Kristen Wheeden, DrPH, MBA, discusses porphyria—the rare “vampire” disease—its stigma, and advances in patient care.

Learn about porphyria, its types, causes, symptoms, and treatment options. Understand this rare health disorder and how to ...

An acute AIP attack may have numerous clinical manifestations. Abdominal pain is not only the most common symptom, but also is often the first sign of an acute attack. [3] Other common symptoms ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In her session, Dickey, an assistant professor at Massachusetts General Hospital, looked at a form of porphyria ...

One patient, a 39-year-old woman, went to a dermatologist seeking care for fluid-filled blisters over the backs of her hands and arms. Another patient, a 56-year-old man, sought care from his general ...

– The Alnylam Act ® program is a genetic testing initiative designed to enable improved patient diagnosis of three rare, devastating, and life-threatening genetic diseases – – Through the Alnylam Act ...

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has put its dancing shoes on to raise awareness of the experience of living with acute hepatic porphyria (AHP). A recently released patient storytelling initiative by the ...

Congenital erythropoietic porphyria (CEP) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterised by a deficiency of uroporphyrinogen III synthase (UROS), a pivotal enzyme in the haem biosynthetic ...