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Colorado girl, 7, diagnosed with rare tick paralysis after overnight camp
A Colorado mother is sharing her daughter’s health scare in hopes of helping other parents stay vigilant about tick-related illnesses.
Mayo Clinic Minute: Tick Removal Do's and Don'ts
Do you know the proper way to remove a tick that’s attached to your body? Despite what you may have [...]
RARE Diseases: Facts and Statistics
Statistics and Figures on Prevalence of Genetic and Rare Diseases Although rare and genetic diseases, and many times the symptoms, are uncommon to most doctors, rare diseases as a whole repres…
How Your Ethnic Background Affects Your Health
Your ethnicity can be key in diagnosing certain diseases and choosing which medications to take.
10 Essential Facts About Rare Diseases
Rare diseases are difficult to diagnose, and treatment isn't always available, even those these conditions affect nearly 30 million people in the United States.
7 tips for parents who are caring for a child with a rare condition
This mom is on a mission to make sure her son with hemophilia A lives a full and happy life.
So Much to Learn When Diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis
There is so much to learn, process and work through when diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. Pulmonary Fibrosis Journey helps patients and their loved ones: •...
Tackling sepsis: How to diagnose, treat and manage it
Our co-hosts sit down with award-winning speaker and author Rommie Duckworth, who explains how to diagnose, treat and manage septic patients
Should we use mail-order DNA tests to diagnose ourselves?
Like you, doctors are trying to figure that out, too, as the market for mail-order DNA testing expands.
The Road Ahead: What to do After Getting Diagnosed With a Rare Disease
Learn what steps you should take if you get diagnosed with a rare disease.
How to Protect Yourself from Tick Bites and Lyme Disease
Wear the right clothes and repellents to keep ticks off
18 Easy Ways to Raise Feminist Boys
#6. Arrange playdates with girls. He needs to know that girls are his equals and not just romantic partners.
What Grown-Ups Are Missing About Boys
Girls’ social aggression gets a lot of attention, but new research suggests the problem may be even bigger in boys.
What is Duchenne muscular dystrophy?
According to the Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center at the National Institutes of Health, Duchene muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a “progressive form of muscular dystrophy that occurs primari…
How to Raise a Child With Down Syndrome: Advice and Resources
If your child is diagnosed with Down syndrome, what are your next steps? A mother of a child with Down syndrome shares her recommendations.
What Makes Teens Tick
A flood of hormones, sure. But also a host of structural changes in the brain. Can those explain the behaviors that make adolescence so exciting--and so exasperating?
How TMD is Diagnosed
An accurate diagnosis is imperative to finding answers and receiving successful treatment.
What They Don’t Prepare You For When You’re Chronically Ill
“When I was first diagnosed and told about how my illnesses could affect my life, these are the things they didn't mention.”
How is aortic stenosis diagnosed?
Aortic stenosis may first be suspected by a characteristic rushing sound your doctor hears through a stethoscope. To confirm aortic stenosis, other tests, pr...
What's Up Doc? What you should know about mitral regurgitation
Question: My mom’s shortness of breath has been worsening for years, and she was just diagnosed with severe mitral regurgitation. What is this?
How many doctors self-diagnose?
Nearly two in five physicians choose to diagnose their own health concerns rather than see a primary care physician, a recent MDLinx survey finds.
