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My husband Aubrey’s hereditary ATTR amyloidosis journey is included in a forthcoming book titled “Rare Disease Drug Development: Clinical, Scientific, Patient, and Caregiver…
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2021 has been a character-building year for me. I experienced challenges like never before, and I’m not just referring to the ones associated with the…
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I spent half the morning figuring out our plan for Christmas. In recent years, it’s been a tradition for the whole family — including pets…
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New Zealand was largely able to avoid the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, until now. The contagious nature of the delta variant and the high…
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My husband, Aubrey, has begun watching cooking videos on YouTube to overcome an aversion to food and eating. We are both from Malaysia, where f…
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As we enter the second half of October, I’m not quite sure how the end of the year has arrived so quickly. Time flies while…
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