Columns

Late last week, to drive disease awareness, I took to the streets in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, and asked random people if they had heard…

It’s been over four months since I lost my husband, Aubrey, to hereditary ATTR amyloidosis. The vacuum he’s left behind in the lives…

Life is full of twists and turns. I was a caregiver for nine years until this past May, when my husband passed away from…

I recently attended an amyloidosis scientific conference in Heidelberg, Germany, that was a productive and empowering experience. As a former caregiver to a spouse…

Two weeks after the passing of my husband, Aubrey, my four children decided that the company of a new puppy…

By the time this column is published, I will be halfway across the world, traveling to Heidelberg, Germany, for the International Symposium on Amyloidosis.

In my columns, I share my experience as a caregiver to a spouse who suffered from hereditary ATTR amyloidosis. Whenever I sit down…

After I finish writing this column, I will meet a few friends for dinner. But socializing without my husband beside me still feels foreign.

It has been very encouraging to witness treatment advancements that target ATTR amyloidosis. Although a cure is not currently available, pharmaceutical research shows promise…

I recently watched a documentary narrated by British naturalist David Attenborough about how climate change and deforestation negatively affect animal life on our…