Tag: Rare diseases
No brain damage, but still symptoms: New studies on Havana syndrome – Health
Everything is spinning, the headache is unbearable, suddenly the garden pond is upside down – and then your brain melts. Last Sunday, another mysterious type of death was added to…
Repair of pathological genes: "Therapy changes the lives of people who no longer had hope"
Just 13 years after their discovery, the first Crispr gene therapies are now on the market. The procedure is expensive and involves risks – but also new hope for those…
Madita Tietgen: “The pain was my body’s cry for help” – Munich
From Catherine Hase In the summer of 2020, Madita Tietgen will write the pain from her soul. The then 25-year-old sits in a small house in the forests of Sweden,…
SZ Advent calendar: Life with a brain tumor – Munich
First she noticed how much she was sweating. When Angelika S. went to the doctor in 2001, he didn’t even have to examine her to know what was wrong with…
Bavaria: So far 70 cases of monkeypox in the Free State of Bavaria
70 cases of infection with the monkeypox virus have been registered in Bavaria so far. This was announced by the State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL) in Erlangen…
Medicine: Dispute over “orphan drugs” against rare diseases – health
The construction is original and was intended as a treat for the pharmaceutical industry. Since it is economically risky to develop drugs to treat rare diseases, the incentive has been…
Injection of millions of euros against fatal muscle wasting without additional benefit – health
You have to cough when you breathe. Sitting independently is hardly possible. It is uncertain whether they will ever be able to walk. Anyone who sees young children with spinal…