A mother in Bay City is on a mission to create more inclusivity and awareness for those with special needs.  This is to honor ...

Patients with difficult-to-diagnose conditions like endometriosis are often sent home with diagnoses like anxiety or bipolar ...

Families in Connecticut and beyond are looking for answers when it comes to treating Angelman Syndrome, but fear funding ...

A disabled man is ‘powerless’ to oppose a ‘traumatising eviction’ from his care home of ten years due to a funding refusal ...

MONTROSE, Mich. (WJRT) - A Mid-Michigan family is raising money to help their 6-year-old boy with a rare genetic disorder. After spending a few months looking for action figures and fun items, Kristin ...

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a neurological disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. The onset can be quite sudden and unexpected. It needs ...

Collagen is a protein that helps form connective tissue. Goodpasture syndrome initially causes vague symptoms such as fatigue. But it can rapidly involve the lungs and kidneys. It is almost always ...

Shortly after my 54th birthday, I received a package. The enclosed instructions told me that next time I emptied my bowels, I should scrape a bit of the stool into a small sample bottle, seal it ...

By entering symptoms like "significant developmental ... alerts for potential rare genetic disorders, such as Rett syndrome or Angelman syndrome, or even more complex neurodevelopmental conditions.

She couldn’t form a coherent thought beyond: What should I do now? A diagnosis of a serious illness can be overwhelming, whether it’s happening to you or someone you love. So I asked Kaufman ...

Chronic fatigue syndrome — also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis ... most of whom do not have a diagnosis. In the past, some people did not believe that ME/CFS was a real illness.