Category: Health

Dec. 16, 2022 – It’s a story perhaps more appropriate for Halloween than the festive holiday season, given its troubling implications. Four Omicron subvariants of the virus that causes COVID-19 will be the most common strains going from person to person this winter, new evidence predicts. Not too dire so far, until you consider what […]

By Alice B. Gottlieb, MD, PhD, dermatologist, as told to Kristen Fischer Certain things, like your genes, can increase your risk for psoriatic arthritis. If you have a first-degree relative with psoriatic arthritis, you have 39 times the risk of developing it.  Other risks for psoriatic arthritis include psoriasis on the scalp and nails. Inverse […]

By Amber McKnight, as told to Shishira Sreenivas The first time I started to notice white flakey patches, it kind of almost burned a little bit on the back of my ear. It was March 2019, and I was 24 at the time. I was working at Disney World and I had to wear a […]

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By Rabia Malik, MD, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson Myasthenia gravis (MG) is sometimes referred to as the “snowflake disease” because no two people with MG are ever alike. This is also true for treatment response. Like other autoimmune diseases, there’s no cure for myasthenia gravis. The goal of treatment is to have more […]

By Kelly Aiken, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson In 2012, after a few years of breathing issues, fatigue, and frequent illness, I found out I have myasthenia gravis. Now, 10 years later, fatigue is still a problem. But I’ve found ways to manage it. Daily Ups and Downs My fatigue gets worse as the day […]

By Alexandria Edwards, as told to Keri Wiginton I have severe, refractory MG. I’m 25 now. But my symptoms started when I was 15. I was at school, and my speech started to slur. My legs collapsed. I felt really weak. They thought maybe I had a stroke. One doctor guessed it might be migraines. […]

By Bob Averack, as told to Hope Cristol I became an advocate for myasthenia gravis (MG) the hard way. I was diagnosed in 2006, a time before technology connected people like it does today. So, I went through a lot of trial and error when it came to managing MG. For a while, every time […]