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Welcome to NORD — National Organization for Rare Disorders
Information about NORD, its programs, special events and the variety of services offered. Includes a rare disease, organization and orphan drug database. Diseases are ... Top 10 Rarest Diseases | Top 10 Lists | TopTenz.net
Also called an orphan disease, rare diseases are those that are extremely uncommon and often have such low prevalence that a common doctor would not run into more than ... Rare Diseases - Information About Rare Diseases
Information about many types of rare diseases and disorders, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, including orphan drugs. Site also offers news about ... Rare disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A rare disease, also referred to as an orphan disease, is any disease that affects a small percentage of the population. Most rare diseases are genetic, and thus are ... NIH Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR)
The Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) coordinates research and information on rare diseases at the NIH and ... Rare Disease Database — National Organization for Rare Disorders
Rare Disease Database; Patient Organizations Database; Subscribe to the Rare Disease Database; Living With Rare Diseases; Other Resources and Tools Rare Disease Day ® 2012
The main objective of Rare Disease Day 2012 is to raise awareness with policy makers and the public of rare diseases and of their impact on the lives of patients, and ... Rare Diseases: MedlinePlus - National Library of Medicine ...
A disease is rare if fewer than 200,000 people in the United States have it. There are close to 7,000 rare diseases and about 25 million people in the U.S. have one ... Philanthropy | Rare Diseases | Children Disease | Genetic Diseases ...
Children's Rare Disease Network is a non-profit organization that helps in curing rare diseases, children diseases, pediatric disease, genetic diseases and many more. HON - List of Rare Diseases - Health On the Net Foundation
National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes or chromosomes responsible for those ...

CHOP, BGI of China studying genetics of rare diseases
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Latest from The Business Journals CHOP being dropped from National Children’s Study CHOP team could build Texas hospital Free pancakes at IHOP next week Follow this company and ... Next-generation sequencing technologies for the 1,000 Rare Diseases Project
BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) today announced that they have jointly initiated the 1,000 Rare Diseases Project with the aim of accelerating the discovery of genetic variants ... Social Media a Compassionate Lifeline for Those With Rare Diseases
Deb McGarry had just delivered the eulogy at her grandmother's funeral when pain shot through her chest. A wave of nausea followed. "Something is wrong," McGarry whispered to her husband as an arm went numb and the lump in her throat turned to ... Shjon Podein Golf Tournament Helping Kids with Rare Diseases
(ABC 6 News) -- Hundreds of golfers hit the green Monday at Somerby Golf Club for the 15th annual Shjon Podein Golf Tournament. The outing raises money for kids struggling with a rare disease. Over the years this fundraiser has turned more into ... Rare diseases prevent local children from sweating
The first day of summer is today, and for two Yucaipa children the sweltering heat that accompanies the season could be a death sentence. Austin, 11, and Dakota Olive, 7, both suffer from two rare genetic disorders that prevent them from ... Rare diseases prevent Yucaipa siblings from sweating
Today is the first day of summer, and for two Yucaipa children, the sweltering heat puts them in constant danger. Austin, 11, and Dakota Olive, 7, both suffer from two rare genetic disorders that prevent them from sweating, among other ... Social Media: A Mechanism to Effectuate Real and Meaningful Change
The Chicago Tribune recently ran an article titled "Social Media a Godsend for Those With Rare Diseases," which featured a Chicago area woman who retreated into cyberspace when diagnosed with a rare heart condition called SCAD, or spontaneous coronary artery dissection. Birth of an idea to beat rare diseases
Tanya Woodard had spent her professional life working in health and had never encountered gestational breast cancer - until she was diagnosed with the disease. ''I was considered quite unique,'' the 39-year-old nurse said of her diagnosis. While breast ... Calls for more funding for PHARMAC
There are calls for the government to give PHARMAC more money for high-cost medication needed for rare diseases. They come after a Christchurch family's battle to get their five-year-old son James life-changing medication for Hunters disease. He's been ...