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Editor’s Note: This article was originally shared by our sister site, H-I-V-.net, and was written by Khafre Kujichagulia Abif. I can remember when the holidays became emotionally difficult. My father...

Not long after receiving my kidney transplant, I remember sitting on my couch, majorly uncomfortable and in pain after making the slightest movement. I was irritated with myself and those...

Greetings! My name is Shawn, and I'm happy to be a contributing writer for RareDisease.net. Maybe you are also living with a rare medical condition. Or perhaps a loved one...

Like our other Health Union condition communities, the Social Health Network brings people together to drive unique and impactful conversations about health. It also aims to expand opportunities for health...

What you eat can play a big role in your lung health. Maintaining a healthy weight, partly through diet choices, can be especially important when you are managing lung issues...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally written by Elizabeth Medeiros and shared by our partner site Psoriatic-Arthritis.com. The internet has changed how we do everything these days, from dating to...

Navigating a MAC lung disease diagnosis can be challenging. There can be a lot of uncertainty and many questions that arise. It helps to keep in touch with your doctor...

Inherited hemophilia is not the only type of bleeding disorder. Other bleeding disorders can appear similar to hemophilia but involve different abnormalities. Diagnosing a bleeding disorder requires blood tests. Blood...

There are many types of lung disease. Some lung problems are caused by genetic issues like cystic fibrosis. Environmental exposures like cigarette smoke can cause lung disease, too. And certain...

MAC lung disease is caused by Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) germs. MAC germs are all around. They live in soil, water, household dust, and some food products. Humans and animals...

Being diagnosed with a rare disease can be shocking, even scary! When I was diagnosed with Narcolepsy Type 1, I was relieved to know what the source of the problem...

An estimated 86,000 people in the United States live with nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease. And the number of people diagnosed with NTM – especially among women and older adults...

Glucose is an important sugar that bodies need for energy. The body packs small molecules of glucose into large molecules called glycogen. Glycogen is stored in the cells of the...

Voting is a fundamental American right, but it has special meaning for people with disabilities or health conditions. Until federal laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) were enacted...

I’m no stranger to autoimmune conditions. Let's take a look: I am among the roughly 1% of the population that has celiac disease, an autoimmune condition related to the consumption...

Editor’s Note: This article was written by Megan Barlow and originally appeared on our Cystic-Fibrosis.com community. I have always been active. Since I can remember, I’ve been involved in all...

Rare cancers affect fewer than 40,000 people per year in the United States. These cancers make up about a quarter of all cancers and account for about a quarter of...

I’m a fan of therapy, but to be honest, I personally haven’t always found it to be helpful in the past. Perhaps I just hadn’t found the right therapist for...

Genes are the pieces of DNA that make us who we are. They determine our eye and hair color, how tall we will be, and if we are prone to...

The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) is used worldwide to standardize the classification of diseases. It is used as a uniform way to collect statistics...