A seven-year genetic screening program in Bulgaria involving people at high risk of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis — a group of conditions that also includes familial…
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ColumnsTaking a Break From Caregiving to Visit Family
After almost three years of not seeing my family, I’m finally back in Malaysia to spend some quality time with my father, siblings, and children.
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A Russian military plane crash near Tetiana Zamorska’s home in Kyiv, Ukraine, was a sign that it was time for her and her family to leave.
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For the first time since my husband, Aubrey, was diagnosed with hereditary ATTR amyloidosis in 2013, his care team brought up the subject of…
A genetic variant in TTR — the gene implicated in familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) — was linked with a greater risk of heart failure…
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ColumnsFeeling at Home at the Hospital
As a caregiver to a spouse with hereditary ATTR amyloidosis, I’ve become familiar with our local hospital. The countless appointments and stays that…
The European Commission is expected to propose a new governing framework for health data next month, called the European Health Data Space (EHDS), with the…
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Having a chronic illness is never easy, both for the sufferers and their caregivers. My name is Jaime Christmas, and my husband, Aubrey, started feeling…
In a real-world study of patients with worse disease severity at the start of treatment, Tegsedi (inotersen) slowed the progression of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis…
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