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    Dutch filmmaker Daimon Xanthopoulos recently produced a 25-minute documentary about Donavon Decker’s life and relationships.
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    Regional Pockets of HAE Persist Due to Founder Effect, Affecting Generations of Families
    By Larry Luxner
    HAE affects approximately 1 in 50,000 people globally, but is far more prevalent in a few select geographic regions.
  • New Prader-Willi Therapy Gives Parents Rare Hope for Managing Hyperphagia
    By Larry Luxner
    Diazoxide choline is believed to activate the ATP-sensitive potassium channel, which may decrease secretion of peptides that regulate appetite.
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    The GBS/CIDP Foundation International aims to provide support, with an emphasis on patients and caregivers meeting each other.
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    Newborn screening in the US currently identifies about 14,000 babies with serious conditions annually.

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    Online games can be important to someone with multiple sclerosis (MS), where cognitive fog and fatigue are both common symptoms.
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    May 15, 2025
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    Kristin Hatcher, a patient with AATD and head of The Global Liver Institute, inspires me. Her story reveals the many issues patients face.
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    May 14, 2025
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    Patients with a relapse of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) are often prescribed steroid treatment, which can come with difficult side effects.
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    May 9, 2025
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    Knowing a potential connection between alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) and atrial fibrillation helps patients be aware of complications.
    By Alyssa Gloor, AATD Contributor
    May 9, 2025

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    Quantifying Disease Burden in PAH
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    The disease burden in PAH is both personal and macroeconomic; both have to be approached with strategy, tact, and empathy.
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    Recurrent hypoglycemic coma episodes may lead to a primary biliary cholangitis diagnosis.
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    By Ryner Lai, MBBS
    The early diagnosis of ATTR-CM allows for early interventions to be initiated that may strengthen long-term outcomes.
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    Rare CNS Involvement Identified in Infantile-Onset TK2d
    By Juliana Campos, PhD
    Research highlights rare CNS involvement in cases of infantile-onset thymidine kinase 2 deficiency (TK2d).
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    Basic, adequate antenatal care is vital in pregnancies at risk of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.

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