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Oral drug shows promise for slowing fatal childhood brain disease
A Kennedy Krieger Institute researcher is playing a role in a major international effort that has yielded a promising ...
'I watch everyone else play': Harborcreek girl deals with sudden, rare lung disease
The 9-year-old Harborcreek Township girl used to run around with the other kids on the Rolling Ridge Elementary School ...
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Clinical Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension in the Adult With Congenital Heart Disease
Pulmonary disease, both parenchymal lung disease and chest wall deformity, is a common comorbidity associated with a number of congenital heart defects. 23,24 Scoliosis, for example, is prevalent ...
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Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
Some people have this disease along with sarcoidosis in other parts of the body. Other people have only lung disease. In rare cases, people have sarcoidosis in other parts of the body, but not the ...
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Duchess Hospital performs complex open-heart surgery on five-year-old boy
The Duchess International Hospital, Lagos, says it has successfully performed a complex open-heart surgery on a five-year-old boy who was born with a life-threatening congenital heart condition known ...
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Mechanisms of progressive fibrosis in connective tissue disease (CTD)-associated interstitial lung diseases (ILDs)
unipd.it Interstitial lung diseases ... sarcoidosis, and rare ILDs, such as pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE).13 16 28 46 47 However, the proportion of patients who develop a progressive ...
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Born with organs outside his body: UAE doctor saves boy from rare 1-in-5,000 birth defect
who was born in August 2020 with a severe congenital condition known as a giant omphalocele. This rare condition, affecting just 1 in 5,000 births, occurs when the abdominal wall does not close ...
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San Francisco boy with rare bone marrow disease still searching for donor
A San Francisco boy with a rare bone marrow disease has been on the waitlist for more than a year. One of his biggest challenges is finding a donor that matches his specific ethnicity: Chinese and ...
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Strasburg woman says rare kidney disease no match for her 'strength and resilience'
STRASBURG — Over a 35-year journey with a rare kidney disease, Ginger Murphy has become an advocate for her own health and welcomes the chance to tell others about her journey. “I’m a big believer in ...
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New drug given to patients with rare lung condition
Simone Hunter said the drug's commissioning was "very welcome news" The first new drug approved for 50 years to treat a rare condition ... such as Crohn's disease, and has now been commissioned ...
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Comparing the efficacy of exertional oxygen delivery by continuous versus demand-based flow systems during 6-minute walk test in patients with fibrotic interstitial lung ...
Introduction Fibrotic interstitial lung diseases (F-ILD) are severe and often progressive lung disorders that frequently lead to respiratory failure, with patients experiencing high symptom burdens, ...
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Biloxi man finds rare disease diagnosis, life-changing surgery at Memorial Hospital
(WLOX) - In a remarkable medical breakthrough, Memorial Hospital has successfully treated and cured a Biloxi man living with a very rare and debilitating condition. A man who battled the disease ...