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Living with a rare disease: An often underestimated psychological challenge

Feb 28, 2025 • 2 Likes

What is a rare disease? A rare disease is a condition that affects a limited number of people in a given population. There is no universal definition of rare diseases. In fact, prevalence can be...

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Cardiovascular diseases

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM): What should you know about this common yet underdiagnosed heart disease?

Dec 30, 2024

What is dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)?Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a type of cardiomyopathy, which refers to diseases of the heart muscle. In DCM, the heart's left ventricle becomes enlarged...

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Cardiovascular diseases

The different heart surgery techniques: everything there is to know!

Jul 28, 2023 • 1 Like

What is cardiovascular disease? Cardiovascular diseases are diseases of the heart and blood vessels. They are generally divided into: Cardiac diseases, which affect the heart, its valves and the...

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Cardiovascular diseases

Cardiovascular disease in women: why should its signs be taken more seriously?

Apr 21, 2023 • 2 Likes

Why are women more exposed to cardiovascular conditions? Cardiovascular disease is a major health problem around the world. The most common risk factors for men and women to develop cardiovascular...

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Cardiovascular diseases

What are the different cardiovascular diseases (CVD)?

Jan 27, 2023

What is a cardiovascular disease? Cardiovascular disease is a term used to describe diseases that affect the heart and/or the blood vessels. There are many reasons why these irregularities occur,...

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Cardiovascular diseases

Cholesterol: managing its levels to prevent the risks of heart attack or stroke!

Sep 26, 2022 • 1 Like • 1 comment

What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is a lipid, a fat that is essential to the human body. Each of our cells needs it to function correctly because it structures the membrane, and enables the synthesis...

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Cardiovascular diseases

Cardiovascular diseases: Reducing risk and improving management is possible!

Dec 28, 2021

What are cardiovascular diseases? More than 30 million Americans were diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases, or CVD, in 2018. It is a significant cause of disability and death: CVD is responsible...

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Rare diseases

What are the clinical research avenues in certain rare diseases?

Dec 24, 2021

This article is not about listing all the drug candidates that are currently being tested, for six diseases mentioned above. Research is ongoing, and a lot of treatments are the subject of clinical...

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Rare diseases

Lysosomal storage disorders: A care journey with many challenges

Sep 25, 2021

What are lysosomal storage disorders?Lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) are a group of about fifty, rare and inherited metabolic diseases. These are genetic diseases that impact cell function and...

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Rare diseases

Rare Disease Day: Isolation and psychological impact, let's talk about it!

Feb 28, 2021

Rare diseases: diverse and complex pathologiesFor a condition to be classified as a rare disease, it must affect less than one person in 2,000. These diseases will affect the patient's life in a...

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Cardiovascular diseases

What is cardiac asthma?

Jan 5, 2021 • 1 comment

What is cardiac asthma?Cardiac asthma is a disease directly related to the heart and in particular to heart failure. Its symptoms mimic those of bronchial asthma, which can be confusing. In reality,...

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Cardiovascular diseases

Cardiovascular diseases: How to read your blood tests?

Oct 21, 2020

What are the different types of cardiovascular disease?Rheumatic heart disease, affecting the heart muscle and valves and resulting from rheumatic fever, caused by streptococcus bacteria or...

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