Rare Diseases
This "common" rare disease is a hereditary disorder that affects the lungs and digestive system and causes the body to produce a mucus which clogs the lungs.
What is Cystic Fibrosis?
Starting in 2008, this day is an observance held on the last day of February to raise awareness for rare diseases.
What is Rare Disease Day?
This social media campaign raised money and awareness for ALS starting in 2014.
What is the Ice Bucket Challenge?
This three letter word means "a state of peace".
What is zen?
This "common" rare disease is an autoimmune disorder affecting the brain and spinal cord and is characterized by numbness or weakness in one or more body parts.
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
What is the Orphan Drug Act?
This famous late night talk show host is open about his struggles with the rare neurological sleep disorder, narcolepsy.
Who is Jimmy Kimmel?
This vitamin is good for your eyesight.
What is Vitamin A?
This "common" rare disease alters the shape of hemoglobin and is primarily seen among those of African descent.
What is Sickle Cell Anemia?
In Minnesota in 1964, this public health program was started to detect conditinos after birth which are treatable but not clinically evident.
What is the newborn screening panel?
This book, and later movie, is about a young boy with a rare facial deformity caused by Treacher Collins syndrome who is attending public school for the first time.
What is "Wonder"?
The best award a college football player can recieve.
What is the Heisman?
A neurological sleep disorder characterized by chronic, excessive attacks of drowsiness during the day and is sometimes called excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS).
What is Narcolepsy?
This organization was founded by the patients and families who started the efforts that eventually led to the passage of the Orphan Drug Act in 1983.
What is NORD?
This famous baseball player was diagnosed with ALS. His name is another common name for ALS.
Who is Lou Gehrig?
This type of rock is made with heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic?
This rare disease is characterized by inadequate production of cortisol and aldosterone by the adrenal glands. It affected President John F. Kennedy.
What is Addison's Disease?
This center was established at the University of Minnesota in 2005 and focuses its research on rare pediatric neurological disorders.
In this 1992 Susan Sarandon film, olive oil was used as a treatment for A.L.D., a rare nerve disease.
What is "Lorenzo's Oil?
These two signers of the Declaration of Independence went on to serve as president.
Who are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?