COPD Resources Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) has been around for quite some time. The evolution of research on this disease covers over 200 years. Anno 2021, COPD is a steadily growing global healthca... Aug 12, 2021
Myasthenia Gravis Resources The first described case of Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is of Native American Chief Opechancanough, who died in 1664, reports the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Eight years later, English physician Tho... Aug 7, 2021
What Are Symptoms of COPD? A Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) diagnosis for someone aged 40 and older with respiratory symptoms includes shortness of breath, which is progressive, persistent and gets worse with exer... Jul 21, 2021
What Are Symptoms of Myasthenia Gravis? MG is an autoimmune disease that targets the communication point between the nerve and muscle (called the neuromuscular junction). In MG, antibodies block, alter, or destroy the neurotransmitter recep... Jul 14, 2021
What is Crohn’s Disease? Crohn’s disease is similar to Ulcerative Colitis (UC) in that they are both lifelong chronic inflammatory bowl diseases (IBD). Like UC, the cause of Crohn’s disease remains unknown. Some hypothesize t... Jun 30, 2021
What is Alzheimer's Disease? Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia accounting for 60 to 80 percent of all diagnoses. [1] It isn’t accurate to say that someone who has dementia also has Alzheimer’s or that all de... Jun 8, 2021
What is COPD? Difficulty breathing, coughing, mucus (sputum) production and wheezing. These are some of the symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Most people develop COPD from a history of smoki... Jun 3, 2021
What is Myasthenia Gravis? Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a rare chronic autoimmune disorder in which the antibodies destroy the communication between nerves and muscle, causing weakness of skeletal muscles. Among the muscles MG imp... May 26, 2021