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May 10th 2024
A Veterans Affairs study finds low alpha-1 antitrypsin phenotyping rates, indicating the need for improved healthcare provider education on AATD.
Q&A with Brian Wamhoff, PhD, Head of Innovation, HemoShear Therapeutics
May 4th 2018Rare Disease Report sat down with Brian Wamhoff, PhD, Head of Innovation at HemoShear Therapeutics, to discuss what the company is doing throughout the rare disease community and why it could have such an incredible impact in the near future.
Hypertriglyceridemia in Connection to FCS
May 4th 2018Alan S. Brown, MD, FNLA, FACC, FAHA is a Cardiologist at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and the President-Elect of the National Lipid Association (NLA). While at the NLA’s 2018 Scientific Sessions in Las Vegas, Nevada, he explained the connection between hypertriglyceridemia and FCS.
The Importance of Proper FCS Nutrition
May 2nd 2018At the National Lipid Association's (NLA) 2018 Scientific Sessions in LAs Vegas, NV, Wahida Karmally, MS, RD, CDE, explains the importance of nutrition and support in patients with familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS) and the emotional stress a strict, regimented diet can have on patients.
Increased Lipid Levels Could Be Early Presentation of Parkinson's
May 1st 2018As stated in article published in the clinical journal Neurobiology of Aging, a team of researchers has discovered that elevated levels of certain types of lipids in the brain could be an early presentation of Parkinson’s disease.