DEERFIELD, Ill. - Lundbeck announced its third annual Raise Your Hand to Fight Rare Diseases campaign in support of Rare Disease Day, a worldwide observance on February 29 to increase awareness of rare diseases. When an individual clicks the Raise Your Hand icon posted on the National Organization

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Jennifer Dhuse is walking on eggshells. The Yorkville woman doesn’t know when, but soon her 4-year-old daughter, Sophia, will begin vomiting uncontrollably. Afterwards Sophia will go into a conscious coma, forcing the whole house into darkness and silence until she can fall asleep and quell her u

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FRIENDS and relatives of a Limerick man who died from a rare kidney disease are to hold a charity golf tournament in his memory next monthBrian Hunt, a native of Raheen, was just 26-years-old when he passed away suddenly last May having spent most of his life battling the condition MPGNOn Friday

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DIAGNOSED with a rare disease that robs him of his sight, Scott didn't let that stop him from running 12 marathons this yearMost of us can't imagine running a marathon. So picture completing the 26.2-mile trek blindfolded

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(WHAS11) -- The odds were not in Brody Curtis’ favor. But that adorable face says it all. He and his Charlestown, Ind. family are determined to fight“Even the best specialist on this disease, they can’t tell you exactly what’s going to happen because there are so many paths this disease

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Raleigh, NC - The Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood Foundation (http://www.ahckids.org), a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of and funds for Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood (AHC), a rare but debilitating neurological disorder causing temporary bouts of paralysis, has

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DANA POINT, Calif. - The R.A.R.E. Project™ (www.rareproject.org) and The Global Genes Project™ (www.globalgenesproject.org), leading patient advocacy organizations representing the rare disease community, today announced they are hosting a rare disease 'blog hop' to kick off a month long awaren

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VICTOR, N.Y. - Constellation Brands, Inc., the world's leading premium wine company, presented a check today for approximately $163,000 to the Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research (Rally) as part of its national "Corks Against Cancer" campaign. Constellation donated $1 for every bottle of

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GENEVA - Today the research-based pharmaceutical industry announced donations of 14 billion treatments this decade to support the elimination or control of nine key neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Averaging 1.4 billion treatments annually, the donations build upon companies' existing medicines

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WATERLOO - Constant coughing and sniffling often prompts wary looks toward Amber Owens HughesBut the 12-year-old’s congestion is not caused by a cold or other contagious bugThe Waterloo girl suffers from primary ciliary dyskinesia, a rare genetic disorder that impairs the movement of microscopi

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