How to Spot the 3 Types of Alopecia Areata
Advocacy People of all ages and both sexes can develop alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease affecting hair, but it usually first appears during childhood and can be different for everyone who has it.
Three of America’s more remarkable athletes open up about facing down the stigma attached to competing with disability, and how assistive tech has helped them succeed.
The former soccer great knows firsthand the urgency associated with bone marrow transplants. Now she’s honoring her late brother by telling his story.
The “Criminal Minds” star and his mother talk about her battle with MS, and how she turned her diagnosis around.
Mental health research has come a long way, but the actor says there’s still much progress to be made—and he’s raising his voice.
The highly acclaimed actor and star of “Empire” opens up about his mother’s six-year battle with colon cancer, which took her life at age 56.
Advocacy People of all ages and both sexes can develop alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease affecting hair, but it usually first appears during childhood and can be different for everyone who has it.
Prevention & Treatment Helping patients achieve remission depends on our ability to understand immune response changes happening in individual patients. Despite its difficulty, we are advancing.
Prevention & Treatment While immunotherapy has garnered much of the attention, new therapies, which knock out targets that drive cancerous cell growth, have also made news this past year.
Prevention & Treatment Did you know approximately 75 percent of autoimmune patients are women? Considering les than 13 percent of Americans can name an autoimmune disease, it's likely you didn’t.
Advocacy Six years ago, a devastating car accident left her unable to walk. But today, Chelsie's greatest passion cannot be denied.
Prevention & Treatment The Cancer Moonshot Initiative’s mission of speeding cures for the hundreds of cancers we treat is much more complex than putting a man on the moon.
Advocacy CRT is a service-intensive process from initial evaluation through final assembly, delivery, adjustment and training. However, elected officials must be prodded to improve accessibility.
Advocacy Decades of stigma and discrimination have left wounds in the LGBTQ community that still need to heal—but there is a way forward.
Prevention & Treatment Do you think you know about arthritis? Test yourself with these myths and learn the facts.
Prevention & Treatment Awareness of the opioid crisis—and the recognition of addiction as a serious brain disease—has led to action by the White House and Congress to deliver much needed care.
Prevention & Treatment One hundred and forty-two percent: That’s the staggering growth rate in U.S. Latino cancer cases we’re projected to hit by 2030.
Prevention & Treatment Precision medicine has been omnipresent in the news this last year and is starting to meaningfully impact blood cancers.
Prevention & Treatment New urine based genomic markers can assist physicians and patients, improving outcomes while minimizing unnecessary procedures and lowering health care costs.
Advocacy Parents with disabilities face the threat of unfairly losing their children simply due to their disabilities. It’s time the public is made aware.
Prevention & Treatment Should you be worried about those freckles? Was that mole always there? In preventing skin cancer, a thorough self-examination can minimize the growth of unwelcome surprises.
Prevention & Treatment Depression and anxiety aren't problems that affect only one group of people; they affect every group, at every age.
Advocacy Autoimmune diseases run in families, and with 50 million Americans affected, everyone knows someone living with at least one chronic, autoimmune disease.
Advocacy Aphasia is a difficulty manipulating language, while intelligence remains intact. If you are not familiar with the word aphasia, you’re not alone.
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Advocacy One decorated athlete, a blindsiding diagnosis, an innovative method of eradicating lung cancer — this is Jeff Julian’s remarkable story of survival.
Prevention & Treatment Thanks to promising solutions like immunotherapy, our reliance on harmful treatment options like chemotherapy may become a thing of the past.
Prevention & Treatment When she was a 3-year-old, Meghan O’Donnell was energetic, having fun jumping around and playing with her parents. The fun stopped when she started screaming in pain.
Prevention & Treatment New treatments have changed CML from a deadly diagnosis to a chronic, manageable condition. Here are six strategies to maximize your health and happiness.
Advocacy “Scandal” star Tony Goldwyn recalls how his mother faced down her lung cancer diagnosis and took the high road.
Advocacy Below are the stories of patients who, though battling different forms of blood cancer and blood disorders, found a common cure: a bone marrow or stem cell donation.
Health Hacks For some reason, lube has a bad reputation. Here are some things you should know about the most versatile toy in your box.
Advocacy A cancer diagnosis is hard on everyone. In addition to dealing with treatment, patients have to live with the misconceptions about what a cancer diagnosis really means.
Education & Research Could adding a kick to your plate lengthen your life? A new study suggests it may.
Prevention & Treatment Child or adult, all cancer treatments ultimately strive for the same result: eradication of cancerous cells. But what if it were possible to control cancer instead of killing it?
Advocacy I will never forget the first time I looked up the survival statistics for stage 4 lung cancer and saw “4 percent” staring back at me on the screen.
Prevention & Treatment Your bike seat isn’t causing colorectal cancer, but discomfort could be something else entirely. More and more, people are screening for colorectal cancer, and winning the battle.
Prevention & Treatment There’s a strong genetic link when it comes to autoimmune diseases. But to find out if you have one in your family, you have to ask the right questions.
Health Hacks Put the cookie down. What’s that, you can’t? Unless you’re a furry blue puppet, you’ve got problems. Or do you?
Prevention & Treatment It’s hard to believe that, currently, a condition believed to impact up to half the female population exists without any preventative screening to answer for it.
Prevention & Treatment The need for scientists to hasten the pace of research by joining forces is crucial — especially when it comes to a rare disease like myelodysplastic syndrome.
Advocacy There’s no reason for diabetes to overshadow your wedding day. With the right planning, your wedding can be as memorable as any bride’s.
Advocacy Despite being born without her right forearm, Rebekah Marine has defied all odds in the fashion industry.
Prevention & Treatment The Gray Family stands up to Batten disease, modeling bravery for the many Americans fighting rare disease.
Advocacy How one family faced with what seemed like an impossible journey fought the toughest fight of their lives.
AdvocacyExpecting mothers say their number one fear is that they won’t make enough milk. Yet most moms can make plenty for their baby, and even some to donate to premature babies.
Prevention & TreatmentIf you’re one of the millions of Americans living with a bladder condition, you might want to reach for a fresh papaya over a ripe grapefruit this summer. Here’s why.
SponsoredEpigenetics is one of the approaches revolutionizing the development of new cancer therapies. A new treatment being studied is emerging as a hopeful option for patients with blood cancers with few current alternatives.
Prevention & TreatmentMillions of people worldwide may be blind, but one group is realizing a vision of hope and restoring sight with one surgery, one patient at a time.
AdvocacyQuite possibly the NBA's most-loved and best-dressed broadcaster, Craig Sager has battled through leukemia with characteristic optimism and flair.
Prevention & TreatmentAlleviating chronic pain requires a thorough understanding of what's happening under the hood; otherwise, patients will remain rooted in a constant state of immobility.
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