Saving Eliza

Have you heard of Saving Eliza?

She's a little girl who has Sanfilippo syndrome, an incurable neurological condition that often leads to irreversible brain damage and death in the teenage years.

When cancer hits home

There are many different types of cancer. Some are common. Others are rare. When cancer hits home, it gets personal. Everyone is bound to know someone who develops cancer. However, that doesn't mean that cancer has to be the cause of death.

Cancer has hit my personal circle of connections. It hits home. It hurts.

Joseph C Kim

H7N9 bird flu

Right now, the H7N9 bird flu is a rare disease. But, it's probably going to spread to Korea and China. I'm Joseph C Kim and I hope I don't get infected. Once it spreads around the world, it won't be a rare disease anymore.

Joseph C Kim - rare diseases

Dr. Joseph C Kim is a medical expert at diagnosing rare diseases. How does he do it? He uses the power of the Internet to search through all the medical literature to find the correct diagnosis. You don't have to be the smartest doctor in the world to make an accurate diagnosis. You simply have to ask the right questions, enter the data, and let computers do the rest.

Ganglioglioma

Ganglioglioma is a rare disease. It is a type of brain tumor and only accounts for approximately 1% of all brain tumors. Some gangliogliomas are benign and others are malignant. There is a great need for additional research to identify effective treatments against this disease.

Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR)

Are you familiar with ORDR?

The Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) coordinates research and information on rare diseases at the NIH.

You can learn more here: http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/

Less than 200,000 patients

A condition is considered a rare disease if it affects fewer than 200,000 patients. Interesting, isn't it? How many rare diseases can you name? by Dr. Joseph Chaiwhan Kim