Here are some of the ways medical trailblazers and researchers are creating fresh possibilities for you and your family.
Fabio Cominelli
Wanda Gougis carries what she calls the trait the gene for sickle cell disease.
Years ago, Juanita took part in aclinical trialof Endari (L-glutamine).
The drug was shown to reduce the frequency and intensity of pain episodes.
The FDA approved the medication in July, according to developer Emmaus Life Sciences.
Despite her struggles, Juanita works as a swimming coach and lifeguard in Los Angeles and attends nursing school.
Endaris approval brings even more hope.
“And I wasn’t really willing to go on stage with an oxygen cannula up my nose.”
The answer was Oxy-View eyeglass frames, which conceal the tubes to his nose.
Olajumoke O. Fadugba
Heal your liver
Treatment ofhepatitis Chas exploded in the past five years.
“Until about 2011, we could cure only half the people we treated.
We eradicate the disease, and the liver can start to heal.”
Now the goal is to find the 3.2 million people who are infected, Bisceglie says.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all boomers born 1945 to 1965 get screened.
In other good liver news, modern transplantation has been a completely transformational therapy.
“We no longer say, ‘You have lung cancer.
Here are the drugs we use.’
We examine your cancer and can tailor the drugs to the genetic mutations in your particular tumor.”
