A recent article from The Economic Times spotlights the intriguing case of a young boy from South India who repeatedly fainted during baths—a perplexing pattern that led to the identification…
When Ivy Reed was just two weeks old, she was first diagnosed with two conditions: non-verbal autism and propionic acidemia, the latter of which is a rare metabolic disorder. Because…
Dr. Douglas Marchuk, professor of genetics at Duke, has spent years studying the genetics of cardiovascular disease. According to a recent article in the Atlantic, his research at the University…
After two years of in vitro fertilization treatments, Amber Freed, Age 38, and her husband Mark Freed of Denver, Colorado welcomed their twin babies Riley and Maxwell into the world.…
According to a story from spectrumnews1.com, three year old Israel Bombela has endured many health challenges in his short life so far. The youngster went through a bout of COVID-19…
Sedor Pharmaceuticals, a partner of Ligand Pharmaceuticals, has recently received FDA approval for SESQUIENT, its status epilepticus treatment. It has been cleared for the treatment of both adult and pediatric…
As originally reported in MSU Today; in new experiments on mice, researchers looked into how the TS gene is related to autism. Tuberous sclerosis is a rare disorder known for…
As originally reported in Medscape Neurology News, for the last few years, doctors and researchers have been excited by the new prospect to use an obesity drug, fenfluramine, to treat…
I was once walking through an outdoor festival near my hometown. There was a band playing off in the distance, but I didn’t know them or the song they were…
Sarah Trask had childhood cancer 32 years ago and had four brain surgeries. Sarah is a survivor. As a result, epilepsy is the side effect she is living with. Sometimes…
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