Zombies are the stuff of science fiction, right? Well, people who suffer from Cotard’s syndrome are convinced they are dead or, at the very least, their internal organs are failing. They may refuse to ...

As the grandfather of a girl with a rare disease, I’ve learned that for families like ours, hope often comes not as a cure, but as a clinical trial: carefully designed but inevitably exclusive. My ...

Lozano is a rare disease mom, neuroscience Ph.D. candidate at UC Davis, and board member for the PURA Syndrome Foundation. In May, a historic moment in science and medicine was captured in a single ...

When it comes to health, most of us are familiar with the usual suspects: fevers, colds, maybe a sprain or two. But the human body and brain are capable of some truly strange malfunctions that sound ...

A newly developed AI tool can dramatically speed up the search for the genetic causes of rare diseases, a process that often takes years and frequently ends without answers. The tool analyzes how ...

CNBC Cures aims to help raise awareness of rare diseases and improve patient outcomes for people living with them. Led by "Squawk Box" anchor Becky Quick, the initiative was inspired by her family's ...

Celebrity health stories usually capture headlines for a few days, and then everyone forgets about them. Sometimes, there are ...

WOODBRIDGE, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cure Rare Disease (CRD), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit biotechnology company developing genetic therapies for ultra-rare neuromuscular diseases, today announced that the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. If you’re faced with a serious disease, you better hope it’s not a rare one. After an often tortuous path to ...