Children’s Hospital Colorado opened a new Precision Medicine Institute focused on finding individually tailored treatments for rare diseases
epilepsy
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SunLit Interview: Robert V. Dodge became his own case study for an often misunderstood condition
Robert Dodge was a history teacher for 37 years and an expat for 35. He is the author of eight non-fiction books. Dodge earned a BA in history and an MS in education from North Dakota State University and an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. Tell us this book’s backstory. What […]
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SunLit Excerpt: “Grand Mal” introduces one man’s story of late onset epilepsy
Unbeknownst to me, the mosquito bite I failed to avoid had given me a case of encephalitis, a viral infection that causes inflammation of the brain. Though I recovered quite soon from a presentation of flu-like symptoms of the condition, the disease left residual damage to my brain. That damage was the cause of my […]
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Demand for service dogs unleashes a “Wild West” market
By Markian Hawryluk, KHN Jenni Mahnaz admits she’s not much of a dog person. She’s mildly allergic and the only pet she had as a child was a hermit crab. But once she learned that specially trained dogs could help her daughters with their medical needs, she was willing to do anything to make it happen. […]