Rare case study: A 1-month-old baby with rare Hyperinsulinism saved by world's first robotic pancreatic surgery, marking a groundbreaking medical success in infant care. Read on to know how the surgery was carried.
Dr Anup Rawool, Associate Director of Medical Genetics and Head of Scientific and Medical Affairs at MedGenome, shares some advanced diagnostic techniques, innovations in drug development, and emerging therapies for rare diseases.
Get into the details of the central government's National Policy for Rare Diseases which offers financial support of Rs 50 lakh per patient. New diseases have been added to the list of rare diseases.
The combination of physical therapy, nutrition, and emotional support does not just treat symptoms; it provides the patients with dignity and care and significantly improves the quality of their everyday lives.
Initiatives aimed at increasing awareness, expanding access to genetic testing and specialized care centres, and fostering research into novel therapeutic approaches are critical steps toward addressing the unmet needs of this patient population.
Neglected Tropical Diseases can spread through different modes like contaminated water, insect vectors and poor hygiene practices. These factors insinuate that poverty and lack of hygiene enhances NTD infection.
If you experience sudden muscle weakness in the lower limbs, get it diagnosed soon. Acute Transverse Myelitis can make you bed ridden for your entire life, if left untreated.
"Identifying the causal variant(s) in a patient with a rare disorder is like pointing out a needle in a haystack"
The healer claims that he has cured lakhs of people with various disorders, including those considered incurable in allopathy, just by touching their head. The miracle also happened to a child suffering from a rare genetic mitochondrial disorder.
Did you know enzyme replacement therapy is the only available treatment for Pompe disease? Read on to know the causes, symptoms and diagnosis of this rare genetic disorder.
Children, older adults, and those with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women are at risk of zoonotic diseases. A 10-year-old UP boy with a rare zoonotic disease got around 40% of his liver and 70% of his lung removed.
The new genetic disease that doesn't have a name yet is likely to affect one in 17 kids. A majority of the patients with this condition are microcephalic, a birth defect where a baby is born with a smaller than average head size or the head stops growing after birth.
Manufactured by Novartis Gene Therapies, the one-off gene therapy Zolgensma is reportedly price at 18 crore ( 1.79 million) per dose. It will be used for babies and young children suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).
SWS is a condition that affects the development of certain blood vessels, causing abnormalities in the brain, skin, and eyes. SWS is estimated to affect 1 in 20,000 to 50,000 individuals. Classically, a congenital facial birthmark may be present along with neurological abnormalities.
Do you bite your nails? You are definitely going to stop after reading this shocking news from Australia. Believe it or not, biting your nails could lead to skin cancer!
Conversely, less than one out of 10 parents in India (5 per cent) disagreed with this, the survey showed.
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoH&FW), in 2017, took a landmark step by approving the National Policy for Treatment of Rare Diseases.
Organisation for Rare Disease India (ORDI), a non-profit patient association focuses on improving the health of patients with rare diseases.
Rare case study: A 1-month-old baby with rare Hyperinsulinism saved by world's first robotic pancreatic surgery, marking a groundbreaking medical success in infant care. Read on to know how the surgery was carried.
Get into the details of the central government's National Policy for Rare Diseases which offers financial support of Rs 50 lakh per patient. New diseases have been added to the list of rare diseases.
The combination of physical therapy, nutrition, and emotional support does not just treat symptoms; it provides the patients with dignity and care and significantly improves the quality of their everyday lives.
Initiatives aimed at increasing awareness, expanding access to genetic testing and specialized care centres, and fostering research into novel therapeutic approaches are critical steps toward addressing the unmet needs of this patient population.
Neglected Tropical Diseases can spread through different modes like contaminated water, insect vectors and poor hygiene practices. These factors insinuate that poverty and lack of hygiene enhances NTD infection.
If you experience sudden muscle weakness in the lower limbs, get it diagnosed soon. Acute Transverse Myelitis can make you bed ridden for your entire life, if left untreated.
"Identifying the causal variant(s) in a patient with a rare disorder is like pointing out a needle in a haystack"
The healer claims that he has cured lakhs of people with various disorders, including those considered incurable in allopathy, just by touching their head. The miracle also happened to a child suffering from a rare genetic mitochondrial disorder.
Did you know enzyme replacement therapy is the only available treatment for Pompe disease? Read on to know the causes, symptoms and diagnosis of this rare genetic disorder.
Children, older adults, and those with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women are at risk of zoonotic diseases. A 10-year-old UP boy with a rare zoonotic disease got around 40% of his liver and 70% of his lung removed.
The new genetic disease that doesn't have a name yet is likely to affect one in 17 kids. A majority of the patients with this condition are microcephalic, a birth defect where a baby is born with a smaller than average head size or the head stops growing after birth.
Manufactured by Novartis Gene Therapies, the one-off gene therapy Zolgensma is reportedly price at 18 crore ( 1.79 million) per dose. It will be used for babies and young children suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).
SWS is a condition that affects the development of certain blood vessels, causing abnormalities in the brain, skin, and eyes. SWS is estimated to affect 1 in 20,000 to 50,000 individuals. Classically, a congenital facial birthmark may be present along with neurological abnormalities.
Do you bite your nails? You are definitely going to stop after reading this shocking news from Australia. Believe it or not, biting your nails could lead to skin cancer!
Conversely, less than one out of 10 parents in India (5 per cent) disagreed with this, the survey showed.
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoH&FW), in 2017, took a landmark step by approving the National Policy for Treatment of Rare Diseases.
Organisation for Rare Disease India (ORDI), a non-profit patient association focuses on improving the health of patients with rare diseases.
Scientists have discovered new causes of cellular decline in prematurely aging kids with rare and fatal diseases.
Dr Anup Rawool, Associate Director of Medical Genetics and Head of Scientific and Medical Affairs at MedGenome, shares some advanced diagnostic techniques, innovations in drug development, and emerging therapies for rare diseases.
This rare genetic disorder is widely misunderstood in India.
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