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Rare Disease Day takes place on the last day of February.
The worldwide event has gained a lot of traction since its inception in 2008. The main objective is to raise awareness of the impact rare diseases have on patient’s lives.
There is a tagline being used for the 2018 Rare Disease Day that is uniting people living with a rare disease: Show your rare. The goal is to help show people that patients, researchers, advocates and doctors are stronger together and can collectively...

In response to how to cope with a chronic illness, many reply with the following statement: “there is no rulebook, so we write it as we go.”
The sentiment of this is to say that there really are no right or wrong ways to deal with the diagnosis of a life-threatening or chronic illness, nor are there instructions on how to cope while living with it. Each person’s journey with a chronic illness...

In a society that appears to glorify multitasking, after-hours meetings, excessive screen time and full schedules, it’s more important than ever that everyone finds balance and practices self-care. This is unfortunately often forgotten by many, and neglecting...

PBI-4050, Prometic Life Sciences’ lead small molecule therapy candidate, targets a new antifibrotic pathway involving two receptors that play opposite roles in fibrosis development, researchers found.
The study, “A Newly Discovered Antifibrotic Pathway Regulated by Two Fatty Acid Receptors: GPR40 and GPR84,” appeared in the American Journal of Pathology....