdo con kidshealth.org, la respuesta es aproximadamente 45 libras. Ahora, ¿cuánto cree usted que una silla…
This Friday, February third is The American Heart Association's National Wear Red Day® for women's heart health! It will mark the 15th anniversary since the inception of this fundraiser. According the…
Si usted vive en Connecticut, y sucede que tiene una enfermedad rara, se están haciendo esfuerzos para ayudar a que su voz sea escuchada. Cuando usted es uno de muy…
Nice guys finish last? Hardly. Especially if we’re talking about Vanessa Smith, a mother of six, and Peter Brouwer, a father living with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) who needed a…
I can honestly say that I have never gone to a doctor’s appointment and remembered everything I wanted to ask—not even when the appointment is the most basic of physicals.…
Meet Emily Deaton, de 21 años, de Mechanicsville, Virginia. Al igual que muchas personas con enfermedades invisibles, el viaje de Emily a un diagnóstico preciso era más de una pesadilla…
La enfermedad y la depresión. Con demasiada frecuencia, después de haber sido diagnosticado con una enfermedad crónica, los pacientes se dan por vencidos. Se retiran. Ellos dejan de intentarlo. Ellos…
Are you a concerned parent or loved one of a child who has Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)? Well, you’ve come to the right place! I read such an uplifting online…
Es injusto, pero Hollywood cree que la narcolepsia es divertido. Una y otra vez, los personajes que sufren de este trastorno neurológico raro son retratados como bufones, cayendo la cara…
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