Tag Archives: rare disease

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Could Millions Benefit from Dr. Fajgenbaum’s Self Cure?

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. David Fajgenbaum, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Translational Medicine & Human Genetics at the University of Pennsylvania, Associate Director, Patient Impact of the Penn Orphan Disease Center, Founding Director of the Castleman Disease Center, and Co-Founder & Executive Director of […]

Beyond The Diagnosis: The Art of Disease Awareness

Sheefali Asija, award-winning artist and ideaXme humanism ambassador, interviews Patricia Weltin, founder of Beyond the Diagnosis, a nonprofit organization utilizing art and science to inspire research and innovative treatments for people living with rare and neglected diseases. Creating a Community After Patricia Weltin’s children were diagnosed with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a disease affecting the connective […]