Rare Diseases - Page 27

June 12, 2019

When dream vacations turn into tragedies: Many deaths at popular resorts remain mysteries

As The U.S. State Department’s international travel page says: “Visiting other countries can be a great experience… Sometimes – in spite of good planning – things can still go wrong.”

June 12, 2019

Runner Gabriele 'Gabe' Grunewald dies at 32 after battle with cancer

The husband of decorated American long-distance runner Gabriele Grunewald announced on Instagram Tuesday evening that his wife had passed away at age 32, ending her long-fought battle with cancer since she was first diagnosed a decade ago.

June 11, 2019

Fellow athletes send love to gravely ill long-distance runner Gabriele Grunewald

The husband of decorated American long-distance runner Gabriele Grunewald posted to Instagram calling on supporters to send “one last message” to his wife as her long battle with cancer comes to a close.

June 10, 2019

New Jersey veteran tested positive for rare tick-borne virus before death, daughter says

A New Jersey woman says her 80-year-old Marine Corps veteran father is the individual that health officials said tested positive for a rare tick-borne illness before his death in May.

June 7, 2019

Texas couple who died in Fiji said hands went numb in message: reports

The Texas couple who died suddenly from a mysterious illness in Fiji while on vacation last month sent messages to relatives saying their hands went numb and they’d experienced shortness of breath.

June 4, 2019

Missouri mom battling deadly sepsis infection loses all 10 toes, hand, several fingers

A Missouri mother who spent over a month in the hospital in dire condition is adapting to life without her 10 toes and right hand after they were amputated in an effort to stop a deadly infection from spreading throughout her body.

June 3, 2019

California girl, 8, diagnosed with rat-bite fever after playing with pet rats

A California girl is recovering after she was diagnosed with rat-bite fever, which doctors believe she contracted from one of her pet rats.

June 3, 2019

Senate committee focuses on pain sufferers denied painkillers amid opioid crisis

When Senator Lamar Alexander, who chairs the upper chamber’s health committee, held a hearing about prescription opioids earlier this year, the focus was a critical side of the drug overdose debate that has been neglected – people who suffer chronic debilitating pain.

May 31, 2019

Colorado teacher provides home to help foster child, 13, get kidney transplant

When a Colorado boy in foster care was bumped off the list to receive a kidney transplant due to a lack of stable housing, one teacher decided to step in to help his former student. The seventh-grader now expects to receive a new kidney within the next two weeks.  

May 30, 2019

Woman’s painful, oozing lumps on scalp were botfly larvae

A U.K. woman who complained of general illnesses and itchy raised lesions on her scalp after a trip to Argentina likely never guessed her symptoms were stemming from wriggly botfly larvae that were calling her head home for several weeks.